It is a relevant fact that the insects have a lot of influence in the agricultural production. Entomologists are the scientists who study about the insects and its behavior apart from its nutrition and ecology. As there are wide varieties of species in insect family, most of the entomologists focus on the study of a particular variety. Like entomology, ethology also belongs to the branch of zoology, which deals with the study of animal behavior. Ethologists are the zoologists who make use of laboratory facilities to examine different animal behavior like aggression, mating habits, communication, and so on.

Entomologist and its opportunities

Entomologists can specialize on a particular area and pursue their career in that field. They can work as Public Health entomologists, Military entomologists, Forensic entomologists or Agricultural entomologists in accordance with their skills and knowledge. Private sector firms like fertilizer companies, seed companies, insecticides or pesticides companies, biofertilizer companies and biological control base companies hires the valuable services of entomologists. Research and development organizations in private and public sector offer plenty of career opportunities to the entomologists. Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is a governmental research organization, which offers the job of Senior Research Fellow to the entomologist. Other types of jobs available in the research field are given below.

• Research Associate
• Research Scientist
• Research Analyst
• Field Biologist

Ethologist and its opportunities

Organizations, which focus on the study and research on forest resources, offer many job opportunities for the ethologists. Forest research institutes like Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, Institute of Social Forestry and Eco-rehabilitation, Allahabad, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, etc often take up the service of ethologists for research purposes. Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is another major organization, which employs ethologists who have vast knowledge in the field. Ethologists can also pursue their career in Zoological gardens and Museums with decent monetary rewards. Career opportunities available for these professionals in the previously mentioned fields are given below.

• Research assistant
• Museum assistant
• Veterinary technician

Key difference between entomologist and ethologist

• Entomologists study about different species of insects while ethologists study about different behavior of animals.
• Educational qualification needed to become an entomologist is a Bachelor’s degree in Entomology while ethologist need Bachelor’s degree in Ethology or related subjects like Biology, Animal Sciences, Evolution, Ecology and Genetics.

Even though both of these professionals work in the field of Biology, their area of specification is extremely different. Therefore, those who choose either of these fields should have a good idea about its scope and specialties.