I hope you’ve got your bug lenses ready because, after a slow start this spring, we’re looking at perfect buggin’ weather for the foreseeable future. We’re seeing more and more […]
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Articles by: Brenna Shea
What’s Buzzin’ – May 4th, 2024
The spate of freezing temps recently has thinned our bug sightings this week, but regardless, we received some stunning submissions! Our header photo features a Brown Elfin, a small species […]
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What’s Buzzin’ – April 26th, 2024
The first submission of our state butterfly, the morning cloak, has arrived! This distinct tortoiseshell is often the first and last butterfly we see every year. They overwinter as adults […]
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What’s Buzzin’ – April 19th, 2024
Remember last week when I said that spring was in full swing? Even after living in Montana for over a decade, second winter always sneaks up on me. Call me […]
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What’s Buzzin’ – April 12th, 2024
We’re BACK! Our winter jackets are packed away for the year, our layers are getting lighter, and the bugs are out in full force already. Spring seems to take its […]
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Notes from the Lab: The Schmidt Pain Index
Welcome back to the Lab! We’ve all been there; contentedly enjoying a summer afternoon, traipsing across the lawn in bare feet when: boom. Bee underfoot. A yelp is issued. Obscenities are […]
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Notes from the Lab: Insects in Medicine
Welcome back to the Lab! Typically, when it comes to bugs and diseases, our minds immediately jump to the diseases that are spread by insects. We definitely don’t need more […]
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Notes from the Lab: True Body Horror
Love them or hate them, insects have mastered a myriad of strategies to ensure their permanence in our world. Even those with an affinity for bugs have to admit that […]
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Notes from the Lab: Spider Myths (Part I)
In the current age of information accessibility, knowledge transmission happens almost instantaneously. While many argue this is largely beneficial, it also means misinformation travels at lightning speed. Once a myth […]
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Notes from the Lab: The Monarch Dilemma
Welcome back to the Lab! It probably comes as no surprise that we highly encourage using invertebrates as teaching tools for a wide range of scientific subjects, from physiology to […]
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