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Online Bug Encounters: Spiders with Bad Reputations
Online Bug Encounters: Spiders with Bad Reputations
Hobo Spiders (Eratigena agrestis), Wolf Spiders (Lycosidae), and Black Widows (Latrodectus spp.) typically have a bad reputation, but is it deserved? Bug Wrangler Brenna will be clearing up misinformation and sparking […]
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Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Every Thursday from 3-5pm you can join us at the spectrUM Discovery Bench. Our many-legged Bug Ambassadors will be on hand to observe and, of course, hold! The Discovery Bench […]
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Bug Bytes on MTPR
Bug Bytes on MTPR
Be sure to listen to Bug Bytes, our podcast on Montana Public Radio every Saturday at 9:29am. Tune into your local MTPR station or listen live on-line here by clicking the play button under the MTPR logo […]
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Online Bug Encounters: European Praying Mantises
Online Bug Encounters: European Praying Mantises
Mantis mania has hit western Montana! We have received so many reports of the introduced European Mantis (Mantis religiosa), that Bug Wrangler Brenna decided to devote an Online Bug Encounter […]
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Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Every Thursday from 3-5pm you can join us at the spectrUM Discovery Bench. Our many-legged Bug Ambassadors will be on hand to observe and, of course, hold! The Discovery Bench […]
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Bug Bytes on MTPR
Bug Bytes on MTPR
Be sure to listen to Bug Bytes, our podcast on Montana Public Radio every Saturday at 9:29am. Tune into your local MTPR station or listen live on-line here by clicking the play button under the MTPR logo […]
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Online Bug Encounters: Polly Update
Online Bug Encounters: Polly Update
On Labor Day Museum Educator Carolyn watched an amazing process unfold—Polly, our Burgundy Goliath Birdeater Tarantula, molting! With equal parts excitement and nervousness, she waited... and we are happy to […]
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Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Every Thursday from 3-5pm you can join us at the spectrUM Discovery Bench. Our many-legged Bug Ambassadors will be on hand to observe and, of course, hold! The Discovery Bench […]
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Bug Bytes on MTPR
Bug Bytes on MTPR
Be sure to listen to Bug Bytes, our podcast on Montana Public Radio every Saturday at 9:29am. Tune into your local MTPR station or listen live on-line here by clicking the play button under the MTPR logo […]
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Online Bug Encounters: Thermal Tolerance and Thermoregulation in Arthropods
Online Bug Encounters: Thermal Tolerance and Thermoregulation in Arthropods
Insects and other arthropods are ectotherms, i.e. cold-blooded, meaning they cannot generate their own body heat; this poses some obvious challenges in temperate climates, where seasonality causes major temperature fluctuations. […]
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Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Every Thursday from 3-5pm you can join us at the spectrUM Discovery Bench. Our many-legged Bug Ambassadors will be on hand to observe and, of course, hold! The Discovery Bench […]
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Bug Bytes on MTPR
Bug Bytes on MTPR
Be sure to listen to Bug Bytes, our podcast on Montana Public Radio every Saturday at 9:29am. Tune into your local MTPR station or listen live on-line here by clicking the play button under the MTPR logo […]
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Online Bug Encounters: DNA Extraction and Amplification
Online Bug Encounters: DNA Extraction and Amplification
In the last couple years, we’ve heard the term “PCR” used quite a bit in reference to Covid-19 testing; but what exactly is it? Join Bug Wrangler Brenna for the […]
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Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium at spectrUM’s Discovery Bench
Every Thursday from 3-5pm you can join us at the spectrUM Discovery Bench. Our many-legged Bug Ambassadors will be on hand to observe and, of course, hold! The Discovery Bench […]