Notes from the Lab: Celebrity Bugs
Welcome Back to the Lab! With all the buzz surrounding the Missoula Butterfly House lately, it’s hard not to feel a little like celebrities.... Continue Reading
Ichneumon Wasp (family Ichneumonidae)
There are well over 3,300 species of Ichneumon wasps north of Mexico, making their identification difficult. Placing them in the family... Continue Reading
Slender Crab Spider (genus Tibellus)
We believe this may be Tibellus oblongus, one of seven species of Tibellus in North America north of Mexico. Slender crab spiders are ambush... Continue Reading
Sigmoid Prominent (Clostera albosigma)
These elegant-looking moths can be found coast-to-coast in the US and southern Canada, but tend to be rare in the southeastern... Continue Reading
Notes from the Field: Tick Season PSA
Welcome Back to the Field! Before we launch into today’s Notes from the Field, Missoula Gives starts at 5:00PM today! We’ve got... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants—Gel Electrophoresis
Welcome Back to the Lab! Onward, US Ants! The final step to prepare our DNA for sequencing is to perform gel... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants—Polymerase Chain Reaction
Welcome Back to the Lab! Onward, US Ants! Now that we’ve extracted and isolated DNA from our tissue samples, it’s time to... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants—DNA Extraction & Isolation
Welcome Back to the Lab! We’re on to the next step in our Barcoding US Ants project! Now that we’ve collected our... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants— Collecting Specimens
Welcome Back to the Lab! For the next couple weeks, we will be taking a deep dive into our summer project, Barcoding... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants
Welcome Back to the Lab! Last summer, MBHI began a partnership with the DNA Learning Center at the Cold Springs Harbor... Continue Reading