Notes from the Lab: The Walking Stick Dilemma
Welcome back to the Lab! Since 2015, our colony of walking sticks, Medauroidea extradentata, have been reproducing via parthenogenesis (cloning), resulting in an... Continue Reading
Oil Beetle (genus Meloe)
This strange looking beetle is likely the Black Meloe (Meloe niger). They are active primarily in April and May. As you might guess from... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Barcoding US Ants
Welcome back to the Lab! In 2020, MBHI began a partnership with the DNA Learning Center at Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory in... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: The Rocky Mountain Locust
Welcome back to the Lab! If you’ve ever been plagued by grasshoppers in your garden, you know the damage their tiny,... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Water Striders
Welcome back to the Lab! Striders, skeeters, skippers, water bugs, pond skaters, or Jesus bugs; these predacious, aquatic insects go many common names and are... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Arthropod Crossing
Welcome back to the Lab! Early spring in Montana can be a major gamble when it comes to weather. If you’re... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Why Not Ladybugs?
Welcome back to the Lab! In response to our recent series on classroom insects, we received a question regarding yet another type of... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Entomophagy
Welcome back to the Lab! What did you have for breakfast this morning? Cereal? Eggo waffles? Pan-fried scorpion? If consuming insects... Continue Reading
Notes from the Lab: Bugs on Vacation
Welcome back to the Lab! Hello Bug Friends! Carolyn Taber, MBHI’s Museum Educator, here. I recently returned from spending a week... Continue Reading
Butterflies in the Classroom Part II: The Monarch Dilemma
Welcome back to the Lab! For the last several weeks, we’ve covered classroom insects as teaching tools and the ethical dilemma... Continue Reading