Notes from the Lab

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: Woolly Bear Folklore

Insect-inspired folklore is rampant throughout human history; from the ancient Egyptians, who believed bees were the sacred tears of the sun god, Ra, to the many cultures who revered the praying […]

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Notes from the Lab: Weird Science

Welcome back to the Lab! For the last several weeks, our Barcoding US Ants participants have been actively involved in the wet lab portion of our project. During the summer, […]

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Notes from the Lab: Skimming the Globe

Welcome back to the Lab! Happy first day of fall! As temperatures cool off and day length wanes, many animals are preparing themselves for the onset of winter. For insects, […]

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Notes from the Lab: Welcome Back!

Welcome back to the Lab! It’s been three months since my last lab dispatch but it might as well have been three days. This summer has kept us all on […]

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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 all-female colony of clones. This method of reproduction is […]

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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 Long Island. This partnership is part of an ongoing, […]

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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 some of the first insects to show up when […]

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