While you can always visit MBHI to witness an incredible array of butterfly diversity, Western Montana is currently giving us a run for our money. July is an opportune time […]

The heat may take its toll on us, but everything else seems to love this sudden onset of summer. Personally, my garden is making up for lost time, and after […]

Summer is truly upon us, and submissions are flying in so fast that we couldn’t fit them all into one issue. This week features some of our first swallowtail submissions, […]

Who let the moths out? This week, we feature a stunning array of lepidopterans, from the cryptic to the conspicuous to the downright adorable. (Have you seen skippers??) We’ve added […]

Happy summer! We’ve officially made it and have quite the turnout to show for it. And it’s not only summer but also National Pollinator Week! While we may picture buzzing bees and […]

Could we ask for better buggin’ weather? This past week has shown quite the turnout. Bugs are so abundant right now that you don’t have to look for them; as […]

While summer is not technically here yet, it’s certainly starting to feel like it. This week marks our first dragonfly sighting, which for us, feels like a quintessential summertime bug. Next week […]

It’s been a busy week for us at MBHI as we gear up for summer: our recently arrived honeybees are settling into their new home, and our leafcutter ants aren’t […]

You don’t need to go all the way to the East Coast to find cicadas; we’ve had several submissions of cicada sightings around Missoula and western Montana this week. The […]

We recently learned that a group of butterflies is called a “kaleidoscope,” and we sure have a kaleidoscopic showing this week. The bug activity has exploded with the nice weather over the […]