Every Wednesday, tune in for a new Online Bug Encounter! We’ll take a deep dive into the world of insects, meet our friendly bug ambassadors, and get a look behind the scenes at the Butterfly House and Insectarium.
Halloween Moon Crabs 3/19/25
Carnivorous Plants 3/5/25
Outtakes 2/26/25
Stag Beetle Diversity 2/19/25
Beetle Courtship 2/12/25
Assassin Bug Feeding 2/5/25
Caterpillar Goo 1/30/25
Cocoon vs. Chrysalis 1/22/25
Tarantula Feeding 1/15/25
Molting 1/8/25
Crepuscular Insects 12/18/24
Roosting Hours 12/4/24
Thanksgiving Eve Feast 11/27/24
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t 11/20/24
For the Love of Cockroaches 11/13/24
Millipede or Centipede? 11/6/24
Creepiest Crawlies 10/30/24
Spider Hunting Tactics 10/24/24
Where Do Our Butterflies Come From? 10/16/24
Mantis Breeding 10/9/24
Red-Eyed Devils 9/25/24
What’s a “True Bug?” 9/18/24
Montana’s Only Native Scorpion 9/11/24
National Moth Week 7/24/24
Bizarre Arachnids 7/17/24
National Pollinator Week 6/19/24
Meet Our Latest Arrivals! 6/5/24
Blue Death Feigning Beetles 5/22/24
Favorite Moments 5/8/24
Thorny Devil Stick Insects 4/17/24
Molting 4/10/24
Isopods 4/3/24
Extreme Animal Weaponry 3/27/24
The Scorpion’s Glow 3/13/24
Carcinisation (Evolving Into Crabs) 3/6/24
Unusual Arachnids 2/28/24
Spiders with Bad Reputations 2/21/24
Valentine’s Day Cockroaches 2/14/24
Dragonflies & Damselflies 2/7/24
Millipedes vs. Centipedes 1/31/24
Walking Sticks! 1/24/24
True Bugs 1/17/24
Predator Feeding 1/10/24
Atlas Moths 1/3/24
Legend of the Christmas Spider 12/20/23
Lubber Grasshoppers 12/13/23
New Additions 12/6/23
Outtakes 11/22/23
Crustacean Appreciation 11/1/23
Giant Centipedes 10/25/23
Arachnida 10/18/23
Spider Myths 10/11/23
Western Black Widow 10/4/23
New Building Tour! 9/20/23
Millipede or Centipede? 9/6/23
Hercules Beetle/Animal Weaponry 8/30/23
Thorny Devil Stick Insects 8/23/23
The Scorpion’s Glow 8/16/23
Tarantula Feeding 8/2/23
For the Love of Cockroaches 7/12/23
Vinegaroons 7/5/23
Dragonflies and Damselflies 6/28/23
Pollinator appreciation 6/21/23
How do arthropods molt? 6/14/23
Camouflage and Mimicry 6/7/23
Spider Feeding Demonstration 5/31/23
Tailless Whip Scorpions 5/17/23
Insect ID: Millipedes and Centipedes 5/10/23
Insect ID: Beetles and True Bugs 5/3/23
Insect ID: Butterflies and Moths 4/26/23
Insect ID: Bees, Wasps and Flies 4/19/23
Back to Basics: What makes an insect, an insect? 4/12/23
Native Bees 3/29/23
“Save the Bees” 3/22/23
Inside the Hive 3/8/23
The History of Beekeeping 3/1/23
Isopods 2/22/23
The Cricket’s Song 2/15/23
Scorpions 2/8/23
Old and New World Tarantulas 2/1/23
Biomimicry 1/25/23
Millipede or Centipede? 1/18/23
Insect Colors 1/11/23
Walking Stick Eggs 1/4/23
Molting & Metamorphosis 12/28/22
Beetlemania Part 2 12/14/22
Beetlemania Part 1 12/7/22
Unconventional Camouflage 11/30/22
Arthropods & Their Big Jobs 11/23/22
Cockroaches 11/16/22
How Arachnids Eat 11/9/22
Spider Webs 11/2/22
Centipedes 10/26/22
Vinegaroons 10/19/22
Tailless Whip Scorpions 10/12/22
DNA Barcoding 101 Part II 10/5/22
DNA Barcoding 101 Part I 9/28/22
Thermal Tolerance and Thermoregulation in Arthropods 9/21/22
Polly, Burgundy Goliath Birdeater Tarantula, Update 9/14/22
The European Mantis 9/6/22
Spiders with Bad Reputations 8/31/22
Metamorphosis 8/24/22
Dragonflies and Damselflies 8/17/22
Fireflies 8/10/22
Barcoding US Ants 7/27/22
Australian Walking Sticks 7/20/22
Millipede or Centipede? 7/13/22
Arthropods of North America 7/6/22
Pollinators 6/22/22
Wolf Spiders 6/8/22
Black Widows 6/1/22
Scorpions 5/25/22
Millipedes 5/18/22
Hermit Crabs 5/11/22
Polly 5/4/22
Water Striders 4/27/22
Isopods 4/20/22
Cockroaches 4/13/22
The Insect Circulatory System 4/6/22
Aquatic Insect Respiration 3/30/22
Terrestrial Insect Respiration 3/23/22
Rainbow Stag Beetles 3/16/22
Molting 101 3/9/22
Domino Roaches 3/2/22
Vietnamese Walking Sticks 2/23/22
Thorny Devil Stick Insects 2/16/22
Fishing Spiders 2/9/22
Wolf Spiders 2/2/22
100th Episode Celebration 1/26/22
Beetle Weaponry 1/19/22
Beetle Basics 1/12/22
A Tribute to E.O. Wilson 1/5/22
New Year’s Reflections 12/29/21
The Legend of the Christmas Spider 12/15/21
Web Design Part II 12/8/21
Web Design Part I 12/1/21
Giving Thanks for Pollinators Part 2 11/24/21
Giving Thanks for Pollinators Part I 11/17/21
Thermal Tolerance 11/10/21
New Arrivals 11/3/21
Creepiest Crawlies 10/27/21
Venezuelan Suntiger Tarantulas 10/20/21
Tailless Whip Scorpions 10/13/21
Parasitoid Wasps 10/6/21
Social Wasps 9/29/21
Galls 9/22/21
Scorpions 9/15/21
Spider Myths 9/8/21
Black Widows 9/1/21
Tarantula Behavior 8/25/21
European Praying Mantises 8/18/21
Aquatic Insects: Caddisflies 8/11/21
Water Striders 8/4/21
Aquatic Insects: Dragonflies & Damselflies 7/21/21
Aquatic Insects: Mayflies & Stoneflies 7/14/21
Extreme-living Arthropods 6/30/21
Millipede or Centipede? 6/16/21
Spider Webs Part 2 6/9/21
Spider Webs 6/2/21
Animal Weapon Diversity 5/19/21
Spring Insects 5/5/21
Barcoding US Ants: Gel Electrophoresis 4/28/21
Barcoding US Ants: Performing PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) 4/21/21
Barcoding US Ants: DNA Extraction and Amplification- 4/14/21
Vietnamese Walking Sticks- 4/7/21
Vinegaroons- 3/31/21
Captivating Crustaceans- 3/24/21
It’s Not Easy Being Green- 3/17/21
Isopods- 3/10/21
Metamorphosis – 3/3/21
Molting – 2/24/21
For the Love of Cockroaches – 2/17/21
Living Colors – 2/10/21
Why Does the Scorpion Glow? – 2/3/21
The History of Millipedes – 1/27/21
What Makes an Insect an Insect? – 1/20/21
Phasmid Update – 1/13/21
Goliath Birdeaters – 1/6/21
New Year’s Reflections – 12/30/20
Legend of the Christmas Spider – 12/23/20
Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula – 12/16/20
Woolly Bear Winter Forecast & Other Insect Folklore – 12/9/20
BEETLEMANIA PART 3: Animal Weaponry Research – 12/2/20
Giving Thanks for Bugs – 11/26/20
Dead Leaf Mantis – 11/18/20
Huntsman Spiders – 11/11/20
Entomophagy – 11/4/20
New Critters! – 10/28/20
Tailless Whip Scorpions – 10/21/20
Parasitic Wasps – 10/7/20
Leaf Miners – 9/30/20
Trilobites (with special guest Kallie Moore!) – 9/23/20
Meet Milton!… and Milton… and Milton! – 9/16/20
Parthenogenesis – 9/2/20
Phasmids 8/26/20
Grasshoppers – 8/19/20
Spittlebugs – 8/12/20
Venom – 8/5/20
Derby’s Flower Beetles – 7/29/20
Insect Sleep – 7/22/20
Whirligig Beetles – 7/15/20
Fishing Spiders – 7/8/20
Sea Spiders – 7/1/20
Leafcutter Bees – 6/17/20
Old World vs. New World Tarantulas – 6/10/20
True Bugs – 6/3/20
Bess Beetles – 6/1/20
Honey Bees – 5/27/20
Spider Silk – 5/20/20
Blue Death Feigning Beetles – 5/18/20
Spider Eyes – 5/13/20
Crustacean Appreciation – 5/11/20
Molting – 5/6/20
Amazing Aquatic Arthropods – 5/4/20
Isopods, Roly-Polys, and Wood Lice, Oh My! – 4/29/20
The “Other” Roaches – 4/27/20
Vinegaroons – 4/22/20
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches – 4/20/20
BEETLEMANIA PART 2: Beetle Weaponry – 4/15/20
Praying Mantis Appreciation Day – 4/13/20
BEETLEMANIA – 4/8/20
Creative Creatures – 4/6/20
Spring Butterflies – 4/1/20
Spider Trivia – 3/30/20
Centipedes 101 – 3/27/20
Scorpions 101 – 3/25/20
Meet Milton the Millipede – 3/20/20
Meet the Rosies – 3/18/20
Aquatic Insects: Water Scorpion 9/27/23