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A Moth by Any Other Name
Entomologists have a lot of explaining to do, and not just about their life choices! With a million plus (and counting), species of ...
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Many-legged Muses
If you had asked me if I liked bugs when I was a kid, I would have looked at you suspiciously. I mean, a potato bug (Jerusalem cricket), once sc...
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Blue-banded Bees: A Wonder from Down Under
Blue-banded bees (Amegilla cingulata) on a mountain devil (Lambertia formosa). Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin.
Honeybees get a lot of buzz...
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A Ladybug for Most Seasons
It was a typical misty morning in Golden Gate Park when entomologist Kristen Vollrath spotted a fluffy white insect ambling about on a concrete bar...
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Crouching Predator, Hidden Scarab?
Take a good look at this golden scarab beetle, Chrysina resplendens…
Probably the most ridiculously golden beetle ever, right? Now what if I to...
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I Got 99 Problems but a Midge Ain't One
mmmmmmm chocolate, just the thought of it is enough to make me float off to my happy place, a magical land full of cacoa nib fairies, loose pan...
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Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Swimming Pool? Scientists Want to See Them.
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/those-bugs-swimming-pool-save-them-for-science/
Jere Schweikert, an entomologist at the Ca...
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Tracking the Ghost Cat...
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/article/tracking-ghosts/
From under the shade of an oak tree, deep in the forests of the Blue Oa...
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What's Small, Ladybug-like, and Golden All Over?
(Repost): Original Post: https://baynature.org/2014/02/27/whats-small-ladybug-like-golden/
This week’s Ask the Naturalist was sent in by Arlene Ni...
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The New Butterfly
In the insect world butterflies definitely get all the good press, they are the charismatic microfauna, the tiny pandas, the gleaming ambassadors ...
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Wood Vibrations
Take a stroll through nature on a sunny day and you might hear a variety of birds calling, bees buzzing, goats yelling, and squirrels making squir...
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Pretty Pretty Parasite
Next time you are in the garden, and you see something that resembles a tiny, flying rainbow whiz by, rest assured you are not hallucinating! The ...
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