Did your toast land butter-side down this morning? For many, today’s ominous date invokes a sense of unease, throwing superstitious folks into a state of cautious awareness as they navigate […]
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Notes from the Lab: Listing the Monarch
Bug Wrangler Brenna here with a special edition of Notes from the Lab. I’m the type of person who goes full bore into the holidays, and unfortunately, the common cold […]
Read MoreNotes From the Lab: Anansi the Spider
It is only relatively recently that humans have been able to ride out the depths of winter in comfort; we may lament the waning daylight and employ modern solutions to […]
Read MoreNotes From the Lab: Don’t Yuck My Yum
Thanksgiving is behind us, but here at MBHI, we’re thankful for bugs year-round. And that means all bugs, not just the charismatic butterflies and charming honeybees. We’re thankful for the […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: The Buttons
The newest butterfly house arrivals are generating a lot of buzz, but it’s not a new species of moth or butterfly. Last Friday, we welcomed the first vertebrates to our […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Black Velvet
If you hop on a plane from Missoula, fly 15 hours (with two layovers) to Lima, Peru, drive 20 hours up the coast, take a small ferry across the Rio Chinchipe, […]
Read MoreWhat’s Buzzin’ – October 18th, 2024
If you spend even a brief amount of time watching what’s left of our blooming flowers, you’re bound to see a whole host of insects turn up. Most of this […]
Read MoreWhat’s Buzzin’ – October 11th, 2024
Butterflies, beetles, and flies, oh my! Pollinators are still abundant on these sunny fall days, busily continuing their work until the last minute. As the frenzy continues outdoors, some of […]
Read MoreWhat’s Buzzin’ – October 4th, 2024
Happy October! With the dramatic drop in nighttime temps and frosts rolling in, we are officially in the thick of fall and nearing the close of the buggin’ season. Sunny […]
Read MoreWhat’s Buzzin’ – September 27th, 2024
We’re really squeezing the last bit of summer out of the season; dragonflies, the icons of late summer/early fall, are out in full force this week, as are many second-generation […]
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