Welcome Back to the Lab! We’ve all been there; contentedly enjoying a summer afternoon, traipsing across the lawn in bare feet when: boom. Bee underfoot. A yelp is issued. Obscenities are […]
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Articles by: Brenna Shea
Notes from the Lab: Caterpillar Goo
Welcome Back to the Lab! As the designated “bug person” in my circle of family and friends, it probably comes as no surprise that I often receive texts asking for bug-related […]
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Notes from the Lab: Myrmecophiles
Welcome Back to the Lab! Last week we covered several unique mimicry and camouflage strategies arthropods use to avoid being lunch. However there was a specific strategy I left out; not because it’s not a […]
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Notes from the Lab: The Art of Blending In
Welcome Back to the Lab! By now, you’re probably familiar with some of our camouflage experts here at MBHI: our walking sticks and praying mantids are popular Bug Ambassadors that have perfected […]
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Notes from the Lab: Mushiking
Welcome Back to the Lab! When Beatlemania swept across the planet in the early and mid-60’s, beetlemania was already alive and well in Japan, and had been for generations. Japanese children […]
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Notes from the Lab: Bess Beetles
Welcome Back to the Lab! This week I want to introduce you to our small herd of Odontotaenius disjunctus, or Bess Beetles! These ground-dwelling, social insects belong to the family Passalidae, which […]
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Snow Fleas in the genus Hypogastrura
While snow fleas are active all year round, these tiny little guys are much easier to see after the snow flies, looking like someone sprinkled pepper on top of the […]
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Winter Crane Fly in the genus Trichocera
There are close to 30 species of winter crane flies in North America. Compared to some of the massive crane flies we see in flight in spring and summer, they […]
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Snow Scorpionfly in the genus Boreus, possibly Boreus californicus
Snow scorpionflies are active in winter and are most often seen crawling over the surface of the snow. Sort of resembling a dragon close up, they are small (2-7 mm), […]
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Winter Caddisfly in the genus Psychoglypha
At first glance, caddisflies look much like their closest living relatives — the moths and butterflies. How to tell the two groups (orders) apart? Zoom in on their wings and […]
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