How to take amazing pictures of insects
by Most biologists are excited to share the animals they study with a broad audience. One of the challenges of that engagement is having compelling photographs …
Category: Fieldwork
Red Bugs in the Virgin Islands
by Our lab group is well-acquainted with the red-shouldered soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma. However, there are a variety of true bugs in the United States that …
Ecology / Entomology / Fieldwork / Fun Fact
Where are the mosquitoes?
by Have you noticed having fewer itchy, annoying mosquito bites to scratch as the weather gets colder? Isn’t the disappearance of these pesky little critters one of …
Help us identify this bug!
Here’s a citizen science opportunity: Help us identify this bug! Click here for images of the unknown species and keys for comparison to the most likely species. …
Arthropods / Ecology / Entomology / Fieldwork
The Spider and the Lynx: Examining Wildlife Corridors
by Urbanization and human expansion have led to the fragmentation and reduction of many vital habitats. Conservationists have been trying to come up with management strategies …
The Human Botfly, Dermatobia hominis
Last January I went to Belize as part of a course to study tropical ecology. For three weeks we stayed in different parts of the diverse …
What is Citizen Science?
by How many of you have seen Nova? What about a National Geographic show? Maybe The Magic School Bus? Were you struck with an unquenchable thirst …
Arthropods / Ecology / Entomology / Fieldwork / Plants
Daintree Adventures
by While spending a semester abroad studying biology in Northern Australia, I had the opportunity to travel to one of the most incredible places in the …
Winter in the Greenhouse
I love the idea of growing tropical plants during the Maine winter. Maybe I’m crazy. The lab research associated with the Bugs in our Backyard project …
Field notes from January
The red-shouldered soapberry bug is unique in that it exhibits two distinct wing morphs: long wings and short wings. Both male and female soapberry bugs …