Opsiphanes cassina in oil palms
by Opsiphanes cassina is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It belongs to the order Lepidoptera. It is found in Mexico and all the …
Category: Plants
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 …
Love Vines on the Attack!
by Imagine your safe in your home one evening, binging on your favorite entertainment. Suddenly the walls of your house crumple outward with violent force. Before …
Searching For Stink
During the last stretches of winter, one can become desperate for any sign of spring. In fact, I’ve been spending a fair bit of time …
Springing to Life
by It’s late April and Spring has already reached many places, but it’s just getting to us here in Maine. In fact yesterday was one of the …
Some Like It Hot: The winter moth’s invasion of Maine
by Humans aren’t the only ones who have been enjoying New England’s distinctively warm winter this year. For the invasive winter moth Operophtera brumata warm weather could really …
Entomology / Fun Fact / Plants
Our Buzzing Buddies
by Bees are by far my favorite insect. I love hearing them in the fruit trees in the front of my house, or watching them crawl …
Arthropods / Ecology / Entomology / Fieldwork / Plants
Daintree Adventures
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 …
Ecology / Entomology / Plants / Teaching
Scavenger hunt!
Our page of teaching modules now includes a fun and simple activity for younger students, a scavenger hunt!