Beth’s Bug Blog — bug blog

Bug of the Week: The Cuckoo Bee…Pollinator Impostor!!

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The cuckoo bee is a clever con artist buzzing through life on someone else’s hard work.

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Bug of the Week: The 88 Butterfly-Wings That Do the Math

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The 88 butterfly is a natural mathematician, flying through the rainforest with numbers on its wings.

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Bug of the Week: The Antlion-Sand Dwelling Bug Trapper

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The antlion is the master of the bug booby trap; small, sneaky, and weirdly brilliant.

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Bug of the Week: The Bark Beetle-The Tiny, Terrifying Tree Terminator

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Bark beetles may be small, but their impact is anything but. They’re the silent, sneaky assassins of the forest world, making their homes under the bark and leaving devastation in their wake.

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Bug of the Week: Cicadas-The Summer Screamer with a Secret Life

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Cicadas are the noisy mystics of summer, emerging from long underground slumbers to sing, molt, and mate before vanishing again. Leaving behind echoing calls and crunchy shells.

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