Beth’s Bug Blog — mymy butterfly

Bug of the Week: The Net-Winged Beetle

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The net-winged beetle is part bug, part billboard…and 100% committed to staying off the menu!

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Bug of the Week: The Monkey Slug

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The monkey slug is a fuzzy little hoax on legs…soft, strange, and slightly stingy.

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Bug of the Week: The Bagworm Moth

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Bagworms are living burritos:  wrapped in bark, mysterious, & oddly cozy!

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Bug of the Week: The Feather-Horned Beetle

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The feather-horned beetle is a rare, elegant insect with some of the most dramatic antennae in nature. With a hidden, parasitic larval stage and a short-lived adult life, this beetle remains one of the insect world’s most intriguing enigmas.

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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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