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Bug Bytes episodes
- Bug Bytes: Honeybees need sleep tooSurprisingly, humans and honey bees are much the same when it comes to sleep. Whether it’s a bee after a full day busily attending to colonial duties or a human after a long day at the office, we both need sleep to continue to function at our best.3 min
- Bug Bytes: Burying Beetles And MitesBurying beetles are often called sexton beetles since they perform duties similar to a sexton or gravedigger.3 min
- Bug Bytes: Giant Ichneumon WaspsLearning to identify different wasp species can be challenging, but it’s not brain surgery.3 min
- Bug Bytes: How Fireflies GlowIf you’re lucky, it might be an annual occurrence in your backyard. For others, it may be a memory from a summer vacation. And for all the romantics out there, it’s the icing on the cake to a picture-perfect summer evening.3 min
- Bug Bytes: Voodoo WaspThe more you learn about the insect world, you realize that the act of parasitism – where one species lives off of and feeds upon another species – is surprisingly common. This is especially true among wasps.3 min
- Bug Bytes: Tarantula hawk - Pepsis waspThe deserts of the southwestern United States are home to some remarkable animals. One kind of creepy crawly often associated with this region is the tarantula. With several species growing to the size of an adult human’s hand, they are certainly impressive.3 min
- Bug Bytes: The Story Of PepeIt was a cold, snowy New Year’s Day in western Montana. What better way to kick off a new year of meals than making a pot of chili?3 min
- Bug Bytes: Sloth MothsIt’s no secret that sloths move slowly. In fact, they move so slow, unique assemblages of insects can actually take advantage of their pace and align their lifecycle with these slow-moving hosts.3 min
- Bug Bytes: Old World Vs. New World TarantulasWith over 900 different species, there’s a lot of diversity in the tarantula world. They range from the size of your thumbnail to the size of a Frisbee.3 min
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As described by Edward O. Wilson — perhaps the best known American biologist, researcher, naturalist and author — invertebrates are "The Little Things That Run the World." And indeed they do, in so…
many ways. In terms of numbers — while most invertebrates are pretty small, the sheer number of them is astounding. Together, they have more biomass than any other animal on earth.Learn more about the fascinating creatures that run the world, with Bug Bytes from the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium.