Maybe we can save the Lange’s metalmark. Or maybe there’s a stand-in, waiting in the wings?
Tag: entomology
Summer Issue 2023
Tarantula Hawk Wasp Mamas Deliver the Smackdown of the Summer
When it comes to motherhood, it doesn’t get much more extreme than tarantula hawk wasp moms, known to duel tarantulas—and win.
Stewardship
Find a Lot of Bugs When You Clean Your Backyard Swimming Pool? Scientists Want to See Them
A new citizen science project looks closely at the insect gold mine that is backyard pools — and already it’s found potentially new species.
Summer Issue 2005
Don’t Call Them Bugs
Edward Ross has visited every continent except Antarctica in pursuit of his passion for studying, collecting, dissecting, classifying, naming, photographing, and deeply appreciating insects. In between his globe-trotting adventures, the 89-year old curator emeritus of entomology at the California Academy … Read more
Summer Issue 2005
From an Entomologist’s Backyard
The sticky monkey flower, common on sunny Bay Area hillsides, hosts an array of insect visitors. Edward Ross’s intimate photos of these visits are but a small sample of the thousands he’s taken over six decades of studying insects near and far.
