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Bug of the Week: Rose Aphids

Aphids are typically active only during the cool part of the spring season in Arizona, so now is when we see aphids. Every wonder how aphids show up? After all, it looks like they don’t have wings. These are rose aphids. Aren’t they a lovely pink color? By the way, the long tubes on their […]

Weekend Science Fun: Insect Mouthparts

While preparing for Thanksgiving, I realized the turkey baster was missing from the kitchen. I knew exactly where it was, however. It was in the bin where I keep all my insect teaching demonstrations. It turns out that a turkey baster is a great tool to show how certain types of insect mouthparts work. That […]

Updates

Just in case you missed it, the June Edition of Learning in the Great Outdoors is up. Check it out for information/ideas/activities in the field of environmental education. Also, remember the post about our encounter with periodical cicadas this year? Check out Every Seventeen Years for another blog post on this topic.

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