Insects

Consider these tips to help reduce growing grasshopper populations.

Insect and plant lovers, BUGfest is back! The Natural History Museum of Utah will be humming with bug lovers this weekend sharing un-bee-lievable facts about Utah's invertebrates and the plants they pollinate.

With low scores in total honey production and honey distribution, a new report named the Beehive State one of the worst spots for beekeepers in the country.

One of the greatest magics of these late autumn evenings is that of midges, gnats, flies, mosquitoes and bugs that flitter about in the humble stratosphere of their world between the intermittent cold snaps.

For a spider, hanging high above the ground on a mountain top is a great place to be. There, the spiders can catch anything that blows or flies by. No wonder they grow so large and multiply so profusely on top of Spider Mountain.

Colorado's native pollinators can only travel a few hundred feet before they need to find a place to land and refuel with water, nectar and pollen.

Charles Darwin suggested that “a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life."

The orange and black migratory monarch butterfly population has dropped 95% from the 1980s to 2020.

A few weeks ago, while brushing my teeth for the evening, I spotted a small spider. They're about 1/4 the size of a raisin — and my new roommate.

Over half of animal biomass on Earth is inhabited by insects. Every year, the Natural History Museum of Utah host’s BugFest, an event to educate and celebrate the importance and marvels of bugs. There is also a bug bar you won’t want to miss.