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| Nearly 500 visitors take a tour of 草榴社区's Insect Collection | |||
| Biology's Merrill Peterson to discuss his new book, 'Pacific Northwest Insects,' Feb. 21 | |||
| What鈥檚 that bug? New Northwest field guide makes it easy to find out | Merrill Peterson knows few people are as passionate about insects as he is. But you don鈥檛 have to share the 鈥 |
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| What just crawled, waddled or flew by? 草榴社区 professor has your answer | Have you ever watched a bug scuttle, crawl or fly by and wondered 鈥渨hat was that!?鈥 鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 professor writes new 鈥楶acific Northwest Insects鈥 field guide | The book showcases about 1,200 regional insects, and mentions ways to identify a few thousand more. Peterson took about half of the 1,700 photographs in the book. Though this is still only a tiny slice of the 30,000 insect species that have been catalogued in the鈥 |
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| In spring, we see colorful willows growing pine cones | Sandbar willow can also be laden with aphids, which are typically protected by ants that harvest excess sugars passed by aphids. Amy Savage and Merrill Peterson, both based at Western Washington University, examined relative abundances of ants, aphids and midges, which鈥 |
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| From giant fleas to railway crashes to 'Blanket Bill,' enjoy summer reading with ties to Whatcom County | If you're looking for some quick summer reading, several new articles with ties to Whatcom County just came out. |
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| The Great Giant Flea Hunt | In the Pacific Northwest, we live among behemoths 鈥 snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child鈥檚 head. Yet one of the region鈥檚 undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone鈥檚 radar. |
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| The Great Giant Flea Hunt | In the Pacific north-west, we live among behemoths - snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child's head. Yet one of the region's undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone's radar. The land of Bigfoot and鈥 |
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| In the basement, insects by the thousands |