Bug Squad

Some folks worry about "getting the red out." How about "getting the red in?" Have you ever seen a honey bee packing white, pink, blue, lavender, yellow, orange or red pollen? Have you ever seen the colorful diversity of pollen grains gracing their hives? Stunning. Take red.

You're on a winning streak when you spot a gray hairstreak. No, not the streak in Grandpa's hair--the streak on Grandma's flowers. It's the gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon mellinus, also known as the common hairstreak.

The lady beetle, aka ladybug, is a veritable eating machine.

Bugs rule! Congratulations to the world's top 10 entomology departments, as listed today (April 3) in the long-awaited Times Higher Education's Center for World University Rankings. The rankings show the University of Florida's Department of Entomology and Nematology as No. 1.

What a fantastic idea! And what an innovative way to help the bees, butterflies and other pollinators.