Bug Squad

It's Thanksgiving, and time to be grateful. In the bug world, we're all grateful for the people who study insects, monitor them, and share information to impart scientific data and help save declining species.

If you're interested in native bees, you'll want to read the newly published University of California research article, "Tiny Saviors in Our Backyard.

Quick! Answer this question: Until recently, praying mantids were thought to be deaf. We now know that 65 percent of all mantid species can hear.

If you're into macro photography of insects, you'll want to check out the amazing photos that won awards, or were accepted into the international Insect Salon competition, affiliated with the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the Peoria Camera Club, Illinois.

It's important to have a sense of humor, especially in the academic world when seriousness almost always shades levity. But wait...