Insects

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of June 11, 2024.

John and Heidi talk with Allison Barta, former science teacher and lepidopterist (butterfly expert) extraordinaire! She discusses her upcoming presentation "On the Hunt for Northwoods Butterflies," as well as some of the highlights from her 12-year hunt for all 90-some species native to the Bemidji area.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports! Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather, and other wonders.

Heidi and John talk with Sam Guida, an expert in gall-inducing insects! Galls are the hard little round structures that are formed in some plants by insects that lay their eggs in the stem, leaf, or bud.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports! Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather, and other wonders.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their reports.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.