/tags/sophia-m-sachs-butterfly-house Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:57:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-08/monarch-and-firefly-populations-are-in-decline-heres-what-you-can-do-to-help Monarchs are migrating through the St. Louis region now, but residents are seeing fewer of them than ever before. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:57:29 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-08/monarch-and-firefly-populations-are-in-decline-heres-what-you-can-do-to-help Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status The number of monarchs migrating through St. Louis seems low this year, which has entomologists worrying about the population. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status Kate Grumke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-05-22/cicadas-are-tender-and-savory-heres-how-to-capture-and-cook-them Interested in partaking in 2024’s most unusual culinary experience? We’ve got you covered. Wed, 22 May 2024 22:53:40 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-05-22/cicadas-are-tender-and-savory-heres-how-to-capture-and-cook-them Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-04-23/cicadas-st-louis-emergence-insects-periodical-broods It's estimated that there will be 1 million to 1.5 million periodical cicadas per acre in the St. Louis region this spring. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:39:22 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-04-23/cicadas-st-louis-emergence-insects-periodical-broods Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2024-03-18/st-louis-scientists-just-found-a-rare-mutant-cockroach-in-the-butterfly-houses-lab The Madagascar hissing cockroach is split in half, with two distinct colorations. Butterfly House scientists are trying to learn more about the rare mutation. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-03-18/st-louis-scientists-just-found-a-rare-mutant-cockroach-in-the-butterfly-houses-lab Kate Grumke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-28/fear-over-brown-recluse-spiders-is-overblown-and-unnecessary-heres-why Brown recluse spiders are infamous for their necrotic venom, but how dangerous are they, really? Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:15:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-28/fear-over-brown-recluse-spiders-is-overblown-and-unnecessary-heres-why Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-21/endangered-tarantulas-seized-by-federal-agents-find-new-home-at-mobot Nearly 100 Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are the newest addition at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House in Chesterfield. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:45:03 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-21/endangered-tarantulas-seized-by-federal-agents-find-new-home-at-mobot Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-02-08/human-pest-in-your-life-mobot-will-name-a-cockroach-in-their-dishonor Tad Yankoski, Missouri Botanical Garden’s senior entomologist and "bug dad," returns to the program to dismantle cockroaches' bad reputation and detail some of their positive attributes. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:35:36 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-02-08/human-pest-in-your-life-mobot-will-name-a-cockroach-in-their-dishonor Lara Hamdan /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-06-24/how-a-mobot-entomologist-became-a-single-bug-dad Tad Yankoski is an entomologist at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Butterfly House. His job mainly consists of tending to the site’s cockroaches, beetles,… Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:36:10 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-06-24/how-a-mobot-entomologist-became-a-single-bug-dad Lara Hamdan /health-science-environment/2013-06-10/go-glow-firefly-festival-sheds-light-on-summers-brightest-bugs This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 10, 2013: This time last year, the fireflies were out in full force. But after a cool spring,… Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:21:41 GMT /health-science-environment/2013-06-10/go-glow-firefly-festival-sheds-light-on-summers-brightest-bugs Kristen Hare