Butterfly life cycle
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#wheelthrownpottery #insectary #abstractart #linework #pottery #ceramics #sgraffito #handmade #artofnature #earthboundceramics

(4/4) Finally, someone needs to take care of the #mosquitos. Twelve lab technicians and students work around 90 hours each week to maintain our #insectary - that's 4,680 hours each year. All these hours lay the groundwork for our #malaria research 🦟

"Most importantly, they also encourage biodiversity and they're typically more appealing to pollinators, which are keystone species on which ecosystems depend."

#nativespecies #nectary #insectary #beneficialbugs

"This loss has had a devastating impact on the plants and animals that use meadows for shelter, food and places to raise their young.”

#pollination #insectary #nectary #nativegrasses #biome #microbiome #microclimate #ecosystemmanagement
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They've broadcast 100,000 free packets of native wildflower seeds to collection points all across the state hoping to get as many little hands as possible working to fill their backyards with bee-attracting plants.

#nectary #insectary #pioneerplant #wildbees #neonicotinoids #colonycollapse


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