“Get the dichotomous key,” he said. Clearly he was stumped. She had given up several minutes ago. The Bug Night volunteer felt lost and hovered nearby. It was obviously a macroinvertebrate—one of the most macro either of them had ever seen. They assumed the positions, she read the key and he, possessing superior eyesight, examined […]

Anyone who even glanced at her face could see that she was a little worried. “I’m the only one here and I feel like the bugs have had their way with me already,” she said waveringly. Clearly, she was overwhelmed. Six legs grasped her body as large mandibles hovered over her head. She had no […]

Instinct took over. The building-sized insect gave chase after the woman who ran by the St. Paul’s School Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science. The woman looked briefly over her shoulder as she crossed the campus road but did not seem to see the enormous bug. The insect noticed that the woman was not panicked […]

By DAVID BROOKS Monitor staff Tuesday, April 12, 2016 When a national organization added the Merrimack River to its list of the 10 most threatened rivers in America, its concern wasn’t one big thing but a whole lot of little things. You’re probably sitting underneath one of those things right now. “It’s not just pavement, […]

There is no Bug Night this week but we are offering help to those suffering from withdrawal. Liz Garlo, a Bug Night-er, has written the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program its first fan fiction, “Henry Finds a New Family.” Please click on the link below, sit back, picture yourself in the St. Paul’s School laboratory, and […]

Bug Nights 2016, Chapter 8, March 23 Henry Finds a New Family by Liz Garlo It was a cold and drizzly night, but inside the St. Paul’s School biological lab, it was warm and the brightly lit aquaria bubbled cheerfully as people began arriving. An air of intimacy developed as the program manager and sampling […]