A very close-up, high resolution photograph of a beetle that has a mostly black body with orange-brown legs and yellow hairs and the backend of the body. Its eyes appear very large and globular.

Megalopinus sanguinitriguttatus, a species of rove beetle.

A Bug’s (After)Life

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A Bug's (After)Life

The Field Museum

Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, nor Spiders

Black and white microscope image of something with hard ridges and soft fringe

Small Millipedes Impact the Earth in a Big Way

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Scanning electron microscope image of a millipede mandible.

Of Ivory Gulls and Parasites

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Ivory Gull by Nathan Goldberg

Chicago Adventure, Part Eight: How to be an Insect

Ants of the rainforests of South America. Why are some species only found in some places?

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2009 REU Intern Elizabeth Loehrer

Branches on the enormous Beetle Tree of Life

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2009 REU Intern Kristin Kalita

The Man Who Mistook His Tarantula for a Hat

A Century of Butterflies and Moths

Variety is the Spice of Lice

Media

A beautiful Fall Friday night at the museum

Understanding Turtle Ants

Fossil beetle video

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Fossil Carrion Feeders

How do I get rid of the pest ants in my home?

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White Pelicans outside my office window

Fossil Invertebrates Diversity

The evolution of an ant-plant mutualism

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2010 REU Intern Sara Zufan

Insects, Arachnids and Myriapods

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Monarch butterflies need help, and a little bit of milkweed goes a long way

One in a million” blue-eyed cicada joins the Field Museum’s research collections

Field Museum celebrates the cicada emergence with insect-pinning classes, Meet a Scientist events, and a bug-inspired meal at Big Star

Two boys stand in front of a reproduction of a crayfish more than twice their size. The boy to the left crouches, looking down into a window cut in floor. Recreated soil and roots are visible behind them.

Underground Adventure

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Two monarch butterflies are perched atop a flower in downtown Chicago.

Cities are Key to Saving Monarch Butterflies

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Urban Pollinator Conservation

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Emerging Pathogens Project

Selected Insects in your Midwestern Native Garden

Insects - Research