Insects

Researchers from the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory recently found that some winged insects native to the Mountain West – and crucial to maintaining ecosystem balance – are on the decline.

Each week, we talk with our colleagues at The Colorado Sun about the stories they're following. This time, The Sun's Editor and co-founder, Larry Ryckman, joined us to discuss some Colorado wildlife stories.

The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined us to talk about a new bug swarming northwestern Colorado now that the moths are gone and a group of Denver renters who crashed a party for landlords with a protest.

APHIS monitors grasshoppers in 17 western states, and when the agency deems there’s an outbreak - or is asked to intervene by stakeholders like the US Forest Service or adjacent land owners - it can apply a pesticide to kill the insects.

Celebrate National Native Plant Month by adding some local Colorado flora into your garden this spring.

Wide open spaces, like much of Wyoming, are known to be strongholds for pollinators like butterflies. They often contain critical habitat and food resources, far away from the disturbance of human civilization. But it turns out even those areas are under threat.

Yet another study is showing an alarming decline in butterflies across the warming American West. The latest research, led by the University of Nevada, found a 1.6% annual reduction in the number of butterflies observed across more than 70 locations in the West over the past four decades. And it suggests warming during fall months in particular is driving the die-off.

This spring, miller moths seemed to swarm like a miniaturized version of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." Just as we opened a door or turned on a light,…

Recent Colorado transplants might be in for a surprise this summer: The return of the miller moth.Common to the state, the pests have been relatively…

Grass on the prairie is growing taller because there's now more carbon dioxide in the air. Paradoxically, though, this might be hurting wildlife, because the grass is less nutritious.