Bugs

About 70% of the world’s crop production relies on pollinator insects for survival.That makes it helpful to know how many pollinators are out there. As a citizen scientist, you can participate in this year’s Great Southeast Pollinator Census.Agents with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension are looking for volunteers to count pollinators. The census is a regional event that includes Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

As the rain finally returns to Southwest Florida that also means the resurgence of the pesky mosquito.

The Centers for the Arts in Bonita Springs has a brand new exhibition opening Sept. 3 called “Small Wonders: Insects in Focus” that puts some of the…