SDPB Radio's Cara Hetland Introduces DON'T BUG ME!, a Science Cafe event held Thursday, May 6 at The Depot Pub & Grill 210 S. Main, Mitchell - featuring Louis Hesler from the USDA Lab in Brookings. Hesler talked about the Lost Lady Bug Project.
Want to be part of the Lost Lady Bug team? Hesler is seeking citizen scientists, even children, who will watch for three missing species of Lady Beetles that have disappeared from the Northern Plains.
Louis S. Hesler, Ph.D.USDA-ARS: North Central Agricultural Research LaboratoryLive Science: Behind the Scenes - "Lost" Ladybugs Found Again in South Dakota
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Slideshow from the event:
Sponsored by SDPB Education & Outreach, Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting, The Depot and Northern State University. The SDPB Science Café moderator is Cara Hetland, SDPB Radio’s News Director and host of the new Innovations series.