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Socially Distanced Science: Head-Hunting at Home!

Posted on July 27, 2020

Back in March of this year, just as it was becoming clear that “business as usual” was about to be a thing of the past, Petra Wakker walked into Room 101 of Hasler Lab and …

Posted in Ecological Processes, Hasler Lab, Learn Your LakesTagged lake flies, Lake Mendota, midges, paleolimnology, Petra Wakker, science at home, socially distant science

Learn Your Lakes: Midges, Not Mosquitoes or Mayflies, Give Us Spring’s First Swarms

Posted on April 22, 2020

(A version of this post first appeared on the blog on May 18, 2017) As we wrote last week, our waters are warming here in Wisconsin (and, in fact, all across the Northern Hemisphere) and …

Posted in Ecological Processes, Learn Your LakesTagged bug swarms, lake ecology, Lake Myvatn, Learn Your Lakes, midges, Wisconsin spring

You’re Not Seeing Mayflies Around Town – Those Are Midges

Posted on May 18, 2017

As I jumped on my bike and left the Lowell Elementary playground after dropping my kids off yesterday morning, I overheard a conversation between two parents that I hear pretty consistently this time of year. …

Posted in Ecological Processes, OutreachTagged Center for Limnology, Lake Mendota, Madison, midges, natural phenomena

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