Stink Bug Detectives

  • Tig sniffs out BMSB in high orchard hiding spots
    Tig-Orchard-Search-High.jpg
  • Tig earns a reward for spotting BMSB in the orchard
    Tig-Orchard-Reward-2.jpg
  • Tig detects BMSB in the snowy orchard
    Tig-Orchard-Response-Snow.jpg
  • Tig's orchard search
    Tig-Orchard-3.jpg
  • Tig searches for BMSB in the orchard
    Tig-Orchard-1.jpg
  • Tig's first BMSB forest find
    Tig-Forest-First-Find.jpg
  • Opal searches the hedge line for BMSB
    Opal-Search-Hedge-Line.jpg
  • Opal responds to her trainer's commands
    Opal-Respond.jpg
  • Opal detects BMSB in the snowy orchard
    Opal-Orchard-Snow-Search.jpg
  • Opal checks high spots in the orchard for BMSB
    Opal-Orchard-Search-High.jpg
  • Opal searches for BMSB in the orchard
    Opal-Orchard-1.jpg
  • Opal searches the forest for BMSB
    Opal-Forest-Transect.jpg

Photos by Torri J. Hancock.

— by LIANE WORTHINGTON

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