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Erinn Finely Contributing Writer efinley1@murraystate.edu A Murray State assistant professor in the biology department, discovered a new insect while planting with her daughter. Laura Sullivan-Beckers is a behavioral ecologist, who studies the communication and mating behaviors of treehoppers and spiders. “She was two years old at the time, so when…
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A Murray State University biology professor is asking for the public to help her map the locations of a new insect species she discovered.
Laura Sullivan-Beckers discovered the new species of treehopper while planting flowers
And now she’s using the crowdsourcing website
iNaturalist.org to determine how widely dispersed the insect is. The site allows people to upload images of wildlife that can be reviewed by other users and naturalists.
She says the website will help her gather information from across the country.
“I don’t have the resources and the time to travel all across the U.S. looking for them. But there are other people who could easily, if you see a mulberry tree, flip over the leaf and see if you can find one,” Sullivan-Beckers said.
Dionte Berry News Editor dberry11@murraystate.edu The Board of Regents convened in Heritage Hall for its quarterly spring meeting on Friday, June 4. The topic of tuition for the 21-22 academic year continued from the Board’s April meeting. In addition they discussed and voted on a handful of other matters such…