Now picture lunch without apples, love without orchids, forests piled with wood and dung lying everywhere. That's what would happen if the world had no insects, says Michael Ivie, associate professor and curator of entomology at Montana State University-Bozeman.
Insects are the basis of a lot of food webs and animal communities.
It's not a different car. It's not a car at all. MSU entomologists were pondering the value of insects as the Department of Entomology geared up for Bug Fest 2000. Building on last year's popular Insectennial, the public day for Bug Fest 2000 will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at MSU's Plant Growth Center on South 11th Avenue in Bozeman. It is free and open to the public.