21. The beetle, the fabric, and the seamstress

How can art help communicate invasive species science? Today, we’ll meet an artist on a journey to turn some thrifted fabric into a biocontrol bug that is larger than life!

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Special thanks to our guests:

Astrid Hooper Loften, Artist, UW-Madison’24

Jeanne Scherer, University of Wisconsin-Extension and University of Wisconsin-Madison

Learn more:

The FLOW Project 

Astrid’s Cella Beetle Project

Tim’s tent

Information about purple loosestrife biocontrol