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Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spiders

  • Written by Laura Melissa Guzman, Assistant Professor of Biology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spidersVolunteers tend to an insect trap in Los Angeles.Deniz Durmus, courtesy of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, CC BY-SA

The most significant predictors of bug biodiversity in Los Angeles are proximity to the mountains and temperature stability throughout the year, according to a study weco-authored with Brian V. Brown of the Los...

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