Cowboys traditionally aren’t the biggest fans of most insects because they’re the creepy-crawlies that transmit disease to livestock. The ones that don’t can chow down on their pastures or are just plain annoying.

But Aaron Clark, who lives near Wheatland on the Rabbit Creek Ranch, is an exception to the rule.

He runs a small cow-calf operation on his ranch, but most of the time you won’t find him roping calves. More often than not, what he’s out in his fields trying to lasso are insects.

Not just any insects, either. He’s after the tiny, seed and milk bugs that most people either ignore or don’t even know exist.

That’s earned this insect cowboy more than one spot in the Smithsonian Museum’s huge collection, with new ones never before documented in Wyoming or sometimes unknown altogeth

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