This stink bug (Pentatomidae) in the genus Brochymena (rough stink bugs) represents the end of an era, because it is…
One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…
This is another of the true bugs (Hemiptera) that I found under the loose bark of a decaying apple snag…
Thursday was my last day within the arena of gainful employment. It wasn’t a bad job driving people in wheelchairs…
This big carabid beetle taxa is probably the only Pterostichus I’ll ever be able to identify in the field, because…
In spite of (okay, let’s be honest- at least in part because of) their disgusting lifestyle, I kind of love…
This very interesting member of the family Chrysomelidae, which, in Europe, also goes by the common names bloody-nosed beetle (because…
Only recently, because of a burgeoning interest in Myxogastria(slime ‘molds’) and Myriapoda (millipedes and centipedes), have I begun to explore…
It was a very pleasant surprise when I peeled back a bit of exfoliating bark on a willow tree and…
I found this interesting member of the family Leiodidae (round fungus beetles) whilst searching a colony of Trichia varia for…