Last week I decided to start taking my Olympus TG5 to work with me, because sometimes I see interesting critters…
It was surprising to me that this apparently relatively common Tenebrionid beetle was not represented on BugGuide from the state…
There are several genera of moths which overwinter, hibernating as adults. But I had never found any that were doing…
Last Saturday, based on a tip from social media, my friend Craig Sondergaard and I mounted an expedition to the…
Usually the wingless insects in our apartment are just relocated without any attempt to identify them, since I have almost…
For many decades the Alaska Yellowjacket was considered to be the same species as the European Vespula vulgaris, although there…
Despite all of the bad press they garner with foraging forays into backyard barbecues, Vespula pensylvanica is a very useful…
If you spend much time actively looking for bugs in open brushy areas you will probably find these Consperse Stink…
Striped Meadowhawks are very common, small (32-36mm) members of the skimmer family (Libellulidae). In shallow, weedy, stagnant ponds with low…
This was a fun moth to find today, about 14 months after finding my first Copper Underwing Moth, since I…