This fairly large geometrid goes by the common name of American Tissue Moth, although I cannot seem to find out…
There are many flowering plants that are considered to be harbingers of spring. The Oemleria cerasiformis (Osoberry) that I recently…
Ditylus gracilis is a member of the family Oedemeridae, also known as false blister beetles, because they have a strong superficial…
I was photographing Bryophytes in a friend’s courtyard when I saw this lady beetle on a patch of Homalothecium fulgescens…
For my first post about the fascinating family Meloidae (blister beetles) I am profiling Nemognatha lutea, a relatively common denizen…
Since I’m hanging out indoors today while snow falls steadily, covering every exposed horizontal surface, I thought I’d look back…
Tiger beetles in general get my juices flowing in a different way than other insects, because they really have to…
Last week I decided to start taking my Olympus TG5 to work with me, because sometimes I see interesting critters…
Arctosa littoralis is one of the largest wolf spiders (Lycosidae) in our region, and another seemingly common species that has…
It was surprising to me that this apparently relatively common Tenebrionid beetle was not represented on BugGuide from the state…