This was a fun moth to find today, about 14 months after finding my first Copper Underwing Moth, since I…
Nebria brevicollis was first found in the US, in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, in 2007. By 2010 it had more than…
Black Saddlebags are very interesting dragonflies for several reasons. Foremost are the saddlebags themselves, patches of velvety black at the…
Chrysolina quadrigemina are leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) that are native to Europe and North Africa. They were imported in the mid…
The Odorous House Ant is yet another insect which invades our homes in autumn. Their common name comes from an…
There is something particularly fascinating to me about the members of the family Syrphidae (flower flies or hover flies). Part…
Though Elasmostethus cruciatus looks like a stink bug (Pentatomidae) and emits pungent gas as a defense mechanism like a stink…
Yet another true bug (Hemiptera) which attempts to invade our homes in the fall is the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug.…
Another common true bug (Hemiptera) that is very common in the fall on, around, and in our homes, is the…
It’s that time again, when outdoor bugs start looking for winter quarters indoors. We had 3 of these Western Conifer…