So, let’s just get this out of the way first: Golden Snowfleas are not fleas (class Insecta, order Siphonaptera). They…
I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…
For a variety of reasons, most of which have, in some manner, to do with ‘clearing the decks for action’…
I am very fond of Gadwalls for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their ease of…
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…
It appears that Polyxenus is the only western North American genus in the order Polyxenida, and it is beyond my…