Despite its kleptoparasitic tendencies (which is just one of several reasons why Benjamin Franklin privately didn’t think it was fit…
This is a Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae) whose larval host is elm trees. The adults also feed upon the leaves of…
Male Lazuli Buntings are eye catching birds which really stand out in their usual breeding habitat of dry, shrubby, open…
Chukars are distinctive gray birds with cream and white barring on the wings, and a cream colored throat with a…
This is a large (FW length 24-27mm), very common and highly variable Noctuid moth which is found in a wide…
First off I need to say that I really don’t like that prosaic and somewhat pejorative common name. I do…
This is a little Twirler moth (Gelechioidea) in the family Oecophoridae (Concealer Moths). This colorful and distinctive moth is the…