So, this is very embarrassing. I did not know what this was when I found it. But that’s not the…
Despite all of the bad press they garner with foraging forays into backyard barbecues, Vespula pensylvanica is a very useful…
As the common name suggests Eurasian Watermilfoil is native to Europe and Asia, as well as North Africa. It is…
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…
I love deer! Until I developed my fascination with birds, bugs, and botany, seeing deer while afoot in their element…
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…









