It's the time of year when swarms of mayflies and midges arrive in the Erie area. These insects have short lifespans, ranging from a couple hours to a few weeks. While not quite of biblical plague ...
Wouldn’t it be great if the visitor sporting a finely fitted tuxedo in your living room was James Bond? No such luck – it’s an insect dressed in nature’s formalwear. Meet the tuxedo bug, a critter ...
“So the collection consists of around a million specimens of just these ichneumonid wasps. So just this one family of wasps. And in it there’s, it's really hard to say exact figures, but there's ...
It's a true longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae): adults have very long, segmented antennae-often about body length or longer in males (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum; BugGuide). It's a true longhorn beetle ...
Wingspan is typically 70-140 mm, making it one of North America's largest moths (e.g., BugGuide; Tuskes, Tuttle & Collins 1996). Wingspan is typically 70-140 mm, making it one of North America's ...
Young Griffin Alberts learning about assassin (robber flies) from his mother in April 2021. Every April 30, UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts, celebrates World Robber Fly Day. Now ...
In December 2021, a former FBI agent previously posted to Guangzhou in China began legal proceedings against the US government. The agent claimed the US Secretary of State and the State department ...
So here's this lady beetle patrolling a rosebud. It's early spring--April 15--in Vacaville, Calif.--and our little subject is looking for some tasty aphids. Or perhaps a mate. Oh, a visitor is on my ...