ARE THESE LARVAE THE WINNERS?
IMAGE BY VALERIE COOK
All in INSECTS
BEETLE PLANES
THESE MITES CATCH A RIDE ON A BEETLE PLANE
PHOTO BY PRESTON SMITH (not related but still AWESOME!)
HOW TO TRAP AN AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE OR HOW I SPEND MY SUMMERS
THERE IS NOTHING GLAMOROUS ABOUT TRAPPING AMERICAN BURYING BEETLES
IMAGE BY CURTIS SMITH
THE 200th
THESE Nicrophorus americanus ARE FROM THE AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE CONSERVATION BANK.
IMAGE BY PRESTON SMITH (NOT RELATED, BUT STILL ABSOLUTELY AMAZING).
VALENTINES MAY NOT BE “ALL THAT” FOR BEES
I HOPE YOUR VALENTINES DAY IS BETTER THAN THE BEE’S.
IMAGE FROM CREATIVE COMMONS AND LIFE’S JOURNEY TO PERFECTION
COLOR ME RED YOU LITTLE BEETLE!
THE COCHINEAL BEETLE IS PULVERIZED TO PRODUCE RED PIGMENTS.
IMAGE FROM WIKIMEDIA AND CREATIVE COMMONS.
STONEFLIES
MOST STONEFLIES ARE HANGING OUT AS NAIADS IN YOUR LOCAL STREAM; IF IT IS HEALTHY.
IMAGE FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE HARD KNOCK LIFE OF MALE LIGHTENING BUGS
IT IS DANGEROUS FOR PHOTINUS PYRALIS TO FIND A MATE.
IMAGE FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.
ATTACK OF THE LARGE MILKWEED BUG
THESE LARGE MILKWEED BUGS (NYMPHS) ARE REALLY BUGGING ME!
PHOTO BY AMY SMITH
CRAPOUFLAGE
THIS BEETLE TAKES THE ART OF CRAPOUFLAGE TO A NEW LEVEL.
PHOTO By Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/24702493176/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55246358
CECROPIA SILKMOTH
THIS GINORMOUS CATERPILLAR WILL SPIT UP A SILKEN COCOON SOON.
PHOTO BY ROCHELLE FRANCO
MOTHS VS BUTTERFLIES – THE SHAKE DOWN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES IS FUZZY.
PHOTO FROM CREATIVE COMMONS AND JOEY.
LET’S DANCE FLY
ROMANCE AMONG THE DANCE FLIES IS FULL OF TRICKERY.
PHOTO BY JUDY GALLAGER ON CREATIVE COMMONS.
GEORGE
GEORGE IS A BEETLE EATING MUTANT.
ORIGINAL PAINTING BY SAWYER SMITH
STONEFLIES
STONEFLIES ARE TASTY CRUMPETS (IF YOU ARE A TROUT)!
PHOTO FROM WIKIMEDIA
RAD NAIADS
AN ASSERTIVE NAIAD CAN TAKE DOWN A SMALL FISH OR TADPOLE.
PHOTO FROM WIKIPEDIA.ORG
BEWARE THE INVASION
THEY HAVE FOUND ME!
PHOTO FROM CREATIVE COMMONS
THE HALLOWEEN SERIES - ZOMBIES
THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IS UPON THEM.
PHOTO PLOS ONE, FROM CREATIVE COMMONS
THE HOLLOWEEN SERIES - EATTEN ALIVE
THE LARVAE BEGIN TO FEED; EATING THEIR HOST ALIVE.
COW KILLERS
THIS INSECT HAS A STING SO STOUT IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD KILL A COW.
PHOTO BY DIANE RAGSDALE