Grasshoppers Have Some Interesting and Complicated Mouths
. Mouth Parts This is an older photo that I had genuinely forgotten I had taken. It was taken back...
Robber Flies Can be Unpredictable and Interesting
Up, Up, and Away Yesterday I decided to take what I call a “bug walk” around my property. After several...
Have You Ever Seen a Beautiful Butterfly Pee?
Ready, Set, Go Well, in all actuality, you never will. Butterflies don’t have kidneys and a bladder like mammals do....
Giant Swallowtail Butterflies are Beautiful and Colorful in the Fall
On a Wing and a Flower Last weekend I spent some time hiking around Watermelon Pond before visiting with my...
Carpenter Ants are Surprisingly Tidy Little Insects
Clean Feet Most of us tend to think of insects are dirty, germ infested animals that have very little intelligence....
Here’s Another Beautiful and Perfectly Perched Insect
Balanced Butterflies aren’t the only insects that can balance on an incredibly small, delicate bit of vegetation. Dragonflies are real...
Butterflies are Frequently Great Acrobats
Poised Often we do not give insects credit for the incredible creatures that they actually are. They can do any...
Here is Another Colorful Male Eastern Pondhawk
Almost Changed Not too long ago I showed you guys a photo of an Eastern pondhawk dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis) who...
The Tiny and Beautiful Male Familiar Bluet is Quite Colorful
Familiar You never know what you might come across wandering around in the wetlands around the cattle egret rookery. In...
Gulf Fritillary Butterflies Love Colorful Passion Fruit Flowers
Passionate Fritillary Back in June, we had lots of these gorgeous orange gulf fritillary butterflies (Agraulis vanillae) floating around. Then...
Recent Comments