When someone hears the name stink bug, the likely reaction is a crunched up nose, a furrowed brow, and the utterance of the...
With nearly 900 species found across North America, syrphid flies (also called hover or flower flies) are a very important group...
This interesting little guy is a member of the Rove beetle family (Staphylinidae). Though at first glance, he might look...
I found this beautiful fly sipping nectar from a perennial mum in my garden yesterday. A member of the tachinid fly family,...
This beautiful orange creature is an assassin bug in the family Reduviidae. Pselliopsus barberi is one of over 100 species of...
Soldier beetles, like this common Pennsylvania leatherwing, are an ubiquitous sight in my summer garden. There are some...
This crazy-looking creature is the larva of a brown lacewing (Micromus species). I found it hanging out on a lily leaf in my...
Fireflies are found on every continent except Antarctica, and there are about 150 different species of fireflies in North...
This beautiful creature is a scorpionfly in the genus Panorpa. I found her in my shade garden clinging to the golden grass....
This delicate little creature is a woolly aphid in the subfamily Eriosomatinae (a Greek name that translates as...