entymology

Springtime in North Carolina means bugs, and lots of them. right now we're getting an extra dose because the 13 year cicadas are doing their above-ground thing - amazing numbers and noise level! But, this isn't about cicadas really. Over the weekend I cleared out an overgrown flower bed to...

Today I was at a local (Australian Rules) football match. It is late autumn and was a lovely 22C, sunny day. Looking across the ground to a background of gum trees. I could see countless numbers of very small flying bugs, together with fewer larger moth-like bugs (but they were white and not...

During my dog walking constitutional this morning I was surprised by this little fellow just outside my front porch: More images here http://picasaweb.google.com/thedolittle/Spiders Now I've had my fair run in with spiders. I come across wolf, yellow, and spiny orbweavers aplenty in my yard...

Another thread sort of went in an unintended direction, when a poorly worded question about "what should the general public know about insects" was interpreted as "what do you, individually, want to know about insects?" My bad :D So, here's the thread to ask away in! What random bug fact are...

Bug Girl: I have a small web spinner out front on the porch, and was wondering if you had any idea what it is. It is slightly smaller than the nail on my pinky, and colored like a lady bug. It has what looks like a carapice that is reddish (a little orange-y in the red) with some black spots...

I was wondering about the maturing of hive insects. Do they go through the stages from egg to adult as other insects do? And are these stages easily recognizable as seperate stages? For example: Do wasps, bees, or ants hatch from eggs then live for a time as non-ambulatory "caterpillars"...