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Late summer is the time to find what the British call Ladybird Flies. If you disregard the head and wings…

Next time you’re at Mount Pisgah, take a moment to pick up a few acorns from the ground. Chances are,…

Here’s a stylishly colored wasp with some formidable defenses: It’s a male velvet ant in the Timulla genus, probably Timulla subhyalina.…

Woodland Skippers are fairly common this time of year, and are recognizable from their fighter-jet wing profile.  Both the common…

As you might guess from the name, Assassin Bugs are stealthy and efficient hunters. They pack around a lethal weapon…

Butterflies in the Polygonia genus share a distinctive mark: a white arc on their brown underwings that looks like a…

Beetle larvae are often cast as the villains of the forest, as they can take down mighty trees with thousands…

This small member of the Pyrochroidae or Fire-colored Beetle family is reliably out and about in early May at Mount…

It’s Bee Fly season! It’s not a bee, and it doesn’t look like a typical fly, but this pom-pom on…

Here's a good-looking true bug that you might find any day of the year. The border on a Bordered Plant…