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It’s wasp season, and this column’s featured guest is a gentle giant: The Great Golden Digger Wasp. While its size…

In the last column, you met a beetle that poses as a wasp. This time, it’s a moth wearing the…

Insects copy each other all the time. They can avoid being eaten by looking like a known poisonous creature or…

Although this fly is about the same shape and size as a housefly, it’s got an outlandish life story and…

You may be familiar with green lacewings, those delicate fliers that prey on aphids and other garden pests. This column…

Heads up to those with grammaphobia: The subject of this column will take us through quite the alphabet soup.  The…

Droopy, white osoberry flowers are one of spring’s first blooms, and its pollen and nectar attract many species of hungry…

One sure sign of spring at Mount Pisgah is also sure to frustrate anyone trying to get a close look…

The Bumblebee Catkin Fly could indeed be mistaken for a bumblebee, especially from a distance, which is how they’re most…

There honestly aren’t very many social insects: those that spend their lives in hives, such as bumblebees, or nests, in…