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I love finding something that flummoxes me. So I was intrigued to spot this three- to four-millimeter long insect parading…

Acorns are a sturdy nut with some gravity as they fall. As they drop through the tree, I can hear…

If you spotted this insect on a blackberry leaf, as I did last week at Mount Pisgah, you would probably…

Sitting in the shade of a ponderosa pine listening to the river flow, I heard the faint murmurings of the…

Not only are katydids masters of disguise, they also have a multi-colored life cycle, and they hear with their lower…

Because summertime is wasp time, this column features the second remarkable wasp in a row. Females of the Leucospis genus…

This striking red wasp with iridescent blue wings has been fairly visible on Queen Anne’s lace lately. It’s a Western…

In general, I think people should be talking more about moths. In the Lepidoptera order, more than 90% of species…

This week's subject is the rose weevil. Weevils are beetles with exaggerated snouts. The snout, or rostrum, helps the insect…

Seeing an oak treehopper (Platycotis vittata) was on my long-term wishlist, and it was so exhilarating to find one that…