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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…

Scarab beetles in the sub-family Melolonthinae have two common, common names: May beetles and Junebugs (more later). There are over…

What insect starts life like a butterfly or moth, but emerges from its cocoon looking like a wasp? If you’re…

Crane flies are the gawky, spindly creatures that sometimes flap awkwardly around your ceiling. While many of the 15,000 species…

Many insect species have such subtle differences that it takes an expert with a microscope to tell them apart. The…