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Past Issues
2019
02.04.2019 Destination Vietnam: Taking it slow with the Vietnamese Walking Stick, 'Medauroidea extradentata'
01.28.2019 Destination Malaysia: Home of the Giant Leaf Insect, 'Phyllium giganteum'
01.21.2019 Oil bees, if you please: Centris nitida
01.07.2019 Destination Sarasota, Florida: To kill a cycad - Cycad scale, ‘Aulacaspis yasumatsui’
2018
12.31.2018 DESTINATION SARASOTA, FLORIDA: GREEN AND GORGEOUS GREEN ORCHID BEE, 'EUGLOSSA DILEMMA'
11.12.2018 Destination New South Wales, Australia: a visit with the Macleay’s spectre, 'Extatosoma tiaratum'
11.05.2018 Giant, Bloodthirsty Mosquitoes? Nah, Crane Flies – Tipulidae
10.22.2018 Friendly velvety home invaders: Soldier beetle larvae, 'Chauliognathus' spp.
10.15.2018 Good morning, Wolfie: Wolf spiderlings, Lycosidae
10.08.2018 Spiders in the mist: Funnel weaving spider, Pennsylvania Grass Spider, ‘Agelenopsis pennsylvanica’
10.01.2018 Pugnacious paper wasps: Polistes metricus or maybe Polistes parametricus
09.24.2018 Girl Scouts and vagabonds: Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia
09.17.2018 Parsley poacher: Black swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio polyxenes
09.10.2018 Humans help wasps, wasps help humans: Four-toothed mason wasp, Monobia quadridens
09.03.2018 Brush-foot butterflies dining on dung: Nymphalidae
08.27.2018 A Good Year for Monarchs? Monarch butterfly, Danaus Plexippus
08.20.2018 Robber flies steal lives: Red-footed cannibal fly, Promachus rufipes
08.13.2018 “Mantises and Martinis”! The Chinese Praying Mantis, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
08.06.2018 An inside look at baldfaced hornets, Dolichovespula maculata
07.30.2018 Carp diem: Fish and blow flies, Calliphoridae
07.23.2018 Cicadas beware, the ladies are in town: Female cicada killer, Sphecius speciosus
07.16.2018 Lookin’ for trouble: Male cicada killer wasps, Sphecius speciosus
07.09.2018 Tiny recyclers: Booklice and barklice, Psocoptera
07.02.2018 A zealous assassin: Pale Green Assassin Bug, Zelus luridus
06.25.2018 American ladies like licorice: American Lady Butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis
06.18.2018 Vexing rains spawn vexing mosquitoes: inland floodwater mosquito, Aedes vexans
06.11.2018 A bumble bee, or not a bumble bee, that is the question: Miner bees, Anthophora abrupta
06.04.2018 Ground nesting bees beware of the bee fly: Bombyliidae
05.28.2018 Impatient, doomed cicadas of Brood X, Magicada spp.
05.21.2018 Rosie defoliators: Roseslug sawfly, Endelomyia aethiops, and Curled rose sawfly, Allantus cinctus
05.14.2018 Banneker’s boxelder bugs, Boisea trivittatus
05.07.2018 Stinky exodus underway: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
04.30.2018 Mason bee-haviors: Osmia spp.
04.23.2018 Come Explore the Insect Petting Zoo at Maryland Day, Saturday, April 28, 2018!
04.02.2018 Destination Belmopan, Belize – Look who’s looking at you: Owl butterflies, Caligo sp.
03.19.2018 Help find the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
03.12.2018 Destination Lizard Island, Australia, and a visit with Green Tree Ants, Oecophylla smaragdina
03.05.2018 Bug of the Week Academy Awards 2018
02.26.2018 Destination La Torre, Peru – Search for the mistress of pain: Bullet Ants, Paraponera clavata
02.05.2018 Destination Villarrica, Chile – Not hidin’ from anyone: the elegant phasmatid, Agathemera elegans
01.15.2018 Destination Tambopata River, Peru: The search for salt by birds and birdwing moths, Urania sp.
01.01.2018 Destination Coral Gables, Florida: A visit with Coontie and the Atala butterfly, Eumaeus atala
2017
12.25.2017 Cooley spruce gall adelgids, Adelges cooleyi, decorate the Christmas tree
12.11.2017 Edamame surprise: Soldier flies, Stratiomyidae
11.27.2017 Waxy ladies on alder: Woolly Alder Aphid, Paraprociphilus tessellatus
11.20.2017 Seeing spots: Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
11.13.2017 Flies that mimic wasps: Masquerading syrphid fly, Helophilus sp.
11.06.2017 Window wasps: Grass-carrying wasps, Isodontia spp.
10.23.2017 What is that giant hornet and why is it eating my tree? European hornet, Vespa crabro
10.16.2017 Beautiful in yellow and black: The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae
10.09.2017 Look but do not touch: Blister beetles, Epicauta pensylvanica and E. funebris
10.02.2017 Deception and defense on cup-plant: Keel-shaped treehopper, Entylia carinata
09.25.2017 On the outside looking in but not for long: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
09.18.2017 Bumble Bees and other Pollinators Beware of Ambush Bugs, Phymata spp.
09.11.2017 Big spider webs, Part 2: Black and yellow garden spider, Argiope aurantia
09.04.2017 Big spider webs, Part 1: Spotted orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera
08.28.2017 Where have all the spiders gone? Black and yellow mud dauber wasps, Sceliphron caementarium
08.21.2017 Harlequin hijinks: Harlequin bug, Murgantia histrionica
08.14.2017 Catching up with the Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
08.07.2017 To squash a squash bug: Anasa tristis
07.31.2017 Pumpkin vines on the menu: Squash vine borer, Melittia cucurbitae
07.24.2017 Liquid squirting leafhoppers: Sharpshooters, Cuerna and Oncometopia
07.17.2017 Here’s looking at you, kid! Eyed click beetle, Alaus oculatus
07.10.2017 What is that strange big insect? Dobsonflies, hellgrammites, and fishflies (Corydalidae)
07.03.2017 Mother Nature’s summer light show: Lightning bugs, Lampyridae
06.26.2017 Requiem for early risers: Periodical cicadas, Magicicada spp.
06.19.2017 Sweet and salty: Solitary sweat bee, Augochlora pura
06.12.2017 Recycling ash: Banded Ash Borer, Neoclytus caprea
06.05.2017 It’s a hard-knock life for cicadas: Magicicada spp. and their enemies
05.22.2017 Cranking up the Big Boy Band: Magicicada spp.
05.15.2017 Periodical cicadas up and out of the ground in Maryland, DC, and Virginia - Magicicada spp.
05.08.2017 Welcome Periodical Cicadas of Brood VI and perhaps Broods V and X, Magicicada spp.
05.01.2017 Good bye ash trees of the Potomac: Emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis
04.24.2017 Come one, come all to explore the Insect Petting Zoo: Maryland Day, Saturday April 29, 2017!
04.17.2017 Preserve our air from “The Infection of Dungs”: Rainbow dung beetle, Phanaeus vindex
03.27.2017 Parasitoids at the porch light: Ichneumon wasps, Ophionine
03.20.2017 Tiny winter leapers: Snow fleas and other springtails, Collembola
03.13.2017 Bloodsuckers in the basement: Subterranean mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus
03.06.2017 Ectoparasites go to school: Bed Bugs in DC, Cimex lectularius
02.27.2017 Stingless bees in the rainforest: Tribe, Meliponini
02.20.2017 Butterflies pumping on the beach: Daggerwings, Marpesia sp.
02.06.2017 At night in the rainforest, part 3: Paper nest builders, Polybia sp.
01.30.2017 At night in the rainforest, part 2: Round-headed katydids, Amblycorypha sp.
01.23.2017 At night in the rainforest: Whip spiders, Amblypygi
01.16.2017 Tiny hibernal hunters: Dusty-wings, Coniopterigidae
01.09.2017 Tiny wolves in sheep’s clothing: Debris carrying lacewing larvae, Chrysopidae
01.02.2017 Pantry raiders: Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella
2016
12.27.2016 Santa Mantie bids you all a wonderful holiday season!
12.19.2016 Red and green: Tailed jay, Graphium agamemnon, and cotton stainers, Dysdercus sp.
12.12.2016 Legends of Christmas Tinsel and Spiders
11.28.2016 Beautiful but dangerous: Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus spp.
11.21.2016 Recycling of the shrew: Broad-headed bug, Megalotomus quinquespinosus
11.14.2016 An autumn sun dance: Mayflies, Ephemeroptera
11.07.2016 Bugs in Orange and Black, Part 2, beautiful but stinky: Gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
10.24.2016 A flower fly grows in Brooklyn: Flowers flies, Syrphidae
10.17.2016 When aphids fill the air: Elm cockscomb gall aphid, Colopha ulmicola
10.10.2016 Singing in the meadow: Short-winged meadow katydid, Conocephalus brevipennis
10.03.2016 Fall is the season for cabbage eaters: Imported cabbage worm, Pieris rapae
09.26.2016 Rain tree surprise: Golden rain tree bug, Jadera haematoloma
09.19.2016 Welcome class of 2016: Large carpenter bees, Xylocopa virginica
09.05.2016 Bringing home the bacon: Paper wasps, Polistes exclamens
08.29.2016 Thread-waisted wasps really dig spotted horsemint: Thread-waisted wasp, Eremnophila aureonotata
08.22.2016 Scary Potter: Potter wasps, Eumeninae
08.15.2016 Now you see ‘em, now you don’t: Silver spotted skipper caterpillars, Epargyreus clarus
08.08.2016 Pawpaws and zebras along the Potomac: Zebra swallowtail butterflies, Protographium marcellus
08.01.2016 Save some milkweed for me! Monarchs and the milkweed tussock moth, Euchaetes egle
07.25.2016 Mounds of mountain marvels: Allegheny mound ant, Formica exsectoides
07.18.2016 One gorgeous beetle: Dogbane leaf beetle, Chrysochus auratus
07.11.2016 Carpenter bee holes make a perfect home for giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis
07.04.2016 Oxeye surprise: False milkweed bug, Lygaeus turcicus
06.27.2016 Turning the tables on milkweeds: Milkweed longhorned beetle, Tetraopes sp.
06.20.2016 A bee or not a bee? That is the question! Syrphid fly, Volucella bombylans
06.13.2016 Mason bee peril: Parasitic wasps, Leucospis affinis
06.06.2016 Bug of the Week is ‘Slug of the Week’: Leopard slug, Limax maximus
05.30.2016 Cicada surprise! Brood V and straggling periodical cicadas, Magicicada spp.
05.23.2016 Who’s been sucking on my bee balm? Fourlined plant bug, Poecilocapsus lineatus
05.16.2016 An oil-gathering bee, Centris nitida
05.09.2016 Playing mind games with the seedcorn maggot, Delia platura
04.25.2016 Sorry DC and Baltimore, no periodical cicadas for you this year: Magicicada spp.
04.18.2016 April’s March flies: Bibionidae
04.11.2016 Get ready for the pale marsh mosquito, Ochlorotatus dorsalis
03.21.2016 Boxelder bugs on the move, Boisea trivittatus
03.14.2016 Mason bees make an early debut, Osmia spp.
02.29.2016 Bug of the Week Academy Awards 2016
02.22.2016 Cutting leaves here and there: Leafcutter bees, Megachilidae, and leafcutter ants, Atta spp.
02.15.2016 Ant bodyguards here and there: Odorous house ants, Tapinoma sessile, and carpenter ants, Camponotus
02.08.2016 Bugs in love: Lovebugs, kissing bugs, and other insects engaged in intimate activities
02.01.2016 Zika virus and its vector: Yellow Fever Mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti
01.25.2016 Carbo-loading here and there: Odorous house ants, Tapinoma sessile, and harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex
01.18.2016 Carpenter ants here and there: Camponotus spp.
01.11.2016 Froghoppers and spittlebugs here and there: Cercopidae and Aphrophoridae
2015
12.21.2015 ‘Tis the season to inspect your hemlocks for hemlock wooly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
12.14.2015 Green is good for holly berry midge, Asphondylia ilicicola
12.07.2015 Holly surprise: Native holly leafminer, Phytomyza ilicicola
11.23.2015 Spiders in corners, part 2: Cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides
11.16.2015 Spiders in corners, Part 1: Common house spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum
11.09.2015 Twiggy: The Northern Walkingstick, Diapheromera fermorata
11.02.2015 Aphids serve a tasty autumn treat: White pine aphid, Cinara strobi
10.19.2015 Bugs in Orange and Black, Part I: An ermine moth, ailanthus webworm, Atteva aurea
10.05.2015 Spiders in the mist: Funnel weaving spider, Pennsylvania Grass Spider, Agelenopsis pennsylvanica
09.28.2015 Got stink bugs? Let us know! Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
09.21.2015 Tough to be a hornworm: Tomato and tobacco hornworms, Manduca quinquemaculata and M. sexta
09.14.2015 To sting a stinger: Saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulae, and brachonid wasp, Cotesia
09.07.2015 Io, io, it’s off to work we go: Io Moth, Automeris io
08.31.2015 Dog days and their cicadas, Neotibicen (formerly Tibicen) species
08.24.2015 Monarchs and Mojitos: Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
08.17.2015 The great black wasp turns yellow: Great black wasp, Sphex pensylvanicus
08.10.2015 Bad lady beetles: Mexican bean beetles, Epilachna varivestis
08.03.2015 Cucurbit catastrophe: Squash vine borer, Melittia cucurbitae
07.27.2015 Lawn zoomers: Green June Beetle, Cotinus nitida
07.20.2015 Wolves on a summer’s night: Wolf spiders, Lycosidae
07.13.2015 Summer hummer: Hummingbird moth, Hemaris thysbe
07.06.2015 A fly with a golden touch? Mydas fly, Mydas clavatus
06.29.2015 Blossom buster: Oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis
06.22.2015 Deadly dining: Three-lined potato beetle, Lema daturaphila
06.08.2015 Butterflies behaving badly? Lepidoptera puddling
06.01.2015 Ground beetles up in the air: Calosoma wilcoxi and Calosoma scrutator
05.25.2015 Cankerworm conundrums: Fall cankerworm, Alsophila pometaria
05.18.2015 The next invader: Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
05.11.2015 Carpenter bees defending territories: Large carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica
05.04.2015 Spring beauties: Mining bees, Andrena erigeniae
04.27.2015 B’more Battles the Beetle: Emerald Ash Borer, Agrillus plenipennis
04.20.2015 Come one, come all to explore the Insect Petting Zoo – Maryland Day, Saturday April 25, 2015!
04.13.2015 Mason bees make their belated debut, Osmia spp.
04.06.2015 Stinky exodus underway: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
03.30.2015 Spring sunshine heralds the appearance of plasterer bees: Colletes
03.23.2015 Welcome spring and honey bees, how do you fare? Apis mellifera
03.16.2015 Whips in Xibalba: Whip spiders, Amblypygi
03.09.2015 Battling bewildering botlass flies in Belize: Black flies, Simuliidae
03.02.2015 How one hot spider keeps her cool in the tropics: Golden silk spider, Nephila clavipes
02.23.2015 Beautiful but stinky: Gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae
02.16.2015 How Belizean butterflies best their enemies: Polydamas Swallowtail, Battus polydamas
02.02.2015 The bodyguard: Pseudomyrmex ants protecting bullhorn acacias
01.26.2015 Tropical fungus gardeners: Leafcutter ants, Atta spp.
01.19.2015 Belizean Squirt: Nozzle-headed termites, Nasutitermes sp.
01.12.2015 Take 2 on tropical tiger moths: Spotted oleander caterpillar moth, Empyreuma affinis
01.05.2015 Doubling down on defense: The polka-dot wasp moth, Syntomeida epilais
2014
12.22.2014 Surviving winter, Part IV: A Monarch Christmas in Monterey, Danaus plexippus
12.15.2014 Tinsel and the Christmas spider
12.01.2014 A beautiful spider: Marbled orb weaver, Araneus marmoreus
11.17.2014 Pumpkin eaters: Fruit flies, Drosophilidae
11.10.2014 Winter survival, Part 1: European hornet, Vespa crabro
11.03.2014 One last song: The curve-tailed bush katydid, Scudderia curvicauda
10.27.2014 Bugs in orange and black III, Halloween edition: Milkweed longhorned beetles, Tetraopes sp.
10.20.2014 Bugs in Orange and Black II: Large milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus
10.13.2014 Bugs in Orange and Black I: Milkweed leaf beetle, Labidomera clivicollis
10.06.2014 Be careful around yellow jackets: Eastern yellowjackets, Vespula maculifrons
09.29.2014 Friendly soldiers: Soldier beetles, Chauliognathus spp.
09.22.2014 Stink bugs on the move: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
09.15.2014 Be careful around baldfaced hornets, Dolichovespula maculata
09.01.2014 White grubs beware! The blue-winged digger wasp, Scolia dubia, has arrived
08.25.2014 The other milkweed caterpillar: Milkweed tussock moth, Euchaetes egle
08.18.2014 Magical monarchs in peril: the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
08.04.2014 Parsley and dill beware: Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes
07.21.2014 Midnight marauders: Asiatic garden beetles, Maladera castanea
07.14.2014 Mason wasps: Monobia and Pseudodynerus
07.07.2014 Misery named the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica
06.30.2014 Rain on a sunny day: Sharpshooters, Oncometopia sp.
06.23.2014 Termite or Ant?
06.16.2014 Mallow munchers: Mallow sawfly, Atomacera decepta
06.09.2014 A case of mistaken identity: Crane flies, Family Tipulidae
06.02.2014 Big black ants in the home: Carpenter ants, Camponotus spp.
05.26.2014 There will be blood! Mosquitoes, Culicidae
05.19.2014 Beware of small pits: Antlions, Family Myrmeleontidae
05.12.2014 Bug of the Week celebrates ten years!
05.05.2014 A good deer: food for carrion beetles, Oiceoptoma noveboracense
04.28.2014 Ground nesting bees, beware the bee fly: Bombyliidae
04.14.2014 Welcome mason bees, Osmia spp.
04.07.2014 As spring arrives, so do Eastern tent caterpillars, Malacosoma americanum
03.31.2014 Debris carrying lacewing larvae, Chrysopidae
03.24.2014 Preserve our air from “The Infection of Dungs”: Rainbow dung beetle, Phanaeus vindex
03.17.2014 Winter stoneflies: Families Taenioptergidae and Capniidae
03.10.2014 If you be my body guard, I will be your pal: Azteca ants and Cecropia
03.03.2014 Polar Vortex: Did it beat-down the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys?
02.24.2014 Tropical treehoppers – Membracidae
02.10.2014 Jungle raiders: Army ants, Eciton sp.
02.03.2014 Zombie bees, Apis mellifera, and their tormentor the humpbacked fly, Apocephalus borealis
01.27.2014 Rain on a sunny day: Lanternflies, Fulgoridae
01.20.2014 Nocturnal hunters: Mexican redrump tarantula, Brachypelma vagans
01.13.2014 Malachites on the hilltop - Siproeta stelenes
01.06.2014 Blue lightning in the rainforest – Blue Morpho, Morpho menelaus
2013
12.23.2013 Cooley spruce gall adelgids, Adelges cooleyi, decorate the Christmas tree
12.16.2013 Chilly winter days can’t stop the fall cankerworm, Alsophila pometaria
12.09.2013 In a warming world, here comes the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicata
12.02.2013 A drumstick for me: Camel crickets, Ceuthophilus spp.
11.25.2013 Boxelder bungalow: Boxelder bugs, Boisea trivittatus
11.18.2013 The troubadour downstairs – fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus
11.11.2013 Window wasps: The grass-carrying wasps, Isodontia spp.
11.04.2013 Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home: The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis
10.21.2013 Katydid? The curve-tailed bush katydid - Scudderia curvicauda
09.13.2013 The gathering storm: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
09.09.2013 Silkmoth Season, Part 2: A royal welcome – Royal Walnut Moth, Citheronia regalis
08.30.2013 Silkmoth Season, Part 1: Imperial Moth, Eacles imperialis
08.26.2013 Outrage for oaks – Orangestriped Oakworm, Anisota senatoria
08.19.2013 World-wide webworm: Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea
08.12.2013 Crickets beware – Steel-blue cricket hunter, Chlorion aerarium
08.05.2013 Swallowtail soiree – Eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus
07.29.2013 Move over stink bugs, here comes the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria
07.22.2013 It's biting time: Mosquitoes, Culicidae
07.15.2013 Bumble Bees - Beware of Ambush Bugs, Phymata spp.
07.08.2013 Be careful with bumble bees, Bombus spp.
07.01.2013 Vipers in the spicebush: Spicebush swallowtail, Papilio troilus
06.24.2013 Adieu Brood II: Magicicada spp.
06.17.2013 STD in cicada land, Magicicada and Massospora cicadina
06.10.2013 Egg-laying in the treetops: Macicicada, Brood II
05.28.2013 The chorus in the treetop - Magicicada spp., Brood II
05.15.2013 Brood II up in Maryland, Magicicada spp.
05.06.2013 Where is Brood II and when will we see it? Magicicada spp.
04.15.2013 Hail Brood II: Magicicada spp.
04.08.2013 Hail Brood II: Magicicada spp.
04.01.2013 Just can’t wait: Eastern tent caterpillars, Malacosoma americanum
03.25.2013 Winter stoneflies: Families Taeniopterigidae and Capniidae
03.18.2013 Chilean Chinchemolles - The elegant phasmatid, Agathemera elegans
03.11.2013 Cathedral Termites, Nasutitermes triodiae
03.04.2013 Green Tree Ants: Oecophylla smaragdina
02.25.2013 Sticks and Jewels: Matchstick grasshoppers, Eumastacidae, and green jewel bugs, Lampromicra senator
02.18.2013 Orchid beetles down under: Dendrobium beetle, Stethopachys formosa
02.11.2013 Bugs in love: Lovebugs and Kissing bugs
02.04.2013 Stingless bees in Belize – Tribe, Meliponini
01.28.2013 Here’s looking at you - Owl butterflies, Caligo sp.
01.21.2013 Passionate about passion fruit – Zebra longwing butterflies, Heliconius charitonius
01.14.2013 Size does matter: Twostriped walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides
01.07.2013 Dashing through the snow: Snow scorpionflies, Boreus sp.
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2012
12.17.2012 The Holly and the Ivy - A two part series: This week the ivy and the thrips, Thripidae
12.03.2012 Pantry surprises - Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella
11.19.2012 A Thanksgiving feast served by green peach aphid, Myzus persicae
11.05.2012 Mallow on the menu for the scentless plant bug, Niesthrea lousianica
09.24.2012 Hocus-pocus: Silver spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus
09.17.2012 A gathering storm: Halyomorpha halys
09.10.2012 Mystery of the frass revealed: Camouflaged looper, Synchlora aerata
09.03.2012 The royals are in the house - the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus
08.20.2012 Beware of mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
08.13.2012 Big spiders are a little scary: Fishing spiders and Wolf spiders
08.06.2012 Scorched locust - Locust Leafminer, Odontota dorsalis
07.30.2012 Herbs beware! Black swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes
07.23.2012 Damsels not in distress – Damselflies, Zygoptera
07.16.2012 Here’s looking at you, kid: Eyed click beetle, Alaus oculatus
07.09.2012 The killing fields – Dog day cicadas, Tibicen spp., and Cicada killer wasps, Sphecius speciosus
07.02.2012 Summer nights and Lucifer’s lights – Lightning bugs, Lampyridae
06.25.2012 Deadly dining – Three lined potato beetle, Lema trilineata
06.18.2012 Misery named the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica
06.11.2012 A welcomed vagabond - Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia
06.04.2012 Recyclers in the circle of life - Bess beetles, Odontotaenius disjunctus
05.28.2012 Lace bugs on the attack!
05.21.2012 Maple Eyes – Ocellate maple gall midge, Acericecis ocellaris
05.14.2012 Death by fly: Flower Flies (a.k.a. hover flies), Syrphidae
05.07.2012 A sweeter side of aphids, Aphididae
04.30.2012 Twisting the day away: Boxwood leafminer, Monarthropalpus flavus
04.23.2012 Explore the Insect Petting Zoo – Saturday April 28, 2012
04.16.2012 Tiger, tiger, burning bright! Six-spotted green tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata
04.09.2012 Spring beauties: Plasterer bees and yellow-faced bees, Colletidae
04.02.2012 Yet another exotic invader: Euonymus leaf notcher, Pryeria sinica
03.26.2012 Hail mason bees, Osmia spp.- Harbingers of Spring!
03.19.2012 Exodus underway: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
03.12.2012 Ants protecting plants: Pseudomyrmex ants and bullhorn Acacias
03.05.2012 Tropical fungus gardeners - Leafcutter ants: Atta and Acromyrmex spp.
02.27.2012 Green Tree Ant Sister Act: Oecophylla smaragdina
02.20.2012 Coontie and the Atala butterfly, Eumaeus atala
02.06.2012 Bugs in love: lovebugs and kissing bugs
01.30.2012 Snow fleas, Collembola
01.23.2012 Dashing through the snow: Snow scorpionflies, Boreus sp.
01.16.2012 Ever seen a stone fly? - Winter stoneflies, Family Taeniopterygidae
01.09.2012 A moth in winter - the fall cankerworm, Alsophila pometaria
01.02.2012 Deck the Hollies with trails of leaf miners - Phytomyza ilicicola
2011
11.07.2011 There's a sucker born every day - Tuliptree scale, Toumeyella liriodendri
08.15.2011 Return of the royals - the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
08.08.2011 Summer stingers – Eastern yellowjackets, Vespula maculifrons
06.20.2011 Genie out of the bottle - Emerald Ash Borer, Agrillus plenipennis
06.06.2011 St. Mary's survivors – Cicadas of Brood XIX
2010
12.20.2010 The gift of the Manti - European praying mantid, Mantis religiosa
08.23.2010 Bed bugs in the news, Cimex lectularius
01.25.2010 Nothing could be fina than a bug from Carolina - Carolina mantid, Stagmomantis
2009
11.23.2009 It's the wheel thing, the wheel bug, Arilus cristatus
09.28.2009 Unwanted picnic guests – Yellow Jackets, Vespula spp.
07.20.2009 Mosquito redux - Culicidae
07.13.2009 Hercules: Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus
07.06.2009 Stingers: Baldfaced hornets, Dolichovespula maculata
06.01.2009 Aphids and their bodyguards – Aphididae and Formicidae
03.02.2009 The trees have eyes - Owl butterflies, Caligo sp.
2008
11.10.2008 Home Invaders IV - Attack of the red and black, Boxelder bugs, Boisea trivittatus
06.16.2008 Discriminating detritivores: Pillbugs, Isopoda
05.19.2008 Death by beetle: Multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis
03.03.2008 Who are you? Carolina mantids (Stagmomantis carolina), wax scales (Ceroplastes), and katydids
02.25.2008 Beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetlejuice, and multicolored Asian lady beetles, Harmonia axyridis
02.18.2008 Savvy Zebras - Zebra butterflies, Heliconius charitonius
2007
12.03.2007 Starry sky beetle - Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
10.01.2007 Bird-droppings, snake eyes, dead leaves – Swallowtails, Papilio sp.
06.18.2007 Small Dragons – Dragonflies, Anisoptera
05.27.2007 Jersey skeeters – Tipulidae
04.09.2007 Spring leapers: Jumping spiders, Family Salticidae
2006
11.27.2006 Waxy ladies: Hyperaspis ladybugs
05.15.2006 Field ants to the rescue- Formica sp.
04.10.2006 A wolf in sheep's clothing - Debris carrying lacewing larvae, Chrysopidae
02.27.2006 Small Olympians - Snow fleas, Collembola
2005
11.14.2005 A stinker at the window - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
09.12.2005 The lion in my garden: Aphid lions, Chrysoperla carnea
09.05.2005 Katydid? The curve-tailed bush katydid, Scudderia curvicauda
08.29.2005 Bed Bug of the Week, Cimex lectularius
08.15.2005 The troubadour downstairs: fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus
07.18.2005 Gold in the meadow: the dogbane beetle, Chrysocus auratus
07.11.2005 Roses beware, Japanese beetles are in the air! Popillia japonica
07.04.2005 Summer nights - Lucifer's lights
06.27.2005 The Tiger in my frisbee: The Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus
06.20.2005 Lions in the sand: Antlions, Family Myrmeleontidae
06.13.2005 Who's your maggot? Flower flies, hover flies, drone flies, syrphid flies: Family Syrphidae
05.23.2005 She's a lady - or is she? The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis
05.16.2005 Anne Arundel County - This Bug's for You: The Euonymus Leaf Notcher, Pryeria sinica