Ant swarms garner a lot of attention
After heavy recent rains swarms of ants exited their colonies to mate.
Bees dance in the wind on swamp milkweed
Sometimes it doesn't matter how great a photo you take. For identification, it's all about angles.
Mission mothpossible: Save moth eggs
A human mama does what she can to help a moth mama carry on her life's work.
Light pollution, silent environmental killer
This isn't my usual happy post with pretty pictures of bugs.
Three beautiful moths spotted one early morning
There are so many interesting and unique moths in Minnesota.
Cranberries, crawling with farmer ants
Mouth puckering cranberries take me back to my youth with my grandma Nordvick.
Mystery beetle challenges identification
Some say spotted-belly buprestid and others say ventrally-spotted buprestid. Either way it’s a jewel beetle or a metallic wood boring beetle.
Photo by Holly Jessen
Little virgin tiger moth: Multiple protection modes
Flashy looking moth warns predators to back off.
Bug love on a petal soft hammock
A trip outside yields multiple new species for a newbie bug identifier.
Tortoise beetles: Pretty with a poopy past
How does a larva that builds itself a poop shield end up as such a pretty glittery adult insect?