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Take me Back to Australia
Hello travelers! What follows is my totally unsolicited plug for one of the most beautiful places I've been lucky enough to visit. This trip happened in 2023, but I've been...
Take me Back to Australia
Hello travelers! What follows is my totally unsolicited plug for one of the most beautiful places I've been lucky enough to visit. This trip happened in 2023, but I've been...
A Moth by Any Other Name
Entomologists have a lot of explaining to do, and not just about their life choices! With a million plus (and counting), species of insects, arachnids and their relatives...
A Moth by Any Other Name
Entomologists have a lot of explaining to do, and not just about their life choices! With a million plus (and counting), species of insects, arachnids and their relatives...
Many-legged Muses
If you had asked me if I liked bugs when I was a kid, I would have looked at you suspiciously. I mean, a potato bug (Jerusalem cricket), once...
Many-legged Muses
If you had asked me if I liked bugs when I was a kid, I would have looked at you suspiciously. I mean, a potato bug (Jerusalem cricket), once...
Blue-banded Bees: A Wonder from Down Under
Blue-banded bees (Amegilla cingulata) on a mountain devil (Lambertia formosa). Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin. Honeybees get a lot of buzz, but what about nature’s bigger buzzers? Those adorably-awkward bumbling...
Blue-banded Bees: A Wonder from Down Under
Blue-banded bees (Amegilla cingulata) on a mountain devil (Lambertia formosa). Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin. Honeybees get a lot of buzz, but what about nature’s bigger buzzers? Those adorably-awkward bumbling...
A Ladybug for Most Seasons
It was a typical misty morning in Golden Gate Park when entomologist Kristen Vollrath spotted a fluffy white insect ambling about on a concrete barrier behind the California Academy of...
A Ladybug for Most Seasons
It was a typical misty morning in Golden Gate Park when entomologist Kristen Vollrath spotted a fluffy white insect ambling about on a concrete barrier behind the California Academy of...
Crouching Predator, Hidden Scarab?
Take a good look at this golden scarab beetle, Chrysina resplendens… Probably the most ridiculously golden beetle ever, right? Now what if I told you that this beetle (and several...
Crouching Predator, Hidden Scarab?
Take a good look at this golden scarab beetle, Chrysina resplendens… Probably the most ridiculously golden beetle ever, right? Now what if I told you that this beetle (and several...