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Showing posts for 'Hemiptera'. Clear search

Character assassination

July 31, 2019 - If you comb just about any collection of flowers, especially those of hydrangeas and goldenrods, you may notice a small,...
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Natural pest control

October 01, 2018 - Not all insects are bugs, of course, but this spiny critter that I noticed lying calmly in ambush in the last of the Hyd...
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Thorn in my side

August 15, 2018 - One of the stated aspirations of this blog remains posting the best natural history photo from my daily rounds and, usua...
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Podcast

October 06, 2017 - Aphids often get a bad rap. These minute insects are now considered to be members of the Bug family Hemiptera—when I was...
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Cactus legs

July 19, 2017 - I spotted this tiny, spiny bug on the petal of a Black-eyed Susan that was growing on the roadside near the house, and,...
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Still working

December 01, 2015 - On a twilight walk, I had company: my grandson. I had told him about the otters at the millpond, and together—two eyes b...
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