One of the most common spiders found throughout North America are the Funnel Web or Grass Spiders in the family Agelenidae. Each morning as ...

This moth-like insect that looks as if it belongs in the order Lepidoptera is actually a beetle....yes that's right a beetle and belongs...

Question mark Butterflies are one of the most commonly seen butterflies in the Midwest. They resemble a few other butterflies also found in...

One of the most misunderstood creatures to swim in our waters is the prehistoric-looking snapping turtle. They are vilified as fish killers ...

Here is another snake hovering on the brink of extinction in Missouri as well as throughout most of its range. The Western Massasauga (pron...

Grapevine beetles ( Pelidnota punctata ) are one of many "junebugs" that are found throughout Missouri. These beetles occur throug...

Western Fox Snakes ( Elaphe vulpina ) were once thought to be threatened or endangered in Missouri and were listed as such until just this y...

This brightly colored beetle is a Mottled Tortoise Beetle ( Deloyala guttata ), they occur throughout the United States and Canada. The term...

This extremely odd looking moth is a Dark Spotted Palthis ( Palthis angulalis ) or as my FB friend Jenn calls them "Snouty McSnoutmoth....

This large grasshopper is a Carolina Grasshopper ( Dissosteira carolina ) in the family Acrididae which are the short-horned grasshoppers. ...