For every creature that exists there seems to be something designed to control it or destroy it. Insects in particular have it rough. If it ...

This multi-colored beauty has been identified as a Ground Sac Spider ( Genus: Trachelas ). This particular specimen is a female and she made...

Prairie Cicadas ( Tibicen dorsata ) are a large and very common cicada in Missouri as well as throughout the Midwest. They are beautifully m...

I apologize for being so lax in getting stuff posted here lately. My life seems to be in overdrive at the moment. My husband had a bout with...

Sunday we drove to the farm to set out some turtle traps in the hope of capturing a common snapping turtle to use for a program we are givin...

Zombie Moths? Insect Slavery? Invertebrate Body Snatchers? The stuff of nightmares? Perhaps if you are a gypsy moth. This sounds like t...

Pipevine Swallowtails ( Battus philenor ) are gorgeous butterflies native to North and Central America. With a wingspan of 3 1/2 inches they...

3/4 of our summer has been extremely hot with temperatures well over 95 degrees and heat indexes over 100 degrees. This little eastern fox ...

Silver-spotted skippers( Epargyreus clarus ) are without a doubt the single most widely seen butterfly around the Midwest. When I photograph...

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