Tropical Fish in South Dakota Highlights Threat Posed by Exotic Species                                                    (Ph...

Silverfish in the order Thysanura are one of the most common household pests found in North America. They are considered cosmopolitan whic...

With the unseasonably warm weather we've been experiencing here in NW Missouri it puts me in mind of spring and butterflies. One of my...

This matte black beetle is a Black Blister Beetle (say that fast three times). These beetles are in the family Meloidae. They are quite co...

Spotted Cucumber Beetles( Diabrotica undecimpunctata ), are small (3 or 4 mm) in size, but bright in color. They superficially resemble l...

Several week ago I asked a friend of mine, Shannon, to come out and help me open up my hive and see how they were doing. I was concerned a...

Tonight while outside photographing the insects attracted to the only thing blooming in my yard, the peppermint, I noticed this dark butte...

Seven-spotted lady beetles ( Coccinella septempunctata ) are one of the most common ladybugs found in Europe. It was apparently intention...

One of the prettiest butterflies to be found in Missouri is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ( Papilio glaucus ). These are very distinctive ...

This large shiny black beetle is called a Narrow Searcher ( Calosoma externum ). They are found throughout Eastern North America near deci...