Peacock flies are a type of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae . There are approximately 500 genera, that include over 5,000 described sp...

To celebrate World Snake Day I thought I would share with you one of my personal favorites, the black rat snake ( Pantherophis obsoletus )...

Male Brilliant Jumping Spiders ( Phidippus clarus ) are sometimes referred to has Red & Black Jumping Spiders and are common through...

I found this beautiful horse fly at Squaw Creek NWR last week and had no idea which horse fly it was, I only knew that I'd never seen ...

Bess Beetles ( Odontotaenius disjunctus )  in the family Passalidae are one of almost 500 species within this family of beetles. They are...

Eyed Click Beetles ( Alaus oculatus ) are some of the craziest looking beetles in the insect world. They are very large at nearly 2 inche...

About a week ago my daughter and I visited one of the farms my husbands family owns to look for rattlesnakes. We spent about 2 hours wa...

Rhubarb weevils ( Lixus concavus) also known as Rhubarb Curculios are commonly found throughout the Eastern United States and portions of...