The spined soldier bug ( Podisus maculiventris ) are a type of predaceous stink bug found all across the United States and in parts of Can...

Green June Beetles ( Cotinis nitida ) are scarabs in the family Scarabaeidae and are very common throughout the Eastern United States. You...

Widow Skimmers ( Libellula luctuosa ) are one of the most common dragonflies found in Missouri. They occur most everywhere in the United S...

Japanese Beetles ( Popillia japonica ) in the family Scarabaeidae are native to Japan and made their way into the United States in a shipm...

This oddly shaped, extremely bulbous spider is a house spider ( Parasteatoda tepidariorum ). I discovered her on the back of my house rest...

The nursery web spider ( pisaurina mira ) is a common spider found throughout the United States and Canada, but is more common in the East...

While flipping rocks today at the farm I found this large rove beetle. At first I thought it was the Gold & Brown Rove Beetle ( Onthol...

One of the things I love most about this time of year is all the insects and spiders that are out and about, or sometimes hiding under ...

While outside walking around my yard yesterday evening I noticed a weevil clinging to the side of our metal garage. I tried photographing ...

Stoneflies in the order Plecoptera are common insects found in and near streams, springs, rivers and some lakes. There are over 3,500 spec...