This calico-colored spider is the labyrinth orbweaver ( Metepeira labyrinthea )in the family Araneidae . There are 13 species within this ...

The Japanese Burrowing Cricket ( Velarifictorus micado ) is native to Asia and was first found in the United States in 1959 in the Distric...

Velvet Ants in the family Mutillidae are commonly found in August and September as they erratically crawl around on bare spaces in pastur...

Colorado Potato Beetles ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata ) are endemic to Colorado as well as a few neighboring states where they feed on nativ...

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...