One of the most magnificent woodland butterflies to call Missouri home is the Red-Spotted Purple ( Limenitis arthemis ). They are no...

Eastern Dobsonflies ( Corydalus cornutus ) look like something out of someones nightmare. They are large, alien-looking, and downright i...

Hearing the word Conehead , for many of us middle-aged folks, brings to mind a classic skit from the older Saturday Night Live episodes by...

Toad Bugs in the family Gelastocoridae are sometimes called "Funny Bugs" or "Laughing Bugs." They were given the commo...

The Virginia Metallic Tiger Beetle ( Tetracha virginica ), also goes by the name of Big-headed Tiger Beetle and when you look at these pic...

Acorn Weevils in the genius Curculio can be deceptively difficult to tell apart as they all look similar and have similar lifecyles. Howe...

With a name like Rabid Wolf Spider, they sound like the stuff of nightmares and for anyone with arachnophobia these large, often defensive...

Recently at one of our pole lights this large black beetle was scurrying along the ground in frantic movements as if on mission to find so...

Leafy Cobweb Spider ( Theridion frondeum ) are beautiful spiders that are rarely seen because of their diminutive size. Females measure be...

This picture-wing fly ( Tritoxa incurva ) in the family Ulidiidae are Sometimes referred to as the "Gas Mask Fly" and from the l...