Tawny Emperor Nearly everyone loves butterflies, especially bright flashy ones like tiger swallowtails and monarchs. However sometimes b...

If the sunshine and heat don't tell you its summer, the abundance of insects will. Especially the large, calling insects like cicadas,...

This beautiful scarab beetle is the Margined Shiny Leaf Chafer ( Callistethus marginatus ). They are native to the Eastern United Sta...

While not native to Missouri, the Bumble Bee Millipede ( Anadenobolus monilicornis ) is an interesting invertebrate I thought worth sharin...

Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia ) Butterflies are common in Missouri, but I only ever encounter a few each season. This year I d...

The Spiny Tachina Fly ( Paradejeania rutilioides ) or as it is affectionately referred to by many entomologist, the hedgehog fly, is found...

Hide beetles in the family Trogidae are unusual looking beetles with warty bodies covered in dried mud. They are brown, black or grayish-...

Eleven years ago, as a volunteer for the Conservation Department, I suggested to the Naturalist we should create an event that celebrates ...