Click here to learn more about the How to Identify article series. Name: Cross orbweaver spider (Araneus diadematus), also known as… Read more How to Identify Cross Orbweaver Spiders
Category: Invertebrates
Why Insects Need Native Plants
Earlier this year a study was released that explored the viability of alternative hosts for caterpillars for whom ash trees… Read more Why Insects Need Native Plants
Why Do We Need Wildlife Corridors?
Late last year, people around the world mourned the death of P-22, a geriatric male mountain lion (Puma concolor) who… Read more Why Do We Need Wildlife Corridors?
How to Identify Spotted Lanternflies
Click here to learn more about the How to Identify article series. Name: Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma deliculata) Range and typical… Read more How to Identify Spotted Lanternflies
Why We Need to Care About Insects
Some months back a study was released that demonstrates just how damaging climate change is to insects, particularly those in… Read more Why We Need to Care About Insects
What Are Whale Fall Ecosystems?
We often think of ecosystems as large areas of land and water that may cover many square miles. The truth… Read more What Are Whale Fall Ecosystems?
What Are Mosquitoes Good For?
Now that the weather has cooled down over much of the United States, insects have died back or gone into… Read more What Are Mosquitoes Good For?
Summer Spittlebugs
This time of year it’s not unusual to be walking through a garden or meadow and suddenly come across what… Read more Summer Spittlebugs
Are Insects Pests? On Loving the Unloved
I do a lot of internet searches in the process of writing my articles and books, putting together class materials,… Read more Are Insects Pests? On Loving the Unloved
Photosynthetic Animals
Photosynthesis is an incredible process if you think about it. Using special cells called chloroplasts, photosynthetic beings are able to… Read more Photosynthetic Animals
