Calvisia fuscoalata
A dark-winged stick insect of the Medog forest Stick insects rarely cooperate for photographs, mostly because you cannot tell they are there. This one, found …
丽纹蛾蜡蝉 (Flatida marginella)
A pale planthopper resting like a folded tent Medog in August is a green wall of vegetation, and planthoppers are everywhere if you look closely. …
短线鳖蝽 (Rolstoniellus malacanicus)
A shield bug in the monsoon forests of the eastern Himalaya In early August, the forests of Medog in Tibet were deep in monsoon season, …
Anaxarcha acuta
A small mantis from the family of flower hunters Not every mantis is a giant. This one, found in Medog, Tibet, on 6 August 2024, …
短颚深山锹甲 (Lucanus imitator)
The imitator stag beetle of Medog Medog in early August is stag beetle season, and this one, found on 6 August 2024, earned a long …
Brown Prionid (Orthosoma brunneum)
A lumberjack of the night On a July night in Pittsburgh, a large brown beetle was clinging to the wall beside a porch light, looking …
Arrow-shaped Orbweaver (Micrathena sagittata)
An arrowhead-shaped spider at the center of her web Mid-July in Pittsburgh, and the woods were full of orb webs. Most of their owners scurried …
Roesel’s Bush-cricket (Roeseliana roeselii)
A meadow singer that carries an artist’s name On a mid-June day in Pittsburgh, I was walking a grassy trail when the air filled with …
Euderces picipes
A beetle that has spent generations pretending to be an ant On a June morning in Pittsburgh, this little beetle was walking across the surface …