Lesser Anglewing (Microcentrum retinerve)
A leaf that learned to sing On the evening of September 19, in Fox Chapel, this katydid was resting on a leaf whose surface had …
Litter Moths (Herminiinae)
A quiet visitor dressed in dead-leaf brown On the evening of September 18, on the grounds of Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel, this small …
Fall Field Cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
The last voice of the summer lawn On the seventh of September, on the grounds of Shady Side Academy in Fox Chapel just outside Pittsburgh, …
Broad-winged Tree Cricket (Oecanthus latipennis)
A pale green singer in the September dusk On the evening of September 6, this slender cricket was sitting quietly on a plant outside the …
Dog-day Cicadas (Neotibicen)
The voice of late summer, loud and unhurried On the last day of August, in Fox Chapel, a cicada was clinging to a tree near …
Spiny Assassin Bug (Sinea spinipes)
A patient ambusher armed with spiny legs On August 30, in the school grounds at Fox Chapel outside Pittsburgh, a slender, dark insect sat motionless …
Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella)
A pantry moth caught mid-flight between the cupboards and the light On August 29, outside the Shady Side Academy Senior School in Fox Chapel, a …
Oblong-winged Katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)
A leaf that got up and walked On August 29, a katydid was resting on a window screen at the Shady Side Academy campus in …
Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis)
A patient hunter in the late-summer garden On August 28, near the senior school in Fox Chapel, a praying mantis sat motionless on a leafy …
Short-winged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)
A green singer that gave up long wings On August 28, a bright green katydid was gripping a plant stem near the senior school in …
Jumping Bush Cricket (Hapithus saltator)
A brown cricket that leaps from the leaves after dark On August 26, at the Shady Side Academy Senior School campus in Fox Chapel, a …
日本钟蟋 (Meloimorpha japonica)
A small black cricket that rings like a bell It sat on the rim of a blue plastic bottle cap, perfectly still, as if it …