Pittsburgh

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 …

A bold jumper staring back from a plastic wall This one turned up on the inside wall of a clear plastic container in Pittsburgh in …

A green hitchhiker on the last warm days On October 21 in Pittsburgh, a bright green katydid was clinging to a black plastic fitting on …

A cone-headed singer near the end of the season On October 21 in Pittsburgh, a green katydid landed on a hand and stayed there long …

A red-headed cricket on a plastic bag It was a crisp October afternoon in Pittsburgh when I found this little cricket perched on a plastic …

A soft-bodied hunter in a velvet coat, now with a name On October 10 in Pittsburgh, a small dark creature was crawling across the concrete, …

A coil in the grass that kept its stripes On September 22 in Pittsburgh, a dark shape in the dry grass at the edge of …

A Bug with a Cog on Its Back: Meeting the Wheel Bug in Pittsburgh It was a warm afternoon in September 2025, on the campus …

The assassin bug with a cog on its back On June 18 in Pittsburgh, a large, grey insect was climbing a sunflower stem, and I …

A fly dipped in gold On a late-May morning in Pittsburgh, a tiny fly landed on a leaf in front of me and sat still, …

A tiny mantis that turned out to be a lacewing in disguise On a September afternoon in Pittsburgh, this small insect sat on the surface …

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 …