Monday, May 30, 2016

News of a Trigonalid

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Back on April 30th, I found an adjoining pair of potter wasp nests (likely belonging to Eumenes sp.) while on a collecting trip to Zaleski ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Switch On Those Mercury Vapor Lights: It's Time for Pyrgotids

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Recently, I at last collected an example of an insect taxon I have long coveted: the Pyrgotidae, a family of acalyptrate flies that (so far ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

An Overview of Archostematan Beetles

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Some years ago, I had the privilege of attending an entomology/forestry camp provided by the University of Kentucky near Jabez, KY. Aside fr...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Armadillo Ants and Odd Moths

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Now that I have reached something of a respite from the terrors of my summer class, I can take the time to post links to the two most recent...
Saturday, March 15, 2014

It's About Time March Became Earwig Appreciation Month

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St. Helena, an island in the South Atlantic located roughly over 1,200 miles distant from the nearest major landmass (Africa) and 810 from t...
Friday, December 27, 2013

Slavery: Does it Exist in Ants?

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On the afternoon of (the most recent) August 13, I observed a spectacular (in myrmecological terms) raid by Formica sanguinea -group ants up...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Flies of the Small-Headed Sort

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The only flies more adorable than the big-headed ones (Pipunculidae) are their unrelated counterpoints, the flies of the Acroceridae. I was ...