Insects & Butterflies

Fort Ligonier Pennsylvania

This is an interesting event in building Fort Ligonier. The British garrison was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and is located along Loyalhanna Creek,...

Bitterroot (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Features: Bitterroot (Apocynum androsaemifolium) is among the sixty species found in North America; many are indigenous to many...

Saw-billed Hermit: Nature’s Most Mysterious Hummingbird!

Family: The saw-billed hermit (Ramphodon naevius) is a large, robust hermit placed in the subfamily Phaethornithinae. Description: This hummingbird...

Polaskia chende (Roland-Gosselin) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak 1978

Polaskia chende looks like tree cacti, branching terminally to 4 m (13 feet) high with distinct trunks to...

Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi)

Sandstone Shrikethrush (Colluricincla woodwardi) inhabits cliffs, gorges, boulder-strewn ridges, and crevices. John Thomas Tunney discovered the bird on...

Rocky Mountain Locust: The Mystery and Swarm Vanished

If you insect lover, then you must be curious about how 12 trillion Rocky Mountain Locusts (Melanoplus spretus) vanished from Earth. This is a...

Worldwide Wild Bees

Worldwide Wild Bees Almost every terrestrial habitat in the world is home to bees, except Antarctica and the most barren mountaintops. Urban environments and the...

A Butterfly as Pests

A butterfly as pests causing concern in Europe is the Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus Marshalli) which is in the family Lycaenidae. Originally from South Africa,...

The Bagworm Moth Caterpillar builds Log House like Cocoon

This article talks about the bagworm moth caterpillar, which builds a cocoon around itself that looks like a log. The bagworm moth is a...

Western Swallowtail Butterfly – Who Knew a Butterfly Could Be So Colorful?

Western Swallowtail Butterfly Facts The Western Swallowtail butterfly is a beautiful butterfly that has been spotted in North America. In two years, it has spread...

Butterfly Valley Fethiye Turkey

Butterfly Valley is located about 15 kilometers south of Ölüdeniz and 30 kilometers south of Fethiye. The Butterfly Valley is protected by the World...

The Butterfly Winter Sleepers

For the majority of butterfly winter sleepers, the cold weather of winter poses a major problem for many creatures. The peacock, small tortoiseshell, and...

The Different Bee Groups

Different Bee Groups More than a hundred million years ago, there was an abundance of flowering plants throughout the world, giving vegetarian wasps called bees...

The Breathtaking Golden Jewel Scarabs Beetles

Breathtaking Golden Jewel Scarabs Beetles A genus of brightly colored, often metallic iridescent jewel scarabs, Chrysina is found from the southwestern edge of the United...

Kallima inachus – Perfect Camouflage Butterfly Seems Dead Leaf when Wings are Closed

Kallima inachus butterfly is found throughout tropical Asia from India to Japan. Where it is known by different names, i.e., orange oakleaf, Indian oakleaf,...