![]() ![]() It’s a hard knock life for periodical cicadas – Magicicada spp. Teenagers rockin’ in the treetops: Cicadas, Magicicada spp. An STD in cicada land has cicadas behaving strangely: Magicicada spp. Fly, feed, pee: Cicadas, Magicicada species Egg-laying and the dark side of cicadas: Cicadas, Magicicada spp. Auf wiedersehen Brood X: Cicadas, Magicicada spp. Chemical engineers recycling forest matter: Millipedes, Diplopoda Sweet times for sweat bees: Sweat bees, Halictus ligatus and Agapostemon virescens Squash and squash: Squash bugs, Anasa tristis Greet the class of 2038 as periodical cicadas hatch in the DMV: Magicicada spp. Bird droppings? Nope, clever moths and caterpillars looking like poop: Beautiful wood-nymph, Eastern tiger swallowtail, Black swallowtail, Red-spotted purple Zebras along the Potomac: Zebra swallowtail butterflies, Protographium marcellus Monarchs arrive for their annual visit, but for how much longer? Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus How a cool creepy insect warms up: Eastern Dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus Large, scary hornets stripping bark from trees, eating fruit, and going “bump in the night”: European hornet, Vespa crabro ![]() Coming soon to your neighborhood? Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula Minstrels of the meadow: Short-winged meadow katydid, Conocephalus brevipennis Beware of zesty drinks! Yellowjackets, Ve spula, bumble bees, Bombus, carpenter bees, Xylocopa, and honey bees, Apis, can really spice up soft drinks Lace bugs help put the “sick” in sycamore: Sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata What’s all this chirping about? Ask the fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus Just in time for Halloween, spooky spiders invading homes! Wolf spiders, Lycosidae ![]() Honeydew for honey bees? Spotted lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula Bugs better beware of feisty feather-legged flies, Trichopoda pennipes ![]() Nasty scale insects spell trouble for American beech trees: Beech bark scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga What’s in a name? Ladybug, lady beetle, lady bird beetle – meet the home invading Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis Winter mild or wild? Ask the banded woolly bear, Pyrrharctia Isabella Holiday spiders help make the season bright: Jumping spiders, Salticidae and orb weavers, Araneidae ![]()
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