Insects And Arthropods

Grasshoppers:

Short-horned grasshopper!
(Nymph)
March 17,2010

An older Short-horned grasshopper?
March 27,2010

A grasshopper with a missing leg.
June 18,2010

Differential grasshopper!
(Adult)
July 4,2010

Two striped Mermiria Grasshopper!
August 20,2010

Female Obscure Birdwing grasshopper!
(Adult)
August 29,2010

Female Obscure Birdwing grasshopper!
(That's one big 'hopper)
August 29,2010

Interesting colors on this grasshopper!
October 7,2010

A red Grasshopper!!
October 11,2011

Mantids:

A baby Praying Mantis!
May 24,2010

An older Praying Mantis!
July 19,2010

An adult Praying Mantis?
August 24,2010

Praying Mantis
October 7,2010

Bees:

Red Wasp. Ouch!
March 17,2010

A new Red Wasp nest.
June 10,2010

A Worker Honeybee trapped inside a window.
April 24,2010

A Worker Honeybee trapped in a window.
(She got out)
April 24,2010

Yellowjacket w/nest.
May 6,2010

The nest has grown...
May 26,2010

and grown...
June 14,2010

A Mud Dauber gathering mud for her nest.
June 14,2010

A Honeybee gathering water from the birdbath.
June 18,2010

Beetles:

Black Ground Beetle.
April 3,2010

White Grub.
(Possibly June Beetle larvae)
April 19,2010

Lady Beetle larvae
April 6,2010

Lady Beetle larvae
April 19,2010

Lady Beetle pupae
April 20,2010

Seven-Spotted Ladybug
April 21,2010

Variation of Multi-colored Asian Ladybug
August 27,2010

Multi-colored Asian Ladybug
August 31,2010

Caterpillar Hunter Beetle
May 6,2010

June Beetle
May 11,2010

What kind of beetle is this?
May 2011

Stink Bugs:

Brown Stink Bug
(nymph)
April 23,2010

Stink Bug
(nymph)
September 15,2010

Stink Bug
(nymph)
September 15,2010

Mites:

Clover mite larvae?
April 20,2010

Centipedes:

A Centipede.
April 9,2010

Found hiding under a potted plant.
Looks mean!
May 14,2012

More Insects/Arthropods:

Three silverfish.
March 9,2010

Young Subterranean Termites (Nymph).
Oh no!
March 17,2010

Three pill bugs.
(One hiding)
March 31,2010

Female Earwig.
April 10,2010

Green Aphid
(Possibly a nymph)
April 28,2010

An adult Cicada just after emerging from it's nymphal skeleton.
June 7,2010

Another Cicada just after emerging!
June 9,2011

A Katydid
October 11,2010

Wheel Bug/Assassin Bug
June 22,2015

Unidentified:

???
March 17,2010

???
March 17,2010

Larvae:

Insect larvae?
Fly or Moth maybe?
April 3,2010

Soil Grub (larvae).
Some kind of beetle?
May 1,2010

Assassin bugs,bees,beetles,centipedes,crickets,grasshoppers,lady bugs,millipedes,pill bugs,ticks,tree asps, and more coming soon (if they cooperate)...

Some insect names featured were identified by various sites on the web.
Some of the sites include:

Myers, P. 2001. "Insecta" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 25, 2010 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Insecta.html.
Welcome to Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification, And Management (USDA)
Arthropod Museum Photo Gallery (University of Arkansas)
Iowa Insect Information Notes (Iowa State University)
Insects of Kentucky (University of Kentucky Entomology)
Insect Image Gallery (Penn State University)
Lady Beetles (Colorado State University)
Stink Bugs (North Carolina IPM)
giffbeaton.com
BIOKIDS Critter Catalog
Clover Mites (doyourownpestcontrol.com)

Page last updated/edited: August 11,2015