Insects & Bugs
Beetles, moths, caterpillars, wasps and the bugs that show up in the house and garden.
57 field notes
- Why Are All These Bugs Trying to Get Into My House in Fall? Identifying the Fall InvadersFN-0190 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Yellow-and-Black Beetle on My Goldenrod? Identifying the Locust BorerFN-0149 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Clouds of Orange Butterflies? Identifying the Painted LadyFN-0147 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Round Ball on My Goldenrod Stem? Identifying the Goldenrod Gall FlyFN-0145 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Tan Foam Lump on a Plant Stem? Praying Mantis Egg CaseFN-0142 · · 5 min read
- Why Are Yellowjackets Suddenly So Aggressive in Late Summer?FN-0133 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Sudden Swarms of Flying Ants? Nuptial Flights ExplainedFN-0130 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Rivers of Dragonflies Streaming Across the Sky? Green Darner MigrationFN-0126 · · 6 min read
- Why Is My Lawn Turning Brown Overnight? Identifying Fall ArmywormsFN-0125 · · 6 min read
- What Are the Little Bags Hanging on My Evergreen? Identifying BagwormsFN-0118 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Giant Black Wasp on My Flowers in Late Summer? Identifying the Great Black WaspFN-0114 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Big Brown Bug With Flat, Leaf-Like Legs? Identifying Leaf-Footed BugsFN-0112 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Giant Insect With Huge Pincers at My Porch Light? Identifying the DobsonflyFN-0107 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Slow Flies Clustering at My Windows in Fall? Identifying Cluster FliesFN-0102 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Tiny White Flying Fuzz Bugs Drifting Through the Air? Identifying Woolly AphidsFN-0100 · · 4 min read
- What Is the Humpbacked, Spider-Like Cricket in My Basement? Identifying Camel CricketsFN-0096 · · 5 min read
- Ladybug or Asian Lady Beetle? How to Tell the Native Beetle From the Fall Home InvaderFN-0090 · · 6 min read
- Why Are There Suddenly So Many Monarchs? Understanding the Great Fall MigrationFN-0086 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Big Grasshopper Eating My Garden? Identifying Grasshoppers (and the Toxic Lubber)FN-0084 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Giant Mosquito-Looking Bug on My Wall? Identifying the Harmless Crane FlyFN-0082 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Worm Thrashing Wildly in My Garden? Identifying the Invasive Jumping WormFN-0080 · · 6 min read
- What Are the Black-and-Red Bugs Swarming the Side of My House? Identifying Boxelder BugsFN-0079 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Big Loud Metallic-Green Beetle? Green June Beetle vs Japanese BeetleFN-0078 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Fast Bug With a Hundred Legs in My Bathroom? Identifying the House CentipedeFN-0073 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Bug With Pincers on Its Rear? Identifying EarwigsFN-0070 · · 5 min read
- What Keeps Biting Me Near the Water? Identifying Deer Flies and Horse FliesFN-0067 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Orange-and-Black Bugs Swarming My Milkweed? Identifying the Large Milkweed BugFN-0060 · · 5 min read
- What Are the Round Balls and Bumps on My Oak Leaves? Identifying Oak GallsFN-0061 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Big Green Caterpillar on My Sidewalk? Identifying Giant Silk Moth CaterpillarsFN-0057 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Big Gray Paper Nest in My Tree? Identifying Bald-Faced HornetsFN-0054 · · 5 min read
- What Is Eating My Dill and Parsley? Identifying the Black Swallowtail CaterpillarFN-0051 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Big Yellow Butterfly With Black Stripes? Identifying the Eastern Tiger SwallowtailFN-0052 · · 5 min read
- Monarch or Viceroy? How to Tell the Orange Butterflies ApartFN-0049 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Fuzzy Black-and-Orange Caterpillar? Identifying the Woolly BearFN-0050 · · 5 min read
- What Is That Gray Bug With a Gear on Its Back? Identifying the Wheel BugFN-0047 · · 6 min read
- Did That Twig Just Move? How to Identify a Walking Stick InsectFN-0046 · · 5 min read
- Dragonfly or Damselfly? How to Tell These Summer Fliers ApartFN-0045 · · 6 min read
- Is That a Tiny Hummingbird? How to Identify the Hummingbird MothFN-0043 · · 6 min read
- How to Identify a Praying Mantis (and Which Ones Are Native)FN-0042 · · 6 min read
- What Is Making All That Noise at Night? Identifying Katydids and CricketsFN-0044 · · 6 min read
- What Are the White Webs in My Trees? Identifying the Fall WebwormFN-0040 · · 6 min read
- Which Caterpillars Sting? How to Identify the Ones to Never TouchFN-0041 · · 7 min read
- What Is That Giant Wasp Digging in My Lawn? Identifying the Cicada KillerFN-0038 · · 6 min read
- What Is Eating My Tomato Plants? How to Identify the Tomato HornwormFN-0035 · · 6 min read
- Wasp, Yellowjacket, or Hornet? How to Tell Stinging Insects ApartFN-0034 · · 6 min read
- How to Identify a Monarch Caterpillar (and Its Milkweed Look-Alikes)FN-0033 · · 6 min read
- What Is That Loud Buzzing in the Trees? How to Identify CicadasFN-0032 · · 6 min read
- What Is Eating My Garden? How to Identify Japanese BeetlesFN-0031 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Spotted Lanternfly? How to Identify and Report ItFN-0029 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Spongy Moth? Identifying the Tree-Defoliating InvaderFN-0028 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Emerald Ash Borer? How to Spot the Beetle Killing Ash TreesFN-0024 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Northern Giant Hornet ("Murder Hornet")? How to Identify It SafelyFN-0027 · · 6 min read
- What Is the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug? Identifying the Shield-Shaped Home InvaderFN-0023 · · 5 min read
- What Is the Hammerhead Flatworm? Identifying the Invasive Predatory WormFN-0025 · · 5 min read
- What Is This Bug? How to Identify Insects and Spiders from a PhotoFN-0015 · · 6 min read
- How to Identify a Caterpillar (and What It Becomes)FN-0004 · · 5 min read
- Moth vs Butterfly: How to Tell the DifferenceFN-0003 · · 4 min read
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