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Square Meter Photo Project – October
Lead plant (Amorpha canescens) leaflets were already turning colors by early October. Activity within my square meter plot definitely slowed down during October, but I still managed to find lots of...
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Best of 2018 – Part 1
Every December, I post some my favorite photos and writings from the year. This year, I was either particularly prolific or particularly bad at narrowing things down. Regardless, I decided to split...
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Filling in gaps in the dragonfly migration story
Insect migration has long been fascinating to me. I’ve written several posts on this before, including one on migrating moths and one on painted lady butterflies. We’ve long known that many dragonfly...
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What kind of bug is a bug?
Giant milkweed bugs – adults and nymphs – on butterfly milkweed, Lincoln Creek Prairie, Aurora, Nebraska. The term bug gets thrown around a lot, and in common language refers to just about any insect...
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The Boneheaded Ecologist and the Zombie Fly
Last summer, while working on my square meter photography project, I made a lot of discoveries, including quite a few species I’d never seen before. Only one made me briefly question my understanding...
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