Beth’s Bug Blog

Bark beetles may be small, but their impact is anything but. They’re the silent, sneaky assassins of the forest world, making their homes under the bark and leaving devastation in their wake.

Cicadas are the noisy mystics of summer, emerging from long underground slumbers to sing, molt, and mate before vanishing again. Leaving behind echoing calls and crunchy shells.

The giraffe weevil is nature’s oddball with a super-stretch neck. A bug that transforms competition into an art form and makes every encounter in Madagascar feel like a peek into a world of extraordinary adaptations.

Treehoppers are the helmet-wearing, sap-sipping oddballs of summer; equal parts adorable & bizarre, and always worth a second glance.

Hoverflies are the unsung heroes of the insect world; pollinators, pest controllers, and master mimics all rolled into one. So next time you see a tiny “wasp” hovering nearby, don’t swat it away…thank it instead!