Beth’s Bug Blog — entomology

The feather-horned beetle is a rare, elegant insect with some of the most dramatic antennae in nature. With a hidden, parasitic larval stage and a short-lived adult life, this beetle remains one of the insect world’s most intriguing enigmas.

The cuckoo bee is a clever con artist buzzing through life on someone else’s hard work.

The antlion is the master of the bug booby trap; small, sneaky, and weirdly brilliant.

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!

Longhorned beetles are the dashing lumberjacks of the insect world:  hardworking, highly adapted, and dressed to impress with antennae that stretch for days.