Beth’s Bug Blog — mymy butterfly

Snow fleas are tiny winter acrobats. Ancient, antifreeze-filled, and hopping across the snow while the rest of the insect world naps.

Nature never really sleeps.

They may be a nuisance on your windshield, but lovebugs are nature’s oddball romantics, flying two-by-two into the sunset (and sometimes into your grill). Whether you find them gross or charming, you’ve got to admit: that’s dedication.

The White Witch Moth is the stuff of lepidopteran legends. Beautiful, ghostly, and just out of reach. It floats through the night like a silent spell, reminding us that some of nature’s most magnificent creatures are also the most mysterious.

The Dracula ant is small, secretive, and surprisingly hardcore. With the fastest jaws on Earth and a taste for larval hemolymph, it’s an evolutionary mystery wrapped in a gothic horror novel.

If Halloween had a bug mascot, this would be a top contender. Tiny. Unstoppable. Specialized. And gloriously grotesque. The Pseudacteon fly makes you question everything you thought you knew about insects and horror.