Milkwood bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on common milkweed seed pods (Asclepias syriaca), in Chesapeake, Virginia.
One of my earliest jobs with the Virginia Tech Entomology Department was tending to the milkweed bug colonies used for genetics research in the labs of Drs. Mary Ross and Donald Cochran. They were much more pleasant to handle than the thousands of jars of live-specimen cockroach colonies we kept in the lab.
Milkwood bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) on common milkweed seed pods (Asclepias syriaca), in Chesapeake, Virginia.
One of my earliest jobs with the Virginia Tech Entomology Department was tending to the milkweed bug colonies used for genetics research in the labs of Drs. Mary Ross and Donald Cochran. They were much more pleasant to handle than the thousands of jars of live-specimen cockroach colonies we kept in the lab.
Found on the parsley: Eastern black swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes). In Portsmouth, Virginia.
Found on the parsley: Eastern black swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes). In Portsmouth, Virginia.
Yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) on chrysanthemum. At the Hermitage Museum and Gardens, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Bonus etymology: This moth was originally assigned to the genus Scepsis – a faux-Latin reference to the scape or shaft of the insect’s antennae. At some point the lepidopterists decided to slot the moth in a new genus, Cisseps, by tagging it with a meaningless anagram of it’s original name.
Yellow-collared scape moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) on chrysanthemum. At the Hermitage Museum and Gardens, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Bonus etymology: This moth was originally assigned to the genus Scepsis – a faux-Latin reference to the scape or shaft of the insect’s antennae. At some point the lepidopterists decided to slot the moth in a new genus, Cisseps, by tagging it with a meaningless anagram of it’s original name.
Handsome meadow katydid (Orchelimum pulchellum), in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Handsome meadow katydid (Orchelimum pulchellum), in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Video of an adult mosquito emerging from its pupal skin. Surprisingly beautiful.
Video of an adult mosquito emerging from its pupal skin. Surprisingly beautiful.
Dithyramb 