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Mantis nymph.
Found this mantis nymph in the grass in the morning. Did not see any others. Mantis nymphs are known to cannibalize other nymphs, who hatched at the same time, to survive. These young mantis mimic ants, and will molt between 6 and 9 times until fully grown.
Spring 2013. Milton, DE
Oriental Beetle. Anomala Orientalis.
Based on the date I spotted this tiny beetle, I’d imagine it recently emerged.
It is sometimes confused with the Japanese Beetle, by name, and is similar to the Japanese Beetle in that it is originally native to Asia and was then brought to America.
June 11, 2013. Milton, DE.
Found this bee washed up on the Lewes beach. You can see the larger grains of sand dried into it’s hair covered thorax.
A bee's hair is used for insulation, attracting pollen through electrostatic charge and it's colors serve as a warning to predators.
Lewes beach, Delaware. April 21, 2013
Let the bug hunts begin! - My Bug Hunt Supply List
The weather has turned and that means it's time for UDU to return. In honor of the season change we're listing what's in our bag when we bug hunt.
Our bag turned inside out contains:
Fish tank net
Plastic baggies
Jars (Varying sizes)
Old sealable pill bottles
Magnifying lens
Knife
Journal, pencil and pen
Cameras (Sony Alpha and iPhone 5)
Bug Alien bug catcher (http://bugalien.com/bug-catcher/)
What's in your bug hunt bag?
This beetle was hightailing it across the parking lot to get out of the rain. Insects just seem to really love the macadam here in the rain.
Found this injured camel cricket jumping around my porch at night.
November 19, 2012. Milton, DE.
Saw this tree from a distance and could just tell it was crawling with ladybugs. Flying, landing and crawling about this individual tree in the middle of the park.
Milton, DE. November 13, 2012.
For all of you wondering what happened to the mantid I caught last week, here it is released back into my yard.
November 3, 2012. Milton, DE.
Now that you've seen my lab assistant at work, observing mantids, here's a photo of my field assistant checking in on a recent find from this morning's outing.
This is now the second mantid I've found in the exact same location in the park. Wondering why almost full grown mantids are hanging around the same area, it may be mating season.
November 2, 2012. Milton, DE.
Here's a mantid photo round up from last week.
Both of the long photos are of a mantid I found and caught in the week outside where I live. After taking a swipe at my field assistant, Minnie, I caught it in a glass jar for later pinning.
The square photo of the mantid in my hand, was taken after I had found the mantid clinging to life after, what I assume to be, a pretty serious squishing.
October 22 through the 27, 2012. Milton, DE.
Wheel Bug. Arilus Cristatus.
Two separate people texted me photos of the same type insect within the same day. So here's a photo of the wheel bug* and a return guest post from Jonathan McVerry:
*Jonathan and friends nicknamed it "Godzilla Bug"
"We were tailgating at the Penn State-Navy game. We typically hold a very welcoming tailgate and host friends, family, and passers-by alike. This little guy showed up on a paper plate and quickly garnered a lot of attention from the group--especially the ladies. He seemed harmless. We offered him a beer. I am pretty sure if we knew he was a wheel bug from the assassin bug family, as well as a Pitt fan it turns out, we would have sent him on his way."
October 6, 2012. State College, PA.
Photo by Jonathan McVerry.
Here are some beautiful guest photos from Grace Canfield.
Armed with a great eye for landscape and nature and her iPhone, Grace is constantly taking wonderful photos every day. Be sure to follow her tumblr and instagram for more of her photos.
Yesterday while walking my newly adopted dog Minnie, it began to pour. Running home, I had to stop and take a photograph of this mantid who had stood his ground in the middle of the street in the pouring rain.
Ocotober 2, 2012. Milton, DE.
Unknown Insect.
Sometimes you don't have to travel any further than your own backyard to find interesting insects.
And although I'm not quite sure what this insect is, I would make a guess that it is a moth caterpillar.
If you have any suggestions on what type of insect this might be let me know on Project Noah.
Update: I now believe this to be a beetle larvae.
September 26, 2012. Milton, DE.
Prime Hook was just crawling with insects yesterday. From the field recording you can hear a few different types of insects, from crickets and grasshoppers to cicadas.
The sound seemed to climb out of the uncut cemetery on the boardwalk trail
Prime Hook, DE. September 20, 2012.
Chinese Mantid. Nymph. Tenodera aridifolia.
Off of Mark the exterminator's advice, I made an afternoon trip out to Prime Hook in Delaware today and was pleasantly surprised. I'll release more photos tomorrow and next week, but for now I'll share this photo of a Chinese Mantid standing in the sunlight on a fallen tree.
Prime Hook, DE. September 20, 2012.
September 13, 2012.
Differential Grasshopper (top).
Ground Beetle (bottom).
I've seen more insects than I could photograph or catch this week. I was lucky enough to grab photos of the grasshopper and beetle seen above, but unlucky in getting out my camera in time for a Common Green Darner Dragonfly, a Cicada Killer, as well as some Redheaded Ash Borers clinging to my screen door.
I poorly photographed a White-lined Sphinx with my phone, but it is hard to capture such a wonderful moth in a single photo. They only come out at dusk and they hover, like hummingbirds, above the flowers.
Be sure to check back next week, if my luck holds, I'll be sure to remember my camera.
