Bug Eric

Whenever I discover a species new to me, I am compelled to illuminate the known biology of the organism for anyone who will listen, or read....

In the course of photographing insects in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, at a nearby vacant expanse of prairie, soon to be a new housing d...

Sometimes you find something that you think might be a major discovery, only to learn that is not the case. Does it diminish your enthusias...

While exploring Cheyenne Mountain State Park on June 3, I caught glimpse of a very colorful jumping spider prowling a dead thistle stalk amo...

When I lived in Ohio I had the great honor of being introduced to Dr. George Uetz at the University of Cincinnati. At the time he had a gra...

When my wife and I were in Atlanta back in June of this year, I had the opportunity to walk from our downtown hotel out to the Fernbank Natu...

Last Monday, my wife and I went out to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge northeast of Denver. We were pleased to find a h...

Hardly a field outing goes by when I am not confronted by some insect or spider I have never seen before, and such was the case on October 2...

This week, if you live pretty much anywhere north of Mexico, a tropical vacation sounds pretty appealing. Well, if you were a Pantropical J...