Bug Eric

Sometimes you have to literally get down and dirty to find interesting insects. Poking into animal dung, affectionately known as "scat...

Beetles have truly bizarre lifestyles in general, but one of the most astonishing is the life cycle of "anteater scarab" beetles i...

Last year, on June 15, 2013, my wife Heidi captured an interesting beetle at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo where she works as a keeper for goril...

Last week I wrote about a few beetle species that I recovered from nearly dry bones here in Colorado Springs. I now have an update, plus a...

Have you ever been involved in a hit-and-run accident? If so, then you know what it feels like to be a scarab beetle grub being attacked by...