Bug Eric

I had not attended the annual Bug Fair at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (California) since about 2011, so I was overdue ...

Ever since we moved into our house in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, in mid-May of this year, we have been keeping a tally of all the species of ...

There are countless artists who render insects and other animals with traditional media like pen, ink, pencil, paints, clay, wood, and other...

Well over a year ago, someone at St. Martin's Press contacted me by e-mail asking me to review David MacNeal's latest effort, Bugged...

On Thanksgiving day I usually make a pilgrimage to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where my wife works as a keeper of orangutans, gorillas, Golde...

The latest offering from scientist, author, and photographer extraordinaire Piotr Naskrecki is sure to surprise and delight even the most se...

Yes, the image below is of a crane fly in the family Limoniidae, but what is that other thing attached to it? The crane fly showed up at ou...

I have recently been adding videos to my own Bug Eric YouTube channel , but my skills are rather weak and my equipment not as sophisticated...

A recent study revealing the surprising diversity of invertebrates in the average American home has been publicized in the last week through...

Since it is "Throwback Thursday," it seems an appropriate day to begin recalling a wonderful adventure from earlier this fall. He...