Bug Eric

Tree crickets, genus Oecanthus , are having quite the year here along the Colorado Front Range. Last month I went to Garden of the Gods par...

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...

It must be spring. Love is in the air, on twigs, on the ground....at least if you are watching insects. They are courting and mating everyw...

I vividly recall an episode in my childhood that perhaps cemented my fascination with insects. I must have been somewhere between eight and...

Happy Valentine’s Day! No matter whether you, or any other person, loves insects, there is no question that they love each other. There ar...

Happy “Fly Day Friday.” Robber flies in the family Asilidae have to be among the most compelling of all insects, as evidenced by the many p...

It seems the theme lately has been insect sex. Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever seen and photographed so many f*ing “bugs” (literally!) a...

Spring is in the air here in Tucson, Arizona, and apparently the thoughts of butterflies are turning to love. I wrote the following for the...