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...

Observing the insect world requires one to use not just their vision, but their hearing, too. Many insects use sound to communicate with ea...

When you think of a cricket, a robust blackish or brownish insect probably comes to mind. Maybe you imagine the classic “cricket on the hea...

Today I am introducing what will be yet another semi-regular feature of this blog: everything cricket, katydid, grasshopper, and related in...