Bug Eric

There is currently a video of a giant moth that has gone viral, with a complement of completely incorrect identifications. This blog post w...

I first wrote about the Pigeon Tremex horntail wasp, Tremex columba , back in September, 2012 . At that time I had not seen a female of tha...

Last week I wrote about a mason wasp that successfully captured a leaf-rolling caterpillar. Amazingly, the day after I made that observatio...

Solitary wasps are amazing creatures, and their hunting behavior is particularly interesting. While my wife and I were in western Massachus...

I am finally remembering to shoot video of interesting insect behavior when I'm presented with the opportunity. Please do not come to e...

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...

Parasitoid wasps, those species in which the female incapacitates its host, and often caches one or more victims in a burrow, mud nest, or n...

Here in Colorado Springs on July 16, 2013 I had the good fortune of encountering an adult female thread-waisted wasp, Ammophila procera , lu...

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...

I have been neglectful in exploiting my camera’s ability to shoot video as well as still images, until this year. I use a Canon PowerShot S...

I had the privilege of auditioning for a pool of new talent with the BBC Natural History Unit back in December of 2008. They wanted a demo ...