Arthropods / Ecology / Entomology / Evolution
The story of the red-shouldered soapberry bug
by In addition to this blog, our website has what will eventually become a series of pages describing the natural history of several species of true …
Tag: beak
The beak of a bug
What makes any bug a true bug? Insects in the order Hemiptera evolved from a common ancestor with a unique feature that all “true bugs” share today: …
Bug or true bug?
If you’re talking about insects, when is it okay to call one a “bug”? People in everyday life call almost anything a bug, including spiders, centipedes, roly-polies and snails (none of …
Host plants
Let’s take a moment to define a term that’s used frequent on this site. A host plant is a plant that supports the existence of …