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Field Crickets
Here’s one that probably everybody in North America has at least heard, if not seen: field crickets. I recorded this sound clip on June 17, which was when the spring field crickets (Gryllus veletis) started singing[1]. Chirp of Spring Field Cricket (.wav file) There’s actually two... Read more...
Published 21 hours ago

Calligrapha Leaf Beetle
Sam found this one under her crib on May 27. It’s a rather striking gold-colored beetle with intricate tracery on the wing covers. This is certainly one of the Calligrapha leaf beetles[1]. Based on the dark green pronotum (the plate between the head and the wing covers), it looks like it... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

Water Striders
This is one of two water striders that I caught on the little stream that runs alongside of our road. They are normally almost impossible to catch, but I spotted a pair that was mating. They were moving pretty slowly, and I was able to corner them up against some rocks and nudge them into my... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Red Turpentine Beetle
This one smacked me in the back of the neck while I was working in the yard the weekend of May 24, and got tangled up in the hair on my upper back until I grabbed it and pulled it out. I then noticed there were several others flying about, so they are obviously something really common. It looks... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

St. Lawrence Tiger Moth Caterpillar (?)
Back on March 30, there was a rare sunny, not-quite-freezing day, and we took the opportunity to take a walk down the road. On the shoulder of the road, right next to our yard, we spotted this caterpillar: It had obviously overwintered as a caterpillar, it certainly hadn’t gotten that... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

Stone Centipede
If you turn over any given rock in Michigan, you are likely to find one of these: This is a “stone centipede”, order Lithobiomorpha, so called because that’s what they live under[1]. They run like water, flowing around obstacles and into holes in a way that’s very much... Read more...
Published 1 month ago

Ant-Mimic Jumping Spider
While coming up the hill on my way home from work[1], I spotted what looked, at first, like a medium-sized ant. It didn’t look quite right, though, so I caught it and brought it home. It turned out to be this: It’s a jumping spider that mimics an ant[2]. It’s about the size... Read more...
Published 1 month ago

Water Boatman
Water boatmen, like this one, are all over the place. They can fly, so they end up in bodies of water ranging from full-blown lakes, to puddles and birdbaths. This particular one was at the mouth of Cole’s Creek, just down the road from our house. They look kind of beetle-like, but they... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Camel Cricket
While cleaning up some stuff in the basement, out of the corner of my eye I spotted something bounding up in the air. And by “bounding”, I mean getting up about two feet off the floor. So I went to investigate, and found this: OK, so this is clearly something in the order... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Water Louse - Asellus
The back part of our property drains into Cole’s Creek, which empties into Portage Lake about a mile to the west of us. It’s a pretty substantial stream, and one of the better places for catching smelt[1]. S_ has been going down there from time to time to check if the smelt run has... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Winter Stoneflies
April 4 was pretty warm[1], so we went down to the Pilgrim River just east of Houghton to see if the walking trails beside the river had melted off enough to be passible[2]. While we were there, we noticed that there were small, black insects hanging out on the wooden bridge railings So we... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Caddisfly nymph
An accidental capture So, while we were capturing the Gammarus for last week’s entry, we scooped up some water from the stream into a jar to put them in. In the process, since the stream was so shallow, we got some debris off of the bottom into the jar, too. Then, when we got it back to... Read more...
Published 3 months ago