We have 17 different species of cicadas in Montana that spend two to five years living underground in the nymph stage, feeding on tree roots. Once they emerge, their lives […]

Kelly managed to snap photos of two species of crane flies, with one nectaring. With their slender body and stilt-like legs, crane flies kind of look like mosquitoes on steroids. But […]

Photo by: Kelly Dix near the Selway River in Idaho

Margined Whites can be found west of the Great Plains from British Columbia and Alberta south to central California, southern Arizona, and southern New Mexico. The caterpillars feed on native […]

There are about 280 species of Nomad Bees in North America. They are evolutionarily unique because they do not collect pollen to feed their offspring. Instead, they steal it. They […]

This beetle resides in the snout and bark beetle family (Curculionidae), the most speciose family, boasting more than 60,000 species worldwide. The elbowed, clubbed antennae are unique to this group, […]

Living up to its name, this beetle was found on dung (of the dog variety). You’ll also note there are some hitchhikers. We believe these are phoretic mites — mites […]

There are well over 3,300 species of Ichneumon wasps north of Mexico, making their identification difficult. Placing them in the family is more straightforward. Ichneumons have a lot of segments […]

We believe this may be Tibellus oblongus, one of seven species of Tibellus in North America north of Mexico. Slender crab spiders are ambush hunters, almost always found lying in wait on stems, […]