The Bug Blog

Flirting Fireflies: Not often do people use words like bugs and beautiful in the same sentence, and it’s even less often that insects become art. The Smithsonian though, recently highlighted in their magazine gorgeous photographs taken by Tsuneaki Hiramatsu of fireflies. Hiramatsu, who is described by the Smithsonian as an “amateur” shot these amazing exposures […]

“Mock Crickets” are so odd looking that many people may not recognize them as crickets. None of these crickets have significantly developed wings, they are all silent and are unable to chirp. Cave crickets are found in small caves and rock piles in the desert. Camel crickets are humpbacked with long antennae. The Mole crickets

Crickets are versatile and may feed on dog food, fruit, nuts, cereal, glue, paper or even dead insects. They like cracks, crevices and clutter and can be found in cracks in the pavement, meter boxes, attics or anywhere in between. Once they establish in a home, they can build large populations quickly. A garage cluttered

With our warmer than usual temperatures Tucson News Now is reporting that there\’s been an increase in scorpions, when we usually wouldn\’t be seeing them until later in spring.  The article they post mentions that they\’re more active at night and does offer the helpful tip of keeping them out of the home by: \”Seal cracks

Packrats are actually named Woodrats. They are commonly called Packrats because they collect all kinds of objects and types of material to put in or build their nests. They are especially fond of small, bright, shiny objects. Primarily nocturnal and vegetarian, desert they survive on a diet of spiny cactus, yucca pods, bark, berries, pinyon

Driving down desert roads early on the morning following an evening of monsoons, you may see something that looks similar to columns of smoke rising from the medians or the soil along the road. You have just encountered “desert swarmers.” The rains compel the ants and termites to begin their swarming season. The columns of