When I embarked on this article about ladybugs I naively thought it would be a sweet story of the lovely beetles that I was so very fond of in my […]

For the Thanksgiving holiday it is once again time for me to unleash more gobbledygook on the readers. As it turns out I’m really into turkeys and love to tell

The trend in gardening for wildlife continues to expand in many parts of the country, particularly in the Northeast where inspired homeowners seek out native species to attract pollinators, birds,

Our subject creature today is the antlion or doodlebug. University of Florida entomologists inform us that there are 22 species in the Eastern United States, while worldwide there are evidently

Today I was lamenting the many blooms in my garden that have wilted and gone to seed. However I reminded myself that the seeds would provide lots of sustenance for

The first time I visited the primeval forest of Bear Swamp (Commercial Township) was back in the late 1980s. My husband and I went in on a cloudy day without

Let us contemplate the praying mantis. The Greek word “mantis” means prophet, thus the name derives from people’s perception of a holy person imploring the almighty. You could anthropomorphize this