Category: Cool Bugs
Shieldback Katydid
A few weeks ago I posted a blog with this katydid’s vibrant green leaf mimic cousin. I wanted to post the picture of this Shieldback…
Walkingstick
The Walkingstick is a slow-moving, plant-eating insect that spends most of its days hiding in the very plant that it eats.
Cicada Skin
The cicadas buzzing in the trees started life underground. When conditions are right, they crawl out of the ground and shed their exoskeleton.
Tree Cricket
Count the number of chirps you hear from this cricket at night in thirteen seconds, then add forty to get a pretty close estimate of the temperature.
Rhinoceros Beetle vs Hercules Beetle
Most people confuse the Rhinoceros Beetle with the Hercules Beetle, so I took a picture of them together so everyone could see the difference.
Orb Weaver Spider
There are many variations of the orb weaver spider and their physical appearances may vary but they all construct that telltale familiar Orb web.