The Bugs in the Backyard

Robins are commonly regarded as harbingers of spring, but they are not really the migrators that everyone thinks they are. Some of them do g...

Hello again, Bug Fans. I am sorry for the lack of posts for the last few weeks. It was not because there were no bugs in my backyard, it was...

Today's life lesson from the backyard is to look more closely, because things might not be what they seem. Sometimes when I am doing my ...

I only put birdseed in my bird feeder when it snows. I know there are plenty of things for the birds to eat in my backyard otherwise–I see t...

We had a little bit of snow today, so now we have...  Snow fleas and snow. But not snow fleas ON snow. I have seen that before, but never...

My bug walk this afternoon was not noteworthy, and featured very few insects. Those few that I saw were the same things I see any day I go o...

You know what I haven't much lately? Post a Backyard Bug of the Day. Because I see the same bugs every day, and have been seeing those s...