Leslie Bulion
Children's Book Author
HEY THERE, STINK BUG!2008 SUMMER BUG JOURNAL...Some insects from my visit to Montana and Wyoming this September  I think this is a question mark butterfly. It was flitting from flower to flower, and held still for a moment on the ground where we were picnicking at Yellowstone National Park.  torymid wasp on the outside of our windshield   bees at work   This seems like a large species of fruit fly  margined burying beetle in Maine--these beetles bury the carcass of a small dead animal (this one was burying a bird). Then they lay eggs there. When the larvae hatch, they'll have a meal.  longhorned beetle  this wasp is a little blurry  ash-winged large caddisfly   This bee is loaded with pollen!  Okay, I am really taken with these cobweb spiders and their tiny vibrating babies  A blinded sphinx moth on my front screen door  Beautiful from the side, too!  We have lots of these adult cobweb spiders in our garage and stairwell, and now we'll have lots more! Check out the hatchlings.  A young grasshopper on my camping lantern in New Hampshire  What is this grub doing? I noticed it pushing the small brown particles out of its crack in a tree trunk.  A robber fly hitched a ride on my car window in New Hampshire  This beauty was in the restroom at our campground in New Hampshire!  Lots of eastern daddy-long-legs liked crawling on the outside of our tent in New Hampshire  This ant was climbing up a tree trunk at the University of New Hampshire  A pretty little moth on my deck railing  This fishfly on my back screen door isn't a fly at all. Do you see that it's missing an antenna?  I found this long-necked seed bug in March Scroll down for more bugs! HEY THERE, STINK BUG! This is an insect world with humans in it. We'll seize the day, but they will win it. You've been forewarned, now let's begin it-- Take a closer look... at BUGS! from the jacket: What makes stink bugs stink? Are lightning bugs flashing in secret code? Find the answers to these questions and discover some of the amazing ways that insects capture their prey, trick predators, and attract the perfect mate in this collection of witty poems and astonishing facts. A glossary of scientific terms, notes on the different poetic forms used, and resources for mor information on insects will delight larval entomologists and budding poets alike. MY 2007 SUMMER BUG JOURNAL... Bug season is winding down in Connecticut, but I saw this banana spider on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia  termites marching up the wall of an old plantation house in St. Lucia  Carrion beetle on our deck!  This insect that Mia found on our hike looks like a moth, but it's really a net-winged beetle.  Juvenile stink bug found by Zeke!  Eastern daddy longlegs in my front yard  boxwood leaftier moth  Wasp visiting flowers on Block Island  A crane fly on our door frame!  This honeybee has pollen on its back  This sphinx moth was pretty still until it warmed up in the sun. Bye bye!  From far away I thought this was a firefly, then for a minute it looked like it could be a young grasshopper because of the shape of its head. But up close I think it is a boring beetle (boring, as in making a hole in a twig or branch--certainly not uninteresting!)in the long-horned beetle family.  long-legged fly  A young katydid?  Another hopper  A bumble bee at work  I think this is a hover fly  I guess this Tiger Beetle can give you a pinch!  Nessus Sphinx Moth  Leaf-Footed Bug  Teacher/photographer Barbara Steele sent me this photo! (copyright B. Steele)  Many thanks to Nancy Sinnott of LaGrange, Illinois for this great 2007 picture of cicadas!
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