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Dunning’s Miner Bee - Andrena dunningiWith a few days of sunshine and gentle winds, i

Bicolored Striped-Sweat Bee - Agapostemon virescensMost Bees are associated with colors like yellow

Winter Firefly - Ellychnia corruscaLet’s have one more set of pictures from the Muskoka visit

Gold-Marked Thread-Waisted Wasp - Eremnophila aureonotataHow fleeting this insect is: 2 pictures in

Cluster Fly - Pollenia spp.When I first uploaded this drab looking specie of Fly to the blog last ye

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Halyomorpha halysSo I’m working at my desk, doing research for an

Short-Winged Meadow Katydid - Conocephalus brevipennisWith my field guides and my main literature re

Racket-Tailed Emerald - Dorocordulia liberaAs promised, another beautiful insect from the Muskoka co

Common Snipefly - Rhagio mystaceusI’ve just returned from a cottage trip up in Muskoka with ma

Golden Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercorariaThe more Flies I find while out looking for insects, t

Lucia Azure Butterfly - Celastrina luciaHere’s a fun-looking specimen, and a more glamoro

Midges - Family: Chironomidae | Species unknownAfter last week’s video post showcasing these i

Varied Carpet Beetle - Anthrenus verbasciI was looking through the insect orders and families t

Black Dancer Caddisfly - Mystacides sepulchralisThe year 2021 was a great year for finding and obser

Two-Spotted Grass Bug - Stenotus binotatusA green area filled with green grass, green leaves, and a

Dog-Day Cicada - Neotibicen canicularisWell, I hinted at this in a very important earlier post 

Soft Brown Scale Insect - Coccus hesperidumBuilding off of last week, it seems there’s a

Meadow Spittlebug Nymph - Philaenus spumariusSpit! Has someone passed by these plants and purpo

Northern Paper Wasp - Polistes fuscatusIt’s getting warmer and warmer with each new day in Tor

Signal Fly - Rivellia spp.The process continues to add more insect families to the blog, so today th

Locust Sawfly - Nematus tibialisWhile researching more into this curious specie of insect, I primari

Blue Blowfly - Calliphora vicinaToronto went and had an early day of spring this past weekend with 1

Eastern Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenesThe days are getting warmer and sunnier in Toronto whic

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