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A blog to document local insect life in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Salamander

Nov 27, 2009
No, I’m not losing it. I know that this is an amphibian and not an insect. It eats insects so it’s good enough for me. With winter fast approaching, my bug hunts are yielding less and less photo opportunities, so I’ll take what I can get. When...

Centipedes – Class Chilopoda

Nov 27, 2009
I’m a little disappointed in the quality of this picture, but even these small centipedes are pretty fast. Here’s a couple of interesting random facts about these arthropods: they’ve been around for somewhere around 420 million years and they...

Fleas - Order of Siphonaptera

Nov 1, 2009
I often talk about not killing bugs because I don't think of myself as a killer. These fleas are dead. I killed them. They are ruthless filthy parasites who were suckling on my poor dog's precious precious blood. It's fall again and the fleas are...

Bonus Praying Mantis - Order of Mantodea

Sep 29, 2009
I've covered the mantis before, but I just found this one and had to post the picture. I think this is an atheist mantis, though, because he isn't praying.

Katydid (Bush Cricket) - Family Tettigoniidae

Sep 29, 2009
"Did you hear that katydid?" "Katy did what?" "Huh? That katydid over there." "Katy did what over there?" "What are you talking about?" "I don't know, but who is Katy?" Hmmm, I could drag that on for hours...sorry. Anyways, a katydid is similar...


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