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term="global warming"/><category term="goldenrod"/><category term="good"/><category term="gossamer"/><category term="gourds"/><category term="grape"/><category term="graphics"/><category term="gratitude"/><category term="green lacewings"/><category term="greetings"/><category term="grooming"/><category term="ground beetles"/><category term="ground spiders"/><category term="growth"/><category term="habitat"/><category term="hackberry psyllids"/><category term="hackled band orb-weavers"/><category term="hair pencils"/><category term="hairstreaks"/><category term="hammock spiders"/><category term="handling"/><category term="harvestman"/><category term="harvestmen"/><category term="hazards"/><category term="heartland virus"/><category term="help"/><category term="herbicides"/><category term="herbivores"/><category term="herping"/><category term="herps"/><category term="hickory borer"/><category term="highlights"/><category term="hiking"/><category term="history"/><category term="hives"/><category term="hobby"/><category term="honeydew"/><category term="hope"/><category term="hornets"/><category term="house"/><category term="house centipede"/><category term="house spiders"/><category term="houses"/><category term="huge"/><category term="hummingbird moth"/><category term="humpbacked flies"/><category term="ideas"/><category term="identity"/><category term="identity crisis"/><category term="imports"/><category term="inbox"/><category term="infectious diseases"/><category term="information"/><category term="injury"/><category term="inquilines"/><category term="insect armageddon"/><category term="insect collection"/><category term="insecticides"/><category term="intellectual property"/><category term="interaction"/><category term="interactive"/><category term="interface"/><category term="interior decorating"/><category term="introduced"/><category term="inventions"/><category term="jack-o&#39;-lanterns"/><category term="jewel beetles"/><category term="jewelry"/><category term="jewels"/><category term="jobs"/><category term="jumping plant lice"/><category term="juvenile literature"/><category term="ked"/><category term="keyhole wasps"/><category term="keywording"/><category term="labyrinth spider"/><category term="ladybug"/><category term="landscaping"/><category term="language"/><category term="large hammockweb spiders"/><category term="largest"/><category term="leaf beetle"/><category term="legacy"/><category term="legal"/><category term="legend"/><category term="legislature"/><category term="lesion"/><category term="lessons"/><category term="library"/><category term="lightning bugs"/><category term="lights"/><category term="livestock"/><category term="lizards"/><category term="local"/><category term="local government"/><category term="logging"/><category term="long-legged flies"/><category term="longjawed orb weavers"/><category term="longlegged sac spiders"/><category term="louse flies"/><category term="lovebugs"/><category 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term="monograph"/><category term="moth flies"/><category term="motif"/><category term="move"/><category term="mushrooms"/><category term="myth"/><category term="mythology"/><category term="myths"/><category term="naiad"/><category term="national"/><category term="natural history interpretation"/><category term="nectar"/><category term="nesting"/><category term="net-winged beetles"/><category term="networking"/><category term="new"/><category term="newspaper"/><category term="no-see-ums"/><category term="non-native"/><category term="northeast"/><category term="northeastern sawyer"/><category term="nursery rhyme"/><category term="nursery web spider"/><category term="nutrition"/><category term="occupation"/><category term="odd"/><category term="offer"/><category term="opportunities"/><category term="orbweavers"/><category term="organic"/><category term="organizations"/><category term="outing"/><category term="outreach"/><category term="outside"/><category term="ovipositor"/><category 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term="praise"/><category term="preservation"/><category term="primates"/><category term="prize"/><category term="problems"/><category term="professional"/><category term="profile"/><category term="progressive"/><category term="pros"/><category term="pseudoscorpions"/><category term="publicists"/><category term="pumpkins"/><category term="punkies"/><category term="purslane"/><category term="pygmy mole crickets"/><category term="queries"/><category term="race relations"/><category term="rainforest"/><category term="ranking"/><category term="rankings"/><category term="rating"/><category term="ratings"/><category term="redirect"/><category term="refuge"/><category term="regional"/><category term="remembering"/><category term="remembrances"/><category term="replies"/><category term="report"/><category term="repost"/><category term="reprint"/><category term="reptiles"/><category term="resolutions"/><category term="respect"/><category term="responding"/><category term="restaurants"/><category term="results"/><category term="reviews"/><category term="rewilding"/><category term="rhinitis"/><category term="rough stink bugs"/><category term="routine"/><category term="rove beetles"/><category term="running crab spiders"/><category term="rural"/><category term="sac spiders"/><category term="safari"/><category term="safety"/><category term="sales"/><category term="samples"/><category term="scams"/><category term="scarab beetles"/><category term="school"/><category term="scientific illustration"/><category term="scientific journalism"/><category term="sclopetarius"/><category term="scorpionflies"/><category term="scorpions"/><category term="scuttle flies"/><category term="sentiments"/><category term="services"/><category term="sharing"/><category term="sheep ked"/><category term="shopping"/><category term="shore flies"/><category term="show"/><category term="shower"/><category term="sidewalk"/><category term="silk"/><category term="silk moths"/><category term="silkmoths"/><category term="silverfish"/><category term="slave-making"/><category term="slender crab spiders"/><category term="smartphone"/><category term="snail-killing flies"/><category term="snipe flies"/><category term="snow flies"/><category term="social insects"/><category term="social parasites"/><category term="soldier beetles"/><category term="solicitation"/><category term="sorting"/><category term="sound"/><category term="southwest"/><category term="spam"/><category term="specimens"/><category term="spectacle"/><category term="spheksology"/><category term="spheksophilia"/><category term="spheksophobia"/><category term="sphinx moths"/><category term="spitting spiders"/><category term="springtails"/><category term="standards"/><category term="state government"/><category term="state totem"/><category term="stinging"/><category term="stinging insects"/><category term="stolen"/><category term="stoneflies"/><category term="stray"/><category term="study"/><category term="subject"/><category term="subjects"/><category term="summary"/><category term="sunflower"/><category term="superstition"/><category term="supplies"/><category term="support"/><category term="swarming"/><category term="sweat bees"/><category term="tailless whipscorpion"/><category term="tarantulas"/><category term="taxes"/><category term="taxon"/><category term="teachers"/><category term="teaching"/><category term="technical difficulties"/><category term="territorial"/><category term="thick-headed flies"/><category term="thin-legged wolf spiders"/><category term="ticks"/><category term="tiger moths"/><category term="tiny"/><category term="top"/><category term="torpor"/><category term="toys"/><category term="tracking"/><category term="trails"/><category term="trap nests"/><category term="trashline orb weavers"/><category term="tree crickets"/><category term="trends"/><category term="troglophile"/><category term="tumblebugs"/><category term="tweets"/><category term="typographical errors"/><category term="typos"/><category term="uncommon"/><category term="underwing moths"/><category term="universities"/><category term="unusual"/><category term="upcoming"/><category term="urban forests"/><category term="values"/><category term="vandalism"/><category term="vectors"/><category term="velvet ants"/><category term="venom"/><category term="venture"/><category term="videos"/><category term="villain"/><category term="violation"/><category term="violin spider"/><category term="virtual"/><category term="viruses"/><category term="visiting"/><category term="volunteer"/><category term="walkingsticks"/><category term="wandering spiders"/><category term="warning"/><category term="water boatmen"/><category term="webinar"/><category term="webspinners"/><category term="wedding"/><category term="weevils"/><category term="whites"/><category term="wind scorpions"/><category term="window tracks"/><category term="window-winged moths"/><category term="winged"/><category term="wingless"/><category term="winter crane flies"/><category term="wishes"/><category term="wood ticks"/><category term="woodboring"/><category term="wool-carder bee"/><category term="work"/><category term="worms"/><category term="wound"/><category term="writers"/><category term="yards"/><category term="yellow-faced bees"/><category term="zombie"/><category term="zombies"/><title type='text'>Bug Eric</title><subtitle type='html'>All about insects, spiders, and other arthropods, focusing on North America north of Mexico.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>806</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-6312227316802959155</id><published>2026-02-06T18:49:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2026-02-06T18:51:17.896-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="article"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="botanist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="botany"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leonard L. Wiley"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mentors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="native plants"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Oregon"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="plants"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildflowers"/><title type='text'>Remembering Another Mentor</title><summary type="text">I had intended to make this post years ago. The subject deserves better. He is the late Leonard L. Wiley of Portland, Oregon. Though my relationship with him was brief, he made a lasting impact. He may have felt the same way about me, as you will see.© The OregonianMr. Wiley passed away in 1987, at the age of eighty-two. He was introduced to me by my father. As a jeweler, my dad knew Leonard as a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/6312227316802959155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/02/remembering-another-mentor.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6312227316802959155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6312227316802959155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/02/remembering-another-mentor.html' title='Remembering Another Mentor'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDFHhNp0q1qZf-aqwrHWKc_872uu2wAddcwfe6NP99EnveJBQ9Jm8SMASroki0VI9hyGgmVmlFBA6wG47zR9uu31ZnP8LeaVyzTiW3GOyXoO4ySq3IId2oj6e-97TaA0Cdkx9YRfM_AwncofN0YLrf_4vdCYC6QeTm99KhMih0N5tD5RSnyKV87J-GGQ/s72-c/IMG_9114.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-3796783190930468550</id><published>2026-01-21T21:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2026-01-21T21:26:08.405-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dibrachys"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Hymenoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hyperparasites"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mystery"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parasitoid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Polistes metricus"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pteromalidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vespidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wasps"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Another Micro Mystery</title><summary type="text">One way that I find insects in winter is by scraping off paper wasp nests that have been abandoned by the past season’s generation of wasps, and placing the nests in a transparent container. What usually happens is that one or more kinds of insects will eventually emerge from these nests. Allow me to share one example.Dibrachys sp.I started collecting recent, abandoned paper wasp nests (Polistes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/3796783190930468550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-micro-mystery.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/3796783190930468550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/3796783190930468550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/01/another-micro-mystery.html' title='Another Micro Mystery'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWVqFCvjbSdhOOx1qLSHjMepE3l6GE9F_jhWmPG_ObYMGlOgyQPmZ6cJX-O_kVs10J-SgBF-fRPBqWLo4nRt1Qu89pJoT2RxJC0JSKAsGckJ4qe05RXvC3uIbGHZA3BSqxWDIlFOso8kJQlyP2j0I0OWhBYBIzQVZRjDRViqzjiCnuWjddeqvGomz3_uE/s72-c/IMG_5918%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-7179969228639555303</id><published>2026-01-08T22:52:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2026-01-09T17:30:53.798-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="arachnids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="climate change"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new year"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiders"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="winter"/><title type='text'>New Year’s Insects and Spiders</title><summary type="text">Happy New Year to my friends and followers! I do hope that you are finding reasons to celebrate, and are getting out into nature. Our local weather here in northeast Kansas, USA, has been unseasonably mild, to the point of nearly breaking high temperature records. Yesterday, January 7, it was sixty-eight degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. Our average historical high is in the high thirties or low </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/7179969228639555303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-years-insects-and-spiders.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/7179969228639555303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/7179969228639555303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-years-insects-and-spiders.html' title='New Year’s Insects and Spiders'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJzls9t4Jz3NcS6Y86L1FIJXm-1nfjGjSdd4Me3g8E94Q1F743z72037bo-G5FMZARKMl1pTUlXLaxiZ-eF-Atgo29euZwar5Rs6BhXYkLKMUtRt2xsdlL-s417JRw5rgn-sd8SfwXELHVtmo-AbuY4cVnazv2mkAk2xd0lalY4LHUF4FPMvlyw_NmXyU/s72-c/IMG_1552%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2780090885477996863</id><published>2025-11-19T20:43:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2025-11-19T20:43:55.855-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="authors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book clubs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bots"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugwatching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="humor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publicists"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publicity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reviews"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scams"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing"/><title type='text'>LOL! Fake Praise and &quot;Publicists&quot; for Bugwatching</title><summary type="text">Apparently, your third book as a solo author unleashes a torrent of people, bots, and phony “book clubs” heaping lavish praise upon your work and writing style, while begging you to avail yourself of their promotional skills. It is laughable, and overwhelming.I am receiving these offers in my email inbox weekly, or close to it. What they all have in common is sickeningly sweet adoration, followed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2780090885477996863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/11/lol-fake-praise-and-publicists-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2780090885477996863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2780090885477996863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/11/lol-fake-praise-and-publicists-for.html' title='LOL! Fake Praise and &quot;Publicists&quot; for &lt;i&gt;Bugwatching&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKg0lwZj652eTD9hCaX6u5G1vvFtkUsJnHBpTxsi-TPzUl6tmz5UkKVPXnA0TKb8cA_hs7k3UKMNf9gI64T4kIyW0cOLcBdyiVrf6MVGgbgN-_AML3E_sMSfY6FVDoR5BIfFa1FHK7SsZezCcsJXauTl2IjlRpCcQz1gMgIk4jICVTlf2H2JtAcvXjAk/s72-c/IMG_8459.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-4041094574204258526</id><published>2025-11-02T21:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2025-11-02T21:15:24.259-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iNaturalist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lepidoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moths"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="National Moth Week"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Remembering Moth Week 2025</title><summary type="text">Yes, I am terribly behind in making public my sightings of insects, arachnids, and other wildlife this year. I finally have my observations for National Moth Week 2025 loaded onto iNaturalist, but I will share some of them here in this post.Zebra Conchylodes Moth, Eddyville, Kentucky.Heidi was generous enough to secure us tickets to the Coldplay concert in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, so we spent </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/4041094574204258526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/11/remembering-moth-week-2025.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4041094574204258526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4041094574204258526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/11/remembering-moth-week-2025.html' title='Remembering Moth Week 2025'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FSucmK5u3HA1NnAOn2VAO7v_3DP4qEg0GDGl9ljjrihVYosIdiNI-r91y5FPB2isSclhRXLIVhBbUj41XubfPtV4gmao4AU_5SPxdJMx9YKXS6BF_POihmyCSSajDqyjS7X8jwWCOPFVVMrsubeRyjfhE1FQFxM7D7GJVH0NVjk9iuwq80BDZBJ_k7k/s72-c/IMG_8721%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-6279541596364093778</id><published>2025-10-05T20:16:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2025-10-06T16:59:29.727-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="chimpanzees"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="environment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="hope"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jane Goodall"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="legacy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="primates"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tribute"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>What Would Jane Do?</title><summary type="text">If there was ever a person whom I wanted to remain immortal, it would probably be Dr. Jane Goodall. It was therefore devastating to learn of her passing last week. I do not imagine the tributes and anecdotes will subside anytime soon, nor should they. She remains an indelible, near tangible part of everyone who she ever crossed paths with. That is a kind of immortality to treasure.Wikimedia </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/6279541596364093778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-would-jane-do.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6279541596364093778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6279541596364093778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/10/what-would-jane-do.html' title='What Would Jane Do?'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi90YAZhqDSWzzxiB6tEZ7ZKZx_Z3PU5D6uWPde1wSFGp8889SfxLrYzaasG7Hg3YSovdkyjaMFrkXV8jYod4EmOw9xGuCS3Grcap-pC_0QU8RQUymyYTuBSpI5OfyyoLhzeNt7fXmwQ9-95ndf-0Oh_fn81T1AHgW5MiVQm2Dp3s9xAzGwSCSY56QInyA/s72-c/Jane_Goodall_2015.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8653210061109414405</id><published>2025-09-28T12:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-09-28T12:08:28.743-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;Bug Eric&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="authors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sales"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="update"/><title type='text'>Book Festivals, Royalties, and Other Author Things</title><summary type="text">Here at the end of September, I am gearing up for the Heartland Book Festival in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, October 11. With your help, we can recruit a legion of new bugwatchers, and change how we relate to other species, and each other. Allow me to let you in on upcoming events, and some secrets of the author profession that might surprise you.Got my poster, courtesy of Poor Richard&#39;s </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/8653210061109414405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-festivals-royalties-and-other.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8653210061109414405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8653210061109414405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/09/book-festivals-royalties-and-other.html' title='Book Festivals, Royalties, and Other Author Things'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl38fGNLNCJR3G6ziKAFkcciDrzDcsDrwMT1ihOSwTbxqMzCN5BrfbltlIvEi-veRnXygPjT-YNOjIu9K_9Ea4dFJNcpebgClQ8MoTI5SYChXafgzMJIp8yCqZhrOFH1dRxi6jduv4WdnIxnRxj8rgm0AZSom88ce4BuDpm7zg_fRo_qyZge8JYs7TVg0/s72-c/IMG_6556.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-4608343301677666791</id><published>2025-08-14T21:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-08-14T21:02:12.605-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugwatching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="citizen science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="community science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="programs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="scicomm"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science communication"/><title type='text'>Bugwatching Book Launch</title><summary type="text">My new book, Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects, had its first event last Saturday at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. It was well attended both in person and via a livestream, with over 600 individuals registered.Linda Hall Library is a science library with many historically important holdings. They also create professional quality in-house </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/4608343301677666791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/08/bugwatching-book-launch.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4608343301677666791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4608343301677666791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/08/bugwatching-book-launch.html' title='&lt;i&gt;Bugwatching&lt;/i&gt; Book Launch'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/H8XUgjPpBCg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-3754777451010058390</id><published>2025-07-16T18:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-07-16T18:53:17.595-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="citizen science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="community science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Crambidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="discovery"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iNaturalist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lepidoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moths"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new species"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Accidental Achievement</title><summary type="text">When we lived in Colorado Springs, I would walk our neighborhood regularly, if not daily, unless the weather was severe. Little did I know that one such constitutional would yield something globally significant.My photo of the male moth.On the afternoon of November 5, 2020, passing a vacant lot up the street that I had passed by almost daily, I noticed small moths flying around. Many moth species</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/3754777451010058390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/07/accidental-achievement.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/3754777451010058390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/3754777451010058390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/07/accidental-achievement.html' title='Accidental Achievement'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJqBzG358wFIaQF9-KHG2E0c8wmZhW0L0BL0kUpAFWfEjcymKSefeVdPQyBnaa2SRxD_v6kmf523OqfMX-ypuon20ZBaMPSlKukXYhOkwTLKadkqBvK-aF0FwrCVMRzDQ-sDTSHGKw0Xo5XnbKMWdQ31LynmkYCiSqw-tBpUkguIls1GfuJs8a1slyro/s72-c/ColoradactriaMyImage11052020.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2519575980240160039</id><published>2025-07-04T20:45:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2025-07-04T20:45:31.375-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="authors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugwatching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field guide companion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="literature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="rankings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ratings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Rebecca Lexa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="reference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Everyday Naturalist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>You Made Bugwatching Number One!</title><summary type="text">I learned recently that my new book, Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects, is, or was, number one in the &quot;Outdoor and Nature Reference&quot; category of new releases for Amazon books. This would not have happened without your loyalty, preorders, and promotion among your friends and neighbors. Thank you!I do not habitually pay attention to rankings like these, but maybe I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2519575980240160039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/07/you-made-bugwatching-number-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2519575980240160039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2519575980240160039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/07/you-made-bugwatching-number-one.html' title='You Made &lt;i&gt;Bugwatching&lt;/i&gt; Number One!'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAwl6EGm78UVgB2TmCYs4KUqcFbTZQmtUTorSf4EX2seSv9hR6O2wCxfBQyTOvlMFiCcpAKTeFPhEpZ03lutvcorPYJMhCn-IDmNO9rkkclNIMMCdomDdb3g9pCLO2KvCI3zur_LBdTyUgMJBPmg_LTaeowYQUwZAa2xp3RMf7Ng1hKlOYL6GJSaopljc/s72-c/9780691264004_FC.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2284173695917281597</id><published>2025-06-20T22:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-06-20T22:37:51.969-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ecology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Flickr"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="redirect"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="yucca"/><title type='text'>The Yucca Insect Community</title><summary type="text">I am trying something new for this blog post. The last few weeks I have been paying close attention to yucca plants, especially the flowers, and taking many photos of the various insects (and spiders). We have a trio of plants in our front yard in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, but I also examined plants in Okawville, Illinois, and one wild plant in eastern Missouri.A tumbling flower beetle (top), and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2284173695917281597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-yucca-insect-community.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2284173695917281597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2284173695917281597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-yucca-insect-community.html' title='The Yucca Insect Community'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUjZzZbeXfbtynaBD2QZiOGXhs_W0VUlKOIU6QkNlZQQyjKLFiWx0MV1tni2DA9S8QjBali_ZSrxIvts6MwouiWY3xeBIEEcNgFj_jNH3_3KZdLTUGNsPJTW6uUHJGMliCYwcEdOweu193JEMe5_qPfU3nBva-zSXuJuLN5oy1QMQiLn4gbGBZIX7gIw/s72-c/IMG_5570%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-9101997018305192225</id><published>2025-06-09T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-06-09T16:10:03.183-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bioblitz"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugwatching"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="media"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Missouri Prairie Foundation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="news"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="NPR"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="podcast"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="This Green Earth"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wasps"/><title type='text'>Recent &quot;Bug Eric&quot; News</title><summary type="text">Bioblitz on the Snadon Tract of Coyne Prairie, Missouri, USA.I was honored to be invited to be a guest on This Green Earth, a podcast, and NPR talk show hosted by KPCW in Park City, Utah, USA, last Tuesday, June 3. I spent a delightful twenty minutes or so with Claire Wiley and Christopher Cherniak, discussing wasps, and my book Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect. If you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/9101997018305192225/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/06/recent-bug-eric-news.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/9101997018305192225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/9101997018305192225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/06/recent-bug-eric-news.html' title='Recent &quot;Bug Eric&quot; News'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D7fokx2bxi-fLUc76hnpgRuASt-bAzKlC7Ih4xInd4LmVCc9HT4_Ehh7URPRNMANuEj8U2dyl0Zi5j-45PwtbIHHXKV_iPWVZkYU15Udb4C0fBCk0i7_f997TFddYPUO13uwFTJA4onuAxJuprImVoQ2ZdD1UG3Mqb8hhwGYK88WF9TzKb2h9_QU8Ko/s72-c/IMG_2660.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-6338969745329842298</id><published>2025-05-06T17:52:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2025-05-06T17:52:44.465-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="City Nature Challenge 2025"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fauna"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flora"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iNaturalist"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kansas City"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="observations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>2025 City Nature Challenge Recap for Kansas City Metro</title><summary type="text">The City Nature Challenge is an annual event that I always look forward to, when I have no conflicting engagements. I tend to plan around it, in fact. This year’s edition was held from Friday, April 27, through Monday, April 30.Pearl Crescent butterfly from Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas.Some background is in order for those unfamiliar with this urban bioblitz. What began in 2016 as a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/6338969745329842298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-city-nature-challenge-recap-for.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6338969745329842298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6338969745329842298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-city-nature-challenge-recap-for.html' title='2025 City Nature Challenge Recap for Kansas City Metro'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrLZiyFQE6zJYKhfFfR3PQ-vbq3Xy03T0iZV2tQWVZNto2_O5BR1Op0od1KyKZqYPtplXtuIjtgyg2gap-rzlsiJ5mx0OeQlwI9-B3-oa0aWTXLHNw-lujJa19PTH1eE4Fw8-deEyX1zXk3o0Ho5mPxhuJcnlDuaT4T6M0N0WdfBb5EEmrH5qGUdxq8iY/s72-c/IMG_1782%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2279385423116284236</id><published>2025-04-14T13:51:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2025-04-14T13:51:44.976-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ants"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beetles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cerambycidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Formicidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kansas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="longhorned beetles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mimic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mimicry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>That&#39;s Not an Ant?!</title><summary type="text">It is always best to avoid making assumptions about insects in the field. I was reminded of that on three seperate occasions this month, all of them involving mimicry of ants by small longhorned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. Early spring is apparently the season for these wood-boring insects, at least here in Kansas. Their resemblance to ants is uncanny, and highly convincing.Cyrtophorus </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2279385423116284236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/04/thats-not-ant.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2279385423116284236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2279385423116284236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/04/thats-not-ant.html' title='That&#39;s Not an Ant?!'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN4aFpYXgMTDfHJmVJGCQgS5bYpfTdjGqaxdgap6TB_LIYHEHEBvfrgfZX2lNHE3Tv3iRwD7_oDqtwbc3qNfII0snfsSBnzuIBa-_7ISQA7fIa0fLOs3jF-4lhp1TKZtN2IFSMfBgFzblJV2eGCGNmhH5sVFMCluKVyyLUryWhKSJVDxxo6_tykn2Yk8/s72-c/IMG_6984%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-266482342244769447</id><published>2025-03-23T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2025-03-23T13:15:01.076-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AI"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="artificial intelligence"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="authors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Authors Guild"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="copyright infringement"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="current events"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ethics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="intellectual property"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="legal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="theft"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writers"/><title type='text'>Stealing Minds and Destroying Morale: LibGen, Meta, and AI</title><summary type="text">Last week I learned that all four of the books for which I am sole author, or co-author, were illegally pirated by Library Genesis (LibGen). The LibGen database was in turn scraped illegally by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, for the purpose of training the company’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) program in use of the English language. How many literary works were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/266482342244769447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/03/stealing-minds-and-destroying-morale.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/266482342244769447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/266482342244769447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/03/stealing-minds-and-destroying-morale.html' title='Stealing Minds and Destroying Morale: LibGen, Meta, and AI'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQIP8ZQxTQzB9uTmVHWDJndhjBDGHIWeoXWqjQORC0qkJkoycvbJKR7MT8PCBqDM3iATBQjti1Ba1bgdOMgDv2TSqi6_J_8Wvm9sjo0I0Cz1b9PnvW6VZPjf1s_ulWwS-2VlnPoWuixiGabygT2ih5o0KDagwD6YZxpZYUvgfdW6sE8mMuR_bXqNxj7U/s72-c/IMG_1653.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-5966861167726775619</id><published>2025-01-02T13:52:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2025-01-02T13:52:17.905-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="&quot;Bug Eric&quot;"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blog"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="future"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new year"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="projects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="social media"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="writing"/><title type='text'>Happy 2025?</title><summary type="text">I am not sure that I have ever had less enthusiasm for an incoming new year than I have for this one. It seems rather silly, though, that I don’t have more excitement and positive anticipation. I already have virtual and in-person presentations on the horizon (book me now!), plus a Coldplay concert to look forward to. I even have a new passport, so can leave the country if I want.What is the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/5966861167726775619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/01/happy-2025.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/5966861167726775619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/5966861167726775619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2025/01/happy-2025.html' title='Happy 2025?'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8d4Q_EtvtIXqNCRbVfcYeIJfFcPh4Wt0P5_-3i103JXtXM5oRTmSwXUtJIn4_Z8V3LJjJi46SM5AG4sKk6f4KVyiJXhi_ZLnmdIaUVjGI8BWuFcImzKeT6glwve-XV6HfClixQXaVX-S2FMPwL_iacKRhKHL4Prmx_AzJi3eLDGiqLfzLID8jIABjEAo/s72-c/IMG_1511aCalendarImageMelbryArt.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8590344933639035497</id><published>2024-12-14T21:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2024-12-14T21:01:13.389-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beetles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Coleoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conservation"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fireflies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="firefly"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Lampyridae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poem"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poetry"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Wishful Blinking</title><summary type="text">Wishful BlinkingAlas, not a firefly,But the lights of a car passing by.Eric R. Eaton</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/8590344933639035497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/12/wishful-blinking.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8590344933639035497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8590344933639035497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/12/wishful-blinking.html' title='Wishful Blinking'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtwr0_rhCt7b8M_cwR7vXO1nqwmHmTenHsHBlkF-yjpx93U5Fjk0pfQ2itSsh-CH3EMyXpo0KXTNozEIHXPvyrzVna2N0oKFbyP4VraH4yzWdKx60rQPExvcxqF80417Os-4ZVK5ef4aEbBKBe0LAvGiEwPfGQsHOkAK-KFjt4XIZmg4C_XVOUu0kdpg/s72-c/FireflyInaturalist.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8662976029329533081</id><published>2024-12-02T19:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2024-12-02T19:19:00.454-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="art"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="artistic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="butterflies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="decor"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="design"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="interior decorating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="moths"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motif"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="poster"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Artistic License</title><summary type="text">Our bathroom, small as it is, has a moth and butterfly theme. It is my partner’s doing, with her selection of the shower curtain, and arrangement of the poster and pictures I brought to the party when we moved in together. It makes for colorful accents to the white tiles, countertop, and light gray paint job, done rather hastily by the last owner it would appear. What I find most fascinating are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/8662976029329533081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/12/artistic-license.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8662976029329533081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8662976029329533081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/12/artistic-license.html' title='Artistic License'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04DGVoc-ut2CrF7GJrHdJkvDimQzyGdYffrR9sbH9cvFDVqvhwtOr3z-3lmy1CY7AdkV3UgzONIPyhDHs-IZZ2psP03yI_ozoEgUMvCo27GTM2oLrQ-3XBKZ5olCMw2jvpwMAHAtqVMTU-C95_nycMaLLiMMmrjob46efzKykT_pCnKDlXBYFor1AozI/s72-c/IMG_1379.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-58534041045660924</id><published>2024-11-03T17:52:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2024-11-18T09:57:33.396-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="autumn"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fall"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kansas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="natural history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="observations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="seasons"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Grand Finale</title><summary type="text">Versute Sharpshooter (leafhopper), Graphocephala versutaEvery bugwatcher knows it’s coming in the late fall, and both delights in it, and mourns for the lost spring and summer, quickly fading from memory. That encore of insect abundance, from heavy, arthritic grasshoppers lumbering up wooden fences, to sun-seeking lady beetles, eager to find snug crevices to pack themselves into for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/58534041045660924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/11/grand-finale.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/58534041045660924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/58534041045660924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/11/grand-finale.html' title='Grand Finale'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuAHmM9aJv8X7gX6VazakEwQh_2AEon8Kc9L80-NQmoktlKuJubJWk_JGLwg9ykOcLlfTjWrWzgW10uQjg-tCiwnZ_t06-DifIQ6cGFCziMNiC_NFcUxLXCdsl-xn22Da4065jtsJ6IY67VAauMp_NocVlGBUQ0z8tjqfmVCDTap0pjCmzE7PKPb-PCw/s72-c/IMG_0755%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-1945806625305572914</id><published>2024-10-09T18:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2024-10-09T18:57:29.409-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="book review"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chris Alice Kratzer"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cicadas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cicadidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="field guide"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="manual"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="monograph"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publication"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Cicadas of North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Book Review: The Cicadas of North America</title><summary type="text">Chris Alice Kratzer begins her new book with a deeply personal memory and dedication, then proceeds to deliver another comprehensive treatment of a common, yet complex, category of insects: cicadas. The book is the second for Kratzer, whose debut work was The Social Wasps of North America. With memories of this spring’s periodical cicada event still fresh in the public mind, this book could </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/1945806625305572914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-cicadas-of-north-america.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/1945806625305572914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/1945806625305572914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/10/book-review-cicadas-of-north-america.html' title='Book Review: &lt;i&gt;The Cicadas of North America&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78b0NW9ucH4I48ZYTJUUN_NAOoGOOP1P8jaEZwJLS4HGfsevbe4xz40jKA_bugxnOJUGHYgtfUpT_AG206cVP3jXt3AWlq-UgYzKDo8D9j1H4JC4t-GcsOdyNeCBTvis-UT8ocjWbL93Gzq9JS_5SWzQZy830aKDd_CJUY8m1K1jZlBMb5sfWTsv7_eo/s72-c/IMG_1123.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2325545888610600489</id><published>2024-09-27T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2024-09-27T08:00:00.125-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="biological control"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Culicidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Diptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="elephant mosquitoes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Fly Day Friday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mosquitoes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pollinators"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Toxorhynchites"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Fly Day Friday: The Good Mosquito</title><summary type="text">Believe it or not, there is a mosquito species I look forward to seeing every year. You may think I&#39;m crazy, but hear me out. There are at least three reasons to love elephant mosquitoes in the genus Toxorhynchites. They are pretty, beneficial in the larval stage, and do not bite as adults.A male Elephant MosquitoElephant mosquitoes are also known as giant treehole mosquitoes, so you can sense a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2325545888610600489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/fly-day-friday-good-mosquito.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2325545888610600489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2325545888610600489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/fly-day-friday-good-mosquito.html' title='Fly Day Friday: The &lt;i&gt;Good&lt;/i&gt; Mosquito'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNE6qRb3t9W-E0mjkRawKd6eAtnR_itoj8UcnphtSkMrlzbjeAUSsjNL8A8v8I3mARfbQcib75fKD2eRXjXtnj5-KH-1u1Nh1kYpghpqizeSbHetrJyPBD2P6OW1YfgRjrCzFLSryMpiPSftM4xcAdDN4RVWUHtnvL6GRRKtNIiVhZ4E_F_uCn4a9qmM/s72-c/IMG_0634%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-4582320695286856923</id><published>2024-09-19T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2024-09-19T08:00:00.227-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="behavior"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="diet"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="katydids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mating"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Orthoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tettigoniidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Orthoptera Thursday: The Katydid&#39;s Menu</title><summary type="text">Carnivorous katydids? That might come as a shock, but in reality, many members of the order Orthoptera, which includes katydids, grasshoppers, and crickets, are omnivorous to at least some degree. This broad diet is one reason these insects are so successful. Let’s take a closer look at one subset of katydids in particular.A female Orchelimum sp. meadow katydid.Katydids are also known as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/4582320695286856923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/orthoptera-thursday-katydids-menu.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4582320695286856923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/4582320695286856923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/orthoptera-thursday-katydids-menu.html' title='Orthoptera Thursday: The Katydid&#39;s Menu'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pfyK3KACQ2lRkCNkBd7kv7aVcDtMOTaFKuG1ui6I5b_oMKsp9BoNpktUdDHhyphenhyphenBCwnYz7sUDVZunw2VQ7R3xWIH6HCQUDxZQKMFu3JYDbofFWx3PLWYFSQuKCVicfqUvaTuhO9_CrawBaHQBHvjKM8f_P74oDlTkeZL0Opwv1IiP1m1IwQf5BlVRJygY/s72-c/IMG_6695%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-8944563126258981285</id><published>2024-09-12T16:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2024-09-12T17:01:32.750-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="community science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="entomology"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="natural history"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="personal essay"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="survey"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>I Am Not a Scientist</title><summary type="text">It’s cute when someone mistakes me for a scientist, presumably because I have written books about insects, made public presentations, and am active on social media. There are occasions, though, where the confusion wastes the other party’s time, and for that I am truly apologetic. I am still a reliable source of factual information, but please allow me to set the record straight.This post is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/8944563126258981285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-am-not-scientist.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8944563126258981285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/8944563126258981285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-am-not-scientist.html' title='I Am Not a Scientist'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZn-HXKA1oBMQyEvoa7W_PCxu4n8nlU5BPTcuMaRwD7dkIt8U1qapl5897sZzEDwrSthLQkk3vLOUU7ciXorKV0UbKearc9xEhGThy0z1GuNTHUtiG1hBSrNklYMCGmf0VzC6yJbmjmpjsUxsq9pJ0ae2zMxJ8eMQFewTnDDhOM6bCXvej0S-U6bkhjUw/s72-c/562.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-6884875546487575429</id><published>2024-09-08T08:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2024-09-08T08:00:00.117-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="arachnids"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Ghelna canadensis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="jumping spiders"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kansas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Salticidae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Spider Sunday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="spiders"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>Spider Sunday: Red Velvet Jumper</title><summary type="text">Whenever I discover a species new to me, I am compelled to illuminate the known biology of the organism for anyone who will listen, or read. This happened recently, when I encountered a little jumping spider on a sidewalk during a late afternoon walk here in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, on August 20.I managed to capture the creature in a plastic vial, to take home for closer observation. At the time</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/6884875546487575429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/spider-sunday-red-velvet-jumper.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6884875546487575429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/6884875546487575429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/09/spider-sunday-red-velvet-jumper.html' title='Spider Sunday: Red Velvet Jumper'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJjgzFDV8fy1DkD1iMYX_I65H0cjw7G41b77Mg0QjmBQ8alGD5SCoJqBFk3Bv7cA4u9vfMMMeWRNzOIJD4BNXFs3vVNDJ2QnoXKjxNwv0P10ogu-355CAkMGArOeRdbO9EyCyZD-gZdN6bA4Jm9OXApLPzilP2Xj4zQKLkGodleNsIle7jj0rhrNiZxE/s72-c/IMG_7102%20%282%29.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2886700853255525969.post-2193714584302089176</id><published>2024-08-22T07:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2024-08-22T07:00:00.121-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="animals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bugs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Hymenoptera"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="insects"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kansas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nature"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="North America"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="outdoors"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parasitoid"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Platygastridae"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Synopeas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="USA"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wasps"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wildlife"/><title type='text'>A One Millimeter Mystery</title><summary type="text">Sometimes a minor disaster turns into something positive, like a fallen tree limb revealing a hidden relationship between a wasp, a fly, and a saw blade. All of this in the front yard of our house in Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.Yikes!Upon returning from a week-long road trip in late June that took us into Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and southern Illinois, we pulled up in front of our home to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/feeds/2193714584302089176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-one-millimeter-mystery.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2193714584302089176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2886700853255525969/posts/default/2193714584302089176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://news-technologi.netlify.app/host-https-bugeric.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-one-millimeter-mystery.html' title='A One Millimeter Mystery'/><author><name>Bug Eric</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06253157009010644214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVyd1tHrYFEme9g6MgNN_jKYNhgJz4WAVwH6mJRd-tALFzyKMA2QYAdNCA3eHWdYo99Ybu3LqDwihs-Ay3uP4CYSRjkMU36g0josd2o8qQLS4Dl65UvGX40dBuuEJ_2U/s220/Eric2018HeadshotCropped.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUsXxDOvuMp_aOzBAtv2VumPkVNEvfs69ux2MdYtWdrcjRReF7a4YwvtD7MLjyFcx157dLTpBxBC-OHN9l19FZarfqE8ysQGJS4YhNIB2ZheTzEbHE4FcVaDQ-Ak5HSiWg8qEGpDnLauAR3bb4GxPB2c1ZsShqXNZa7r39TSgs-wbECYQP12dXDdzUpR0/s72-c/IMG_0401.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry></feed>