HumBug: Winter Critters

by Anthony Westkamper on January 20, 2019 at 5:27PM

A day later the rains returned and with them an opportunity to try out my newest and most powerful black light flashlight under the redwoods in my back yard. I was glad to see the florescent millipedes scurrying through the leaf litter.

HumBug: Earwigs

by Anthony Westkamper on January 13, 2019 at 11:29AM

Finally, they can indeed fly, although they seldom do. After two and a half hours of some of the most tedious and frustrating work I've undertaken in a long time, I managed to shred the wings of one subject without ever getting a worthwhile photograph.

HumBug: Insect Armageddon

by Anthony Westkamper on December 30, 2018 at 5:31PM

How this pans out is anybody's guess. Maybe this is all good news for the flies, roaches and ravens.

HumBug: Millipede by the Millimeter

by Anthony Westkamper on December 23, 2018 at 7:08PM

HumBug: Rainy Day Locals

by Anthony Westkamper on December 16, 2018 at 9:25PM

However, I have seen one of our local glow worms attack a full sized example of this species after a slow motion battle that took about 10 minutes — the snail clotheslined the glow worm and got away, leaving the attacker mired in a gooey sticky bubble bath.

HumBug: Seasons Change, Bugs Change

by Anthony Westkamper on December 2, 2018 at 11:04AM

Following one of the first rains of the season, the sky was littered with tiny fluttering things. Overhead a dragonfly swooped by, gobbling them up on the wing.

HumBug: A Sparse Week

by Anthony Westkamper on November 25, 2018 at 1:00PM

HumBug: Damsels in Fall

by Anthony Westkamper on November 18, 2018 at 3:08PM

So, I set my camera for a high speed-series of exposures, took up a position and waited. And waited.

HumBug: Lepidoptera

by Anthony Westkamper on November 11, 2018 at 11:00AM

As there are so many more types of moth than butterfly and they have been around so much longer, it stands to reason they might have an even more diverse set of lifestyles. Like butterflies, the majority of moths mainly eat higher plants as larvae and sip nectar as adults, but there are exceptions.

HumBug: Who's Your Daddy Longlegs?

by Anthony Westkamper on November 4, 2018 at 8:38PM