Thomas Say was perhaps the greatest entomological tour de force America has known. Born in Philadelphia in 1787, Say discovered his passion for insects at an early age. At the age of 25, he helped ...

BIO – Warren Dick is a keen Bluff photographer who enjoys capturing parts of nature that are not often seen – especially the minute insects that make their home within local nature reserves. IS it a ...

Scotsman John Hunter was an inveterate explorer and officer in Great Britain’s Royal Navy. A natural scholar, Hunter was sent to then largely unknown Australia in 1788. He spent much of the next 12 ...

Ohl thinks that the mantidfly in his piece of amber has accidentally boarded a poor vehicle. Typically, the larvae latch onto adult spiders that are much bigger than they are. The one in the amber ...

BANGOR, Maine — Some critters are so unique scientists have placed them in a family all their own. One of those not often seen in Maine is the brown mantidfly and it looks like it was made out of a ...

Mantidflies have six legs but the front pair has been modified for catching and holding insects. Photo by Jeff Mitton. I was hiking in the canyon of the Purgatoire River when something odd buzzed my ...