Add Your Blog | | Signup
177 followers
Field trips, essays and photographs of insects (especially beetles), their host plants and taxonomy, the natural habitats in which they occur, and the landscapes that harbor them.
Invite Friends to Follow Syndication
Written by 1 Author
Ted Macrae
Followed by 177 People (invite friends)
View All

Beetles In The Bush Experiences and reflections of a Missouri entomologist.

English - Entomology, Insects, Beetles
http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com
Beetles In The Bush · 1d ago

Science Outreach in Action

This evening I had the distinct pleasure of presenting to the Missouri Master Naturalist™ program, a community-based natural resource education and volunteer service program for adults whose mission is to “engage Missourians in the stewardship of our state’s natural resources through science-based e
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 3d ago

Dr. Charles L. “Chuck” Bellamy – 12th Honorary Member of The Coleopterists Society

On Thursday of this past week, it was my distinct pleasure and honor to see my colleague and very good friend, Dr. Charles L. “Chuck” Bellamy named an Honorary Member of The Coleopterists Society. Honorary Membership is the highest level of distinction given by the Society in recognition of devotion
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 3d ago

Milestone: Half a million page hits for BitB!

Just a quick post to thank BitB readers past and present—today BitB surpassed one-half million page hits! BitB may be a labor of love on my part, but its readers are who have made it fun and kept me motivated. To all of you—thanks! Copyright © Ted C. MacRae 2012 Filed under: [No taxon] Tagged: blogg
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 6d ago

Maddening mutillid

During my stay in Corrientes, Argentina, I had two distinct biomes to explore—the relatively moist “Selva Paraguayense” to the east in Corrientes Province (a southern adjunct to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, and home to the cryptic longhorned beetle that I featured in Desmiphora hirtic
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 1W ago

One-Shot Wednesday: Upside down bee fly

This has got to be one of the strangest photos I’ve ever taken. Three weeks ago after visiting Sam A. Baker State Park (and photographing the scorpionfly featured in last week’s One-Shot Wednesday post), my dad and I visited a couple of sand prairie remnants in the Mississippi lowlands of extreme so
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 1W ago

Aglaoschema rufiventre in Chaco, Argentina

I’ve mentioned a few times that April is not a very good time to look for beetles in northern Argentina, as the months preceding April are typically hot and dry. September through January would be a much better time, especially to look for the wood boring beetles (families Buprestidae and Cerambycid
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 1W ago

Aglaoschema rufiventre in Chaco, Argentina

I’ve mentioned a few times that April is not a very good time to look for beetles in northern Argentina, as the months preceding April are typically hot and dry. September through January would be a much better time, especially to look for the wood boring beetles (families Buprestidae and Cerambycid
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 1W ago

Friday Flower: Phacelia purshii

It’s been rather a long time since I’ve featured a botanical subject here, so it seems a good time to resurrect my “Friday Flower” meme with this delightful little wildflower seen on my birthday field trip a few weeks ago. Phacelia purshii (family Hydrophyllaceae), also known as Miami mist, is one o
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 2W ago

One-Shot Wednesday: Panorpa helena scorpionfly

Last month I introduced a new meme called One-Shot Wednesday as a fun outlet for those occasional instances where I was able to fire off just one shot of an insect before it took off. At the time I guess I was hoping it was a meme that I wouldn’t need to use frequently, as I [...]
0 Vote Up · Share
Beetles In The Bush · 2W ago

Desmiphora hirticollis: Crypsis or Mimicry?

During my stay in Corrientes, Argentina last month, I was invited to spend the day with a colleague at his “camp” in Paso de la Patria. Located on the banks of the massive Rio Paraná at its junction with the Rio Paraguay, this small resort community boasts large tracts of relatively intact “Selva Pa
0 Vote Up · Share
More Stories
More