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Literary Expositions on Ants

Jul

1

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 1 July 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:07(01) ———————————- This series of expositions on the nature of the ant takes snippets and longer dissertations on the subject, as written by established authors who, in general, ...

Little black ants in Round Rock, Texas

Jun

27

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 27 June 2011, was revised last on 4 November 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:06(02) ———————————- There once was a time when, in Texas, the little black ant (Monomorium minimum Buckley 1866) did not assume momentous significance as a pest of human ...

Seed Bug in Commercial Kitchen Pantry, Round Rock, Texas

Jun

25

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 6 June 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:06(01) ———————————- Note that the photographs depicted on this web page may be enlarged for more detailed viewing by moving your cursor to the photo and clicking on ...

Striped Bark Scorpions in Texas: Taxonomy, Anatomy, Behavior, & Case History

Jun

6

2011

— This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 6 June 2011, was revised last on 23 October 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:06(01) ———————————- Taxonomy & fossil record: The striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus) was first described by the American naturalist and entomologist Thomas Say (1787 — 1834) in 1821. This scorpion, and ...

A Leopard moth in Austin, Texas

Apr

18

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Vickie W., first published on 18 April 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:04(02) ———————————- Vickie, a close family friend since 1977, wrote my wife the following note: We found the attached “bug” and it was so unusual ...

A Striped Lynx Spider in Round Rock, Texas

Apr

9

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 9 April 2011, was revised last on 12 August 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:04(01) ———————————- On 6 April 2011 while working at the desk something small on the wall caught my eye. ‘Twas the tiny spider depicted here… Under the microscope ...

A Trapdoor Spider in Mobile, Alabama

Mar

22

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Jeannette H., first published on 22 March 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:03(01) ———————————- Jeannette wrote me on 10 March 2011 with the following: I found a spider that looks very much like one on your site ...

Male Trapdoor spiders (poss. new species) near Cresson, Texas

Feb

25

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Dave Peters, first published on 25 February 2011, was revised last on 10 January 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(11) ———————————- Dave wrote: I found two of these around my pool skimmer basket yesterday. They are about the size of a quarter. I’m hoping ...

A Field Wolf Spider near Walnut Creek, Austin, Texas

Feb

14

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Dave R., first published on 14 February 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(10) ———————————- The field wolf spider (Hogna lenta) was first described in 1844 by the French American arachnologist Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. His description was penned ...

A Banded garden spider from Justin, Texas

Feb

12

2011

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Stephen M., first published on 12 February 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(09) ———————————- The banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata Forskål, 1775) is one of the few spiders in the genus Argiope found worldwide, at least within ...