— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, Kevin (Junction, TX), and Dave R. (McKinney Falls State Park, TX), first published on 2 February 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(02) —————————— The order Opiliones, in the class Arachnida, was first described in 1833 by the Swedish ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, et al., first published on 1 February 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:02(01) —————————— The checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) was first described in 1853, by the American ornithologist and icthyologist Spencer Fullerton Baird, in collaboration with a ...

— This article by Jerry Cates, Pete (Spring, TX), Amy P. (Ponder, TX), and Joy R., first published on 25 January 2011, was revised last on 18 August 2013. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:01(09) ——————————     The yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) is a common sight in mid to late summertime yards, gardens, and woods ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates and Joy R., first published on 25 January 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:01(08) —————————— The bold jumper (Phidippus audax) is a common jumping spider distributed throughout North America, and because it travels well, it has hitchhiked to ...

— BugsInTheNews is a VIEWER-PARTICIPANT WEBSITE. This article by Jerry Cates, first published on 21 January 2011, was revised last on 7 July 2012. © Bugsinthenews Vol. 12:01(07) —————————— The pantropical jumper (Plexippus paykulli) is a cosmopolitan species native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. It has been introduced to Florida, as well as ...