Insect of the week – February 10, 2025
Our insect of the week for February 10, 2025 is Tetracha virginica [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This is part 9 in our series featuring local tiger beetles (and the last species we will feature in this series). This species was described by Linnaeus in 1767. Let us know...
Insect of the week – February 3, 2025
Our insect of the week for February 3, 2025 is Ellipsoptera lepida [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This is part 8 in our series featuring local tiger beetles. This species was described by the French soldier and entomologist, Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean, in 1831....
Insect of the week – January 27, 2025
Our insect of the week for January 27, 2025 is Cicindela sexguttata [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This is part 7 in our series featuring local tiger beetles. This species was described by the Danish zoologist, Johann Fabricius, in 1775. You may well encounter adults of...
Insect of the week – January 20, 2025
Our insect of the week for January 20, 2025 is Cicindela scutellaris [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This is part 6 in our series featuring local tiger beetles. This species was described by the American entomologist, Thomas Say, in 1823. Seven subspecies of this beetle...
Insect of the week (January 13, 2025)
Our insect of the week for this week (January 13, 2025) is the fifth part of a 9 part series. Tiger beetle # 5 is Cicindela repanda [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This species was described by the French entomologist, Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1825. Fun...
Insect of the week (January 6, 2025)
Our insect of the week for this week (January 6, 2025) is the fourth part of a 9 part series. Tiger beetle # 4 is Cicindela punctulata [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This species was described by the French entomologist, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1790. The common name...
Insect of the week (December 30, 2024)
Our insect of the week for this week (December 30, 2024) is the third part of a 9 part series. Tiger beetle # 3 is Cicindela limbalis [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This species was described by the German entomologist, Johann Klug in 1834. The common name is common...
Insect of the week (December 23, 2024)
Our insect of the week for this week (December 23, 2024) is the second part of a 9 part series. Tiger beetle # 2 is Cicindela hirticollis [COLEOPTERA: Cicindelidae]. This species was described by the American entomologist, Thomas Say in 1817. Yes, one year before...
Insect of the week (December 16 2024)
Our insect of the week for this week (December 16, 2024) begins a series. Instead of randomly focusing on an insect species found in central Illinois, I thought it might be helpful to focus on a single family of insets and highlight some of the more prominent species....
Peoria approximella (a moth named in New York for Peoria, IL). Photo of Michigan specimen courtesy Jim Vargo (used with permission).