Category: Courtship and Mating

The Gentle Long Horned Bees

I followed up on a bee sample that someone had dropped off at my office and found hundreds of bees in an area around some flowering beds. The bees were long horned bees (Melissodes sp.). These bees are gentle and rarely sting unless they are handled or seriously disturbed. There were a lot of them … Continue reading The Gentle Long Horned Bees

Mating Shenanigans of Jagged Ambush Bugs

I was in White lake a week ago, chasing some grasshoppers. With the smokey skies in the Interior B.C. that week, we left early in the morning and had a wonderful time searching for a particular species. We did not find what we were looking for but saw some crickets and a lot of European … Continue reading Mating Shenanigans of Jagged Ambush Bugs

The Spectacular Dance of the Wrangler Grasshopper

I heard loud noises from the hillsides during a walk in September and just thought someone was mowing their lawn. I figured that could not possibly be bugs making such a racket but was I wrong. I kept hearing the same loud sounds on subsequent walks until I saw a Wrangler grasshopper happily clicking away. … Continue reading The Spectacular Dance of the Wrangler Grasshopper

Bugs Go A-Courtin’

We have a lot of bugs around us and one is bound to come across some mating pairs. We saw a few mating pairs of bugs last summer and since it is Valentine’s day, I deem it appropriate to share the pictures and have a chat about some of the courtship behaviours in bugs. Date … Continue reading Bugs Go A-Courtin’