Aug 28, 2016 | Butterflies and Moths, Insects
Mourning Cloak Butterfly includes a few images that illustrates its life cycle. We often see them early in the spring because they overwinter as adults. Sap from the trees that Red-breasted Sapsuckers drill wells in may be quite important as an early season food for...
Aug 26, 2016 | Insects, Other Insects
Blow Fly Maggots decomposing a Salmon Carcass is a series of video clips taken over five days. I think once the blow fly eggs had hatched it took their larvae (maggots) about 5-6 days to decompose this chum salmon carcass....
Aug 24, 2016 | Butterflies and Moths, Insects
This video shows that when the Satyr Comma Butterfly closes its wings it mimics dead leaves. This video was taken along the trail to Nugget Falls in Juneau, Alaska. It was the first official record of this butterfly occurring in...
Aug 24, 2016 | Insects, Other Insects
Water Boatmen are aquatic insects from the family Corixidae. They can be quite common in the quieter waters in Alaska. For information about them look in Aquatic Insects in Alaska by John Hudson, Katherine Hocker, Robert H. Armstrong on page...
Aug 23, 2016 | Insects, Other Insects
Whirligig Beetles are aquatic insects belonging to the family Gyrinigdae. To learn more about them look at Aquatic Insects in Alaska by John Hudson, Datherine Hocker, Robert H. Armstrong and go to page...
Aug 22, 2016 | Insects, Other Insects
The backswimmer was first discovered in Alaska during the Sitka Bioblitz in 2012. For information about this discovery look at...