An obvious feature of an earwig is the pair of pincers or forceps at the tip of the abdomen. Both sexes have these pincers; in males they are large and curved, whereas they’re straight in females.

The tiger swallowtail’s caterpillars resemble bird droppings.

I try to pet a bumblebee each morning. It doesn’t appear to bother the bee and it delights me.

Bumblebees have longer antennae than the flies that mimic them.

A blue jay bald due to an abnormal molt.

A native, solitary bee nesting box.

A native, solitary bee will fill an entire tunnel of this nest box with eggs and plug the tunnel entrance with mud, leaf pieces, or other vegetation. A bee hotel like this is a swell gift for a gardener.