<p><em>Watching bugs and insects can be a lot of fun. So why not try making a video journal to document your finds? This article by Carrie Spencer will give you some pointers to help you get started!<br><br><span style="font-size: normal"> Please welcome guest author: Carrie Spencer! </span><div style="text-align: right"> –Bug News </div></span></em></p>

<p><em><span style="font-size: normal"> Ever wondered where bedbugs come from? Or how and why they do the things they do? I know I have! <br><br> Please welcome guest author and bed bug specialist, Ben Gunden! <i><div style="text-align: right"> –Bug News </div></span></i> </span></em></p>

<p><span style="font-size: normal"> <i>Hi all! <br> I thought you’d like to hear about a new bug identification website and phone app I recently found out about. While I’m usually a big supporter of <a href="http://inaturalist.org/">iNaturalist</a>, <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app">SEEK</a>, <a href="https://fieldguide.ai/figures">FieldGuide</a> and pursuing <a href="https://bugguide.net/">BugGuide</a> to check my identifications, it’s always good to know about different…

<p>A tiny bit of fuzz on the mirror… Some specks of fluff in the sink… Wait, did that one just move?! It looks like it has wings! A bug then? Maybe a teeny weeny moth?? Psych! It’s not a moth, but it sure does look like one doesn’t it?</p>

<p><strong>Me:</strong> <em>Tell me oh wise and Sage Leafhopper, why do you bother my plants so?</em> <strong>Leafhopper:</strong> <em>Why? Why you ask? You silly giant, I am hungry of course. What other reason do I need?</em> <strong>Me:</strong> * <em>Sigh</em> * <em>Yes, but why do you have to eat MY plants when there are so many others to choose from?</em></p>

<p>You can never escape. They are always there. Watching. Waiting. Sometimes hiding out and stalking you for months before making their presence known and sucking your plants dry of all their life fluids…. While these odd looking critters may look soft and squishy, they can be real tenacious menaces to your plants.</p>

<p>So… I’m just watering the plants in the bathroom, when I see an odd lump on the side of the bathtub. Did someone leave a stone in here for some reason? We did have company recently… I move closer. Wait, what!? It is definitely <em>not</em> a stone. How did you get in here!? And what in the world do I do with you in the middle of winter??</p>

<p><em>Hi all! I just wanted to share a short note from one of my fellow local authors and nature lovers, Emily Garvin. She writes children’s books and I love to help support other writers and artists! Here’s what she wanted to share with us:</em></p>

<p>Now that the days are getting colder and the nights frequently dip beneath freezing, it’s time to get out all your nice, warm, fuzzy, fluffy… Woolly bears? Yes, its Woolly Bear Caterpillar season once again! Last year I wrote about the wanna-be weather predictor <a href="https://bug.news/blog/moths/woollybear/">woolly bear (aka Isabella Tiger Moth Caterpillar)</a>. This year, let’s talk about a different woolly bear, the Yellow Woolly Bear Caterpillar.</p>

<p>Eight legs? Check. Fang-like looking mouthparts? Check. Hanging out near the scene of the crime? Check. I’m afraid you match the description of the spider suspect we’ve been looking for… We’re going to have to book you. What do you mean you’re not a spider?! You match the description… Tell it to the judge!</p>