Hello and Welcome! This blog is intended to be many things: I desire to share my adventures and photographs of the unique insects and bugs in my neighborhood as well as those further abroad in the lovely Province of Saskatchewan. I also intend to share bug and insect science in Canada, both through books and news articles as they get published. As far back as I can remember - I have always been interested in small critters and in my adult years this interest has manifested and spawned a passion for macro bug photography during the warmer months. With Spring approaching I am getting eager to be outside and at work. Winter seems to be hesitant to leave and combined with the reality of Covid 19 and the need to self isolate and stay inside has been quite frustrating. There is a silver lining though and as longer days and shorter nights keep trickling onward I expect that we will see Bees in our dandelions before May! Last year Easter was slightly later and the weather warmed up much sooner - as is tradition we went out to the old family Homestead for a big supper with all the aunts, uncles and cousins as well as Grandma! Exploring the farm we found crocuses, blooming pussy willows and many of my little friends! April is not peak season for bugs but all of the following pictures were taken during this cool and breezy month. Most of those below are from Easter in the Rural Municipality of Corman Park just Northeast of town. The last few are from our back yard and the nearby park in residential Saskatoon. Ants colonies are some of the first insect groups to get going in the spring. Small solitary mining bees emerge once the temperature consistently rises above zero during the day, and Pussy Willow provides an early food source. Much like the ants, flies of all sorts and various sizes emerge as soon as it gets warm and sunny! This large wolf Spider was sunning itself in the center of a gravel road mid afternoon. That spider should be cautious as not far down the road we spotted this Spider Wasp on the hunt. A clown beetle scurried across the road and froze for the camera. This flower bug was spotted trying to blend in with the stucco on the side of our garage. Its a member of the True Bug family and was a bit of a surprise to find about so early. Another True Bug climbing the side of the garage. One of my favorite bug families or groups are the Jumping Spiders! This is a male Zebra Jumping Spider on the wall of the Shaw Centre off of Hart Road. They are tiny and quite easy to find in May, last year they were a few weeks early and a delight to find.
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