insects

While there are so many great things about summer in West Michigan, there's also at least one NOT great thing: Ticks.

I have included a large list of other groups now petitioning the Entomological Society of America to change insect names that offend them.

This tiny insect gives the Grinch a run for his money.

It sure looks harmless enough. It is pretty enough to be on the cover of a magazine or the home page of a web site. But the Spotted Lanternfly is as dangerous as it is easy to look at.