May 21, 2023

I am a wasp in the Genus Liris

Eating an Eastern Striped Cricket

We are known to be predatory to insects

And here's photographic evidence that I am complicit.

Location: Charles H. Bronson State Forest, Christmas

Sources: http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2012/03/wasp-wednesday-liris.html

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

May 6, 2023

I am an Eastern Striped Cricket

You've probably heard me chirp

I can vary from 6 to 46 chirps per minute

Click the link below to hear an excerpt.

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park

Sources: https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/orth/view.php?checklist_number=122.0

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson