Small Wonders is an ongoing series of articles that explore Minnesota's arthropods. Articles are written by UMN Department of Entomology staff, faculty, grad students, post docs, undergrads, and those outside the department with a particular interest in entomology. The purpose of Small Wonders is to educate and foster interest in entomology.
Come explore Minnesota's fascinating, bizarre, and amazing arthropods with us!
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys
- Candy-striped leafhopper, Graphocephala coccinea
- Winter midge, Diamesa mendotae
- Burying beetles, Nicrophorus spp.
- Jagged ambush bug, Phymata spp.
- Great black wasp, Sphex pensylvanicus
- Oil-collecting bee, Macropis nuda
- Common scorpionflies, Panorpa spp.
- Bethany Beach firefly, Photuris bethaniensis
- Giant water bug, Lethocerus americanus
- Wasp mantidfly, Climaciella brunnea
- Common green darner dragonfly, Anax junius
- Rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis
- Blacklegged tick, Ixodes Scapularis
- Six-spotted tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata
- Mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa
- Snow flea, Hypogastrura nivicola
- Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis