Comments for BugTracks https://bugtracks.wordpress.com Bringing glory to Earth's small and neglected creatures. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Larvae Raining From Pine Trees by Anonymous https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/larvae-raining-from-pine-trees/#comment-22477 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:18:54 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=1981#comment-22477 In reply to Charley Eiseman.

This is happening at my house in Nacogdoches, TX currently. About two days ago I went to go put something in the bed of my Tacoma, and noticed a palm sized spread of small maggot like larvae wriggling about. Today the entire bed has a pretty even distribution of them approx. an inch apart. We have four large pines (loblolly I believe) that line the side of the driveway.

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2026 Update by allison2e955e8551 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/how-many-new-species-2026-update/#comment-22475 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:46:57 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11341#comment-22475 In reply to Charley Eiseman.

That is amazing! Truly inspiring to think how much there is we still don’t know even in our own backyards! Thanks!

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2026 Update by Charley Eiseman https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/how-many-new-species-2026-update/#comment-22474 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:15:21 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11341#comment-22474 Well, I have found twelve of the new species in my yard, of which I would say three were first discovered in my yard. The holotypes of four species came from my yard, not counting one that Owen and I have recently determined is actually synonymous with a previously named species. There are two others that I first discovered in what used to be my yard (where my parents still live), and four others for which some of the type specimens came from the woods behind my house (two from my neighbors’ land).

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2026 Update by allison2e955e8551 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/how-many-new-species-2026-update/#comment-22473 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:22:26 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11341#comment-22473 How many of these new species were originally discovered in your backyard? I find this so inspiring how much one can do and discover even in our own backyards! Thank you for the work you do!

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2026 Update by frankcornerblog https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/how-many-new-species-2026-update/#comment-22472 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:21:45 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11341#comment-22472 That is super impressive, Charley!

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2026 Update by Anonymous https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/how-many-new-species-2026-update/#comment-22471 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:20:43 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11341#comment-22471 ) </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->]]> Congratulations! I’m always fascinated by your tales of investigative adventure among the Very Small…thanks for putting them out here for all of us to read.

(and just goes to prove, there is somebody into everything! 😉)

]]> Comment on How Many New Species? 2021 Update by How Many New Species? 2026 Update | BugTracks https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2021/12/31/how-many-new-species-2021-update/#comment-22470 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:37:59 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=10176#comment-22470 […] found I was losing track of how many species I had helped to describe and name since I wrote this post a little over four years ago, so I just updated it and created a new “Taxonomy” tab on […]

]]> Comment on Life under a lettuce leaf by Anonymous https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22468 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:44:59 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22468 holy moly, those babies are adorable!

]]> Comment on Sticktoitiveness by Anonymous https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/sticktoitiveness/#comment-22467 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:38:46 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11225#comment-22467 So glad you did not delete the e-mails! What a wonderful story of a journey of discovery. I always love reading your posts.

]]> Comment on Sticktoitiveness by Anonymous https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/sticktoitiveness/#comment-22466 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 03:17:26 +0000 http://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11225#comment-22466 This was so interesting to read. The route to more information resembles the squiggly path of a leafminer. The observations and questions brought forth as the journey proceeds are every bit of exciting as the question that initiated the journey. The twisting path of inquiry spawns future adventures for the mind. Thanks for posting this.

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