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ticks", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/06/how-to-protect-yourself-from-ticks/", "published_at": "2019-06-03T13:44:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e8b81962", "title": "Guide to building and managing a mason bee hotel", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/05/guide-to-diy-mason-bee-houses/", "published_at": "2019-05-17T21:02:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e8f3eff7", "title": "Where to buy mason bee houses", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/05/where-to-buy-mason-bee-houses/", "published_at": "2019-05-17T20:46:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e8fbe20a", "title": "The horrors of mass-produced bee houses", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/05/horrors-of-mass-produced-bee-houses/", "published_at": "2019-05-17T20:42:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e9619663", "title": "Identifying mantid egg cases in Pennsylvania", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/03/identifying-mantid-egg-cases-pennsylvania/", "published_at": "2019-03-27T12:24:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e997ed37", "title": "Killing mosquitoes with autocidal gravid ovitraps", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/03/mosquito-traps-that-work/", "published_at": "2019-03-22T18:47:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939e99a9a3f", "title": "Miniature mason bee hotel", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/03/miniature-mason-bee-hotel/", "published_at": "2019-03-05T15:49:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939ea85872b", "title": "Photographs from the Galápagos Islands", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/02/photographs-from-the-galapagos-islands/", "published_at": "2019-02-19T19:02:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939eb650c25", "title": "Photograph featured by iNaturalist", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2019/02/photograph-featured-by-inaturalist/", "published_at": "2019-02-19T16:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939eba51dd4", "title": "Why you should get rid of your English ivy", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2018/11/kill-your-english-ivy/", "published_at": "2018-11-16T16:57:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c552-475a-719c-b1ff-3939ec0aa02f", "title": "Greenhouse camel crickets (Tachycines asynamorus)", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2018/10/https-photography-colinpurrington-com-insects-ec5151fe4/", "published_at": "2018-10-23T14:01:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-93fb-7051-b697-d383ffd55930", "title": "DIY trap to kill pregnant mosquitoes", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2018/10/diy-trap-to-kill-pregnant-mosquitoes/", "published_at": "2018-10-14T17:47:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55a-93fc-73dc-bf03-fc358d3bf55a", "title": "University of Richmond’s spider mite mascot", "url": "https://colinpurrington.com/2018/10/university-of-richmonds-spider-mite-mascot/", "published_at": "2018-10-11T20:45:44+00:00" }, { "id": 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2026

Wasps emerging from eastern redbud seeds original ↗

25 Jun 2026

10 reasons why you shouldn’t buy a bug zapper original ↗

6 Jun 2026

Red wine trap for controlling Houdini flies at bee hotels original ↗

11 May 2026

Annual cleaning of the insect hotels original ↗

18 Mar 2026

Gallery of parasitic wasps from the redbuds in my front yard original ↗

6 Feb 2026

2025

Life inside rotting walnut husks original ↗

16 Nov 2025

Gallery of dead potatoes in silk-lined coffins original ↗

4 Aug 2025

Beach finds on Prince Edward Island original ↗

2 Aug 2025

June trip to Lake Mohonk original ↗

31 Jul 2025

Tougher Than Tom’s Mosquito TNT review original ↗

7 Jun 2025

Termite bait stations in New Orleans’ sidewalks original ↗

4 Mar 2025

2024

Happy holidays original ↗

25 Dec 2024

Bucket traps for killing mosquito larvae original ↗

12 Aug 2024

Birds are eating my pea plants original ↗

18 May 2024

Judge dismisses Spartan Mosquito’s SLAPP against me original ↗

25 Mar 2024

Spartan Mosquito’s letter to the EPA asking for a testing waiver original ↗

5 Mar 2024

Ice prism in a wheelbarrow original ↗

1 Mar 2024

Spartan Mosquito’s attorneys quit over unpaid bills original ↗

31 Jan 2024

Sorting through guests at my insect hotels original ↗

25 Jan 2024

When it snows, look for snow flies original ↗

19 Jan 2024

Puncture vines are awful original ↗

17 Jan 2024

Caverns of Sonora original ↗

15 Jan 2024

2023

Tips for visiting Big Bend National Park original ↗

16 Dec 2023

Big Bend National Park original ↗

10 Dec 2023

Spartan Mosquito settles class-action fraud suit for $3.6 million original ↗

6 Oct 2023

Nature pics from Martin Forest original ↗

3 Oct 2023

Nature pics from Madras, Oregon original ↗

4 Jul 2023

Misery Ridge nature walk original ↗

22 Jun 2023

Mosquito tips for homeowners original ↗

18 Apr 2023

Some insects I found inside dried Turkish figs from Trader Joe’s original ↗

27 Jan 2023

My first spider calendar original ↗

5 Jan 2023

I’m on Mastodon!original ↗

2 Jan 2023

2022

A timeline of Spartan Mosquito original ↗

23 Nov 2022

Regulatory actions against Spartan Mosquito original ↗

22 Nov 2022

Spartan Mosquito’s efficacy data revealed original ↗

17 Nov 2022

Blacklighting for moths at Hildacy Preserve original ↗

6 Aug 2022

Nature pics from Mohonk Mountain House original ↗

23 Jul 2022

Insects in the vegetable garden original ↗

10 Jul 2022

Chicken layer feed choice experiment original ↗

12 Apr 2022

Photo tour of my insect hotel, 2022 edition original ↗

27 Mar 2022

Houdini fly alert for owners of bee hotels original ↗

4 Mar 2022

Free stickers for Darwin Day original ↗

9 Feb 2022

Macrosiagon cruenta parasitizing potter wasps at insect hotel original ↗

4 Feb 2022

Mock-orange scissor bee (Chelostoma philadelphi)original ↗

2 Feb 2022

My photo loss nightmare original ↗

9 Jan 2022

2021

Nature pics from Zolfo Springs original ↗

27 Sept 2021

Photographs from Highlands Hammock State Park original ↗

25 Sept 2021

Mohonk in June original ↗

23 Sept 2021

Spartan Mosquito Eradicator updates original ↗

26 Aug 2021

Cucumber beetle trap original ↗

20 Aug 2021

Spartan Mosquito Eradicator vs Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech original ↗

7 Mar 2021

Welcoming native bees original ↗

5 Mar 2021

Gallery of bee hotel visitors original ↗

22 Jan 2021

Posts about Spartan Mosquito original ↗

22 Jan 2021

2020

GoFundMe campaign original ↗

14 Dec 2020

Photo tour of my DIY chicken coop original ↗

8 Dec 2020

California ground squirrel begging for food original ↗

18 Oct 2020

8-year-old Twinkies original ↗

17 Oct 2020

Photographs from Crooked River National Grassland original ↗

16 Oct 2020

Does the Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech attract mosquitoes?original ↗

12 Sept 2020

Yeast-and-sugar mosquito control devices original ↗

28 Aug 2020

Wine bottle drip irrigator original ↗

12 Jul 2020

Scientists conclude Spartan Mosquito Eradicators don’t work original ↗

30 Jun 2020

Indoor mosquito trap made from plastic soda bottle original ↗

22 Jun 2020

Class action suit against Spartan Mosquito original ↗

9 May 2020

Spartan Mosquito Pro Tech review original ↗

24 Apr 2020

Spartan Mosquito v. Colin Purrington original ↗

7 Mar 2020

Photograph of cryptic spotted lanternfly egg masses original ↗

2 Mar 2020

Cribraria aurantiaca original ↗

28 Feb 2020

How to kill spotted lanternflies original ↗

25 Feb 2020

2019

Nature pics from Lake Mohonk original ↗

30 Dec 2019

Hildacy Preserve photographs (December 2, 2019)original ↗

9 Dec 2019

Help monarch butterflies by giving away milkweed plants original ↗

9 Oct 2019

Spotted lanternfly photographs original ↗

3 Oct 2019

Mosquito-control strategies and devices that don’t work original ↗

3 Sept 2019

Spartan Mosquito Eradicator review original ↗

6 Aug 2019

Eliminate mosquitoes by eliminating stagnant water original ↗

2 Jul 2019

Templates for better posters original ↗

27 Jun 2019

Trypoxylon collinum defending nest from cuckoo wasp original ↗

20 Jun 2019

How to protect yourself from ticks original ↗

3 Jun 2019

Guide to building and managing a mason bee hotel original ↗

17 May 2019

Where to buy mason bee houses original ↗

17 May 2019

The horrors of mass-produced bee houses original ↗

17 May 2019

Identifying mantid egg cases in Pennsylvania original ↗

27 Mar 2019

Killing mosquitoes with autocidal gravid ovitraps original ↗

22 Mar 2019

Miniature mason bee hotel original ↗

5 Mar 2019

Photographs from the Galápagos Islands original ↗

19 Feb 2019

Photograph featured by iNaturalist original ↗

19 Feb 2019

2018

Why you should get rid of your English ivy original ↗

16 Nov 2018

Greenhouse camel crickets (Tachycines asynamorus)original ↗

23 Oct 2018

DIY trap to kill pregnant mosquitoes original ↗

14 Oct 2018

University of Richmond’s spider mite mascot original ↗

11 Oct 2018

Neighborhood Mosquito Watch original ↗

6 Oct 2018

Photographs from Ridley Creek State Park original ↗

24 Sept 2018

Template for a town mosquito-control plan original ↗

13 Sept 2018

Effects of mosquito sprays on humans, pets, and wildlife original ↗

9 Sept 2018

10 reasons why you should be using iNaturalist original ↗

2 Sept 2018

Chinese mantids eat monarch butterflies original ↗

28 Aug 2018

End band net-wing beetle (Calopteron terminale)original ↗

11 Aug 2018

Augochlora pura foraging for pollen on maize original ↗

7 Aug 2018