phorid fly

Chelle Hartzer

Seven Swans a’Swimming (WTF with all the birds?)

A couple weeks ago, I’m watching boobies (the bird, get your mind out of the gutter) plunging after flying fish. The fish were flying and...

Chelle Hartzer

You Don’t Know Karst (AKA: Bring out your dead!)

It’s almost October so I’m perfectly okay with starting the Halloween series. Because it is the best holiday of the year. I was doing a...

Chelle Hartzer

Petty Pot Crimes (AKA: Highs and lows)

This happens to a lot of people. It’s a little embarrassing but, to be perfectly honest: I’ve done it. Particularly in the winter months...

Chelle Hartzer

In Person Conferences! (AKA: Scary but good)

Charles Darwin once wrote to his friend: I am dying by inches, from not having anybody to talk to about insects. Over the last week, I...

Chelle Hartzer

Oh Karst! (AKA: What the phorid?)

I once had a situation of phorid flies in a home. Since phorid flies are attracted to wet, decaying material, the first thing to do was...