KANSAS BUGS
You hear that soft, irritating buzzing by your ear. Your skin suddenly tightens, sensitive to the slightest touch. There it comes! You reach forward quickly with your right hand, SLAP!... and miss the little monster. But while you were concentrating on the one at hand, a sibling has alighted on your other arm. Blast! You'll soon have an itching bump there.
"Has anyone seen the insect repellent?"
Ah! Summertime in Kansas. Besides the hot, sticky days and sultry nights millions of six-legged critters will crawl, leap, and fly throughout the season. So, just what sort of bug is that? Well, my friend, you can check the 1943 edition of "Common Insects of Kansas" at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library to find out!
COMMON INSECTS OF KANSAS [1943]
Some other, more current places for bug identification on the Internet:
Insect Identification: Kansas
(The Kansas page. Scroll down for color graphics and information)
https://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-state.php?thisState=Kansas
Kansas Dept. of Agriculture's Insect page
(Primarily injurious insects in agriculture)
https://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/plant-protect-weed-control/insects
Household Pests of Kansas
(Provided by K-State Research and Extension)
https://bookstore.ksre.ksu.edu/pubs/MF3291.pdf
Ancient insect fossils
(Information provided by the Kansas Geological Survey)
https://geokansas.ku.edu/insects
The Rocky Mountain Locust: the Insect That Defined the West
(Kansas School Naturalist)
https://sites.google.com/g.emporia.edu/ksn/ksn-home/vol-64-no-1-rocky-mountain-locust
Biology of the Monarch Butterfly
(Kansas School Naturalist)
https://sites.google.com/g.emporia.edu/ksn/ksn-home/vol-62-no-2-biology-of-the-monarch-butterfly
Kansas State University "K-State Insect Zoo"
https://www.k-state.edu/butterfly/
View a short video on the Insect Zoo here:
https://youtu.be/hoB3Qjwg9mg