Nature Moments: House Invaders

If you live in an old house, you probably are acquainted with these three home invaders: long-bodied cellar spiders, western conifer seed bugs, and multicolored Asian lady beetles. Although they're not native to the northeast, they're completely harmless and really quite companionable.

If you want to make your own natural history observations, The Naturalist’s Notebook by Nathaniel T. Wheelwright and Bernd Heinrich (Storey Publishing, 2017) provide guidance and a systematic format, with 100% of royalties going to conservation and environmental education.