Bug o’the Week – Powdered Dancer
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is a frequent visitor to the Milwaukee River at Waubedonia Park in July, because that’s where the magic is. Arrow Clubtails make their maiden flights up […]
07.27.20
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07.27.20
Bug o’the Week – Spatterdock Darner
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady had a great June, hitting the trails and photographing insects. Not surprisingly, many of the insects that wandered past her lens were dragons and damsels, so […]
07.08.20
Bug o’the Week – Gypsy moth
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady heard from BugFan Joanne recently, from out of state. Her State Department of Agriculture was doing aerial spraying for gypsy moths, and Joanne was having a […]
07.06.20
Bug o’the Week – Spectacular Summer Dragonflies
Howdy, BugFans, This episode originally appeared in 2011 under the title of “Confusing Summer Dragonflies.” They are confusing in that they all have dark patches on their wings – interspersed […]
06.25.20
Bug o’the Week – Black fly – The Bug. The Legend.
Howdy, BugFans, Here’s a slightly enhanced episode from 2012 Nobody’s on the fence about black flies. Black flies are also called turkey gnats and buffalo gnats, and people who live […]
06.17.20
Bug o’the Week – Pseudoscorpion
Greetings, BugFans, “Closed for June,” but here’s a slightly spruced up episode from 10 years ago, part of a series on household bugs. The BugLady recently found one of these […]
06.10.20
Bug o’the Week – Monarch Butterfly Rerun
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady saw her first monarch butterfly about 10 days ago, and today saw the first on her property. Here’s a rerun from two years ago on the […]
06.03.20
Bug o’the Week – Wildflower Watch –Marsh Marigold
Howdy, BugFans, May is American wetlands month, so we’ll end it in the swamp, in the company of Marsh Marigolds, the flowers that turn newly thawed wetlands a riotous yellow […]
05.28.20
Bug o’the Week – Festive Tiger Beetle
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been enjoying the company of these lovely beetles on her walks over the prairie at Riveredge recently (no, despite the recent rash of Riveredge-based episodes, […]
05.20.20
Bug o’the Week – Thin-legged Wolf Spider
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady likes spiders, and she can even hail a number of species by name when she meets them, but she’s never applied herself to their taxonomy, and […]
05.13.20