Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been checking the Wisconsin Odonata Survey website religiously (http://wiatri.net/inventory/odonata/) to see if the dragonfly season has commenced, and she is pleased to announce that it […]
05.06.20
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady visited Riveredge Nature Center recently looking for adventure, and she found it even before she hit the trails. A dozen or so mining bees were flying […]
04.29.20
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was visited by another moth recently, this time a Tufted Bird-lime/Tufted Bird-dropping Moth/Cherry Agate (Cerma cerintha) that appeared in her bathroom and, later, in her kitchen. […]
04.15.20
Greetings, BugFans, First, a short detour into the world of the non-flowering: The BugLady’s message to people who are pining for the wildflower season to begin is this: Get thee […]
04.09.20
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was working on this week’s episode, about a lovely little spider, but then she took a walk at the north end of the Bog and encountered […]
04.02.20
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady has been elbow deep in her tax packet, and she’s bummed by the global pandemic (as one author put it, we’ll probably learn a lesson from this […]
03.31.20
Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios celebrates the small-but-mighty insects that, mostly unsung, sneak below our radar daily. Today’s catch have three things in common – their identifications are all “probable;” […]
03.19.20
Howdy, BugFans, When BugFan Kine sent this “what is it” picture, the BugLady’s first reaction was to raise her hand and say “Teacher, teacher! Ask me! Ask me!” She didn’t […]
03.11.20
Greetings, BugFans, Phoresy, hypermetamorphosis, parasites, Batesian mimicry, aggregation pheromones (it’s Science Vocabulary Day), and an insect that Entomologist Eric Eaton says resembles “a science experiment gone horribly wrong.” This one […]
03.04.20
Howdy, BugFans, The “Bugs in the News” folder is overflowing again. Here’s a tasteful selection of bizarre, scary, and thought-provoking information about the wonderful world of invertebrates. Thanks to those […]
02.27.20