On a biking adventure we go! Save the date and register today to join Riveredge Nature Center for the 29th Annual Riveredge Bike Ride on Sunday, June 27, 2021, celebrating the natural beauty of Ozaukee and Washington counties and the community members that support and love it.
03.11.22
The Olympia Marble (Euchloe olympia), aka Olympian Marble and Olympia Marblewing, is in the family Pieridae (the Whites, Sulphurs, and Yellows). It’s found in a wedge-shaped patch of ground in the middle of North America, plus some disjunct populations in the Appalachians and Texas, and it’s the easternmost of the seven North American Marbles (Wisconsin and Michigan have the greatest numbers of the species). Within its range, it is local and uncommon.
03.09.22
Western Conifer Seed Bugs (Leptoglossus occidentalis) (aka Pine seed bugs) are in the True bug order Hemiptera (“half-wing,” a reference to the two different textures of the front wings and in the Leaf-footed bug family Coreidae, a large family of sometimes-dramatic-looking, sap-sucking insects with pretty cute little nymphs. Coreids produce a buzzing sound in flight and an odor when provoked.
03.02.22
We invite you to join us as we close out the maple sugarin’ season the best way we know how- with an all you can eat pancake breakfast held outside right in the middle of the Sugarbush.
02.21.22
Join us for our annual Maple Sugarin’ Shindig! There will be storytelling, a scavenger hunt, and a tour ending at the Sugarbush House to see how sap is made into golden & sweet maple syrup.
02.21.22
This Tree Climb is only open to participants age 21 and up. We make it safe and easy! All you need is loose clothing, closed toe shoes, and an adventurous spirit. Pre-registration is required, programs often fill quickly.
02.18.22
Members (and any guests they’d like to bring with them!) are invited to eat, drink, and be merry while learning more about the sugaring season. On the menu: A delicious feast featuring just the right infusion of maple syrup with each dish.
02.16.22
Greetings BugFans,
The Bugs in the News file is bursting at the seams again.
02.04.22
This is not your grandfather’s fritillary (unless your grandfather is a Southerner). Gulf Fritillaries are in the Brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae, along with a whole bunch of familiar Wisconsin butterflies, and they’re with the fritillaries in the subfamily Heliconiinae (which used to be its own family). But, unlike our familiar fritillaries, they’re in the tribe Heliconiini, aka the Heliconians or Longwings, many of which occur in tropical climes and have long, slim, spectacular wings.
01.26.22
Greetings, BugFans,
The “Bugs without Bios” series features a bunch of lovely insects that need to hire a PR firm – they fly happily below the radar, and little is written about them.
01.19.22