Reports from the Field

Bug o’the Week – Bugs without Bios IX

Greetings, BugFans, Another celebration of insects that are not good enough nor bad enough nor beautiful enough nor bizarre enough to have fan clubs, or common names, or even much […]

05.10.17

Bug o’the Week – Carolina Saddlebags

Howdy, BugFans, Today’s episode celebrates the Carolina Saddlebags, the third saddlebags species to grace these pages; but first, a brief commercial message. Birders (and non-birders) are urged to tune in […]

05.03.17

Bug o’the Week – Green-spotted Fruitworm Moth

Salutations, BugFans, Guest location: the Twin Cities Guest moth photographer: BugFan-in-Law Steve At the very beginning of April, the BugLady received an email with pictures from her sister, BugFan Molly […]

04.26.17

Bug o’the Week – Contemplating Insect Eggs

Greetings, BugFans, Most insects begin their lives inside an egg that’s been deposited near/onto/into the correct food source, in the correct habitat for the eventual young.  The BugLady often photographs […]

04.12.17

Bug o’the Week – More about Millipedes

Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady took a walk on the first day of spring along a nearby dirt road.  Automobile drivers are seldom happy with that road, but masses of millipedes, […]

03.29.17

Bug o’the Week – Tree Aphids

Howdy, BugFans, This bug is so exquisite that it’s hard to remember that it’s an aphid.  It’s the winged phase; non-winged individuals are, depending on the species, blob-shaped, sesame seed-shaped, […]

03.22.17

Bug of the Week – Three Micromoths

Greetings, BugFans, A funny thing happened on the way to this BOTW.  The BugLady spent the morning on-line, trying to discover the identities of a few moths.  Suddenly, a screen […]

03.15.17

Bug o’the Week – Asparagus Beetles

Howdy BugFans, Spring is coming, and home gardeners have had a gleam in their eyes ever since the first seed catalog landed in the mailbox.  Sheaves of asparagus shiver on […]

03.08.17

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