Greetings, BugFans, Ichneumons – what an amazing bunch! First-off, there are a whole lot of them. The numbers are a little soft, but the 5,000 species listed for North America […]
12.14.16
Hey, BugFans, The BugLady has expressed her affection for stink bugs before https://www4.uwm.edu/fieldstation/naturalhistory/bugoftheweek/stinkbugsrevisited.cfm (check out the story about how some stink bugs can escape from a spider web). To her […]
12.07.16
Hey, BugFans, One of the last bugs to grace the BugLady’s porch light in autumn is the brown lacewing (she sees its jewel-like cousin, the green lacewing, in mid-to-late summer). […]
11.30.16
Howdy, BugFans, Thanksgiving looms, and the BugLady would like to give thanks for Slaty Skimmers. Dragonflies come in all sizes and colors – inch-long, orange amberwings; the slim, red presence […]
11.23.16
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady saw these Splendid dwarf spiders (Hypselistes florens) when she did her dandelion survey (of recent BOTW fame) (unlike the large orb weavers of fall, these dwarf […]
11.16.16
Howdy, BugFans, When the BugLady started researching zebra mussels (which were originally going to solo here), she was reminded that the story of this non-native, invasive mussel is inextricably entwined […]
11.09.16
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady wrote this article about “The Mighty Muskrat” for a recent issue of the BogHaunter, the newsletter of the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog (which you should […]
11.02.16
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was chasing a very jumpy Eastern Comma butterfly around her driveway (with a camera) the other day. Commas are in the Brushfoot family, Nymphalidae, in the […]
10.26.16
Salutations, BugFans, The (outdoor) bug season is winding down (the BugLady has been Mushroom/LichenLady, of late), but there are still some insects to be found. She was excited to see […]
10.19.16
Salutations, BugFans, Recently, the BugLady sent a series of not-so-good pictures to her go-to spider guy, BugFan Mike, and his explanation inspired this episode. Thanks, Mike, as always. The BugLady’s […]
10.12.16