Reports from the Field

Bug o’the Week – Protean Shield-backed Katydid

Salutations, BugFans, Protean Shield-backed Katydids evoke adjectives like “earthy” and “organic,” and “elemental” (along with “lunker”).  This utilitarian katydid looks like it saw the dinosaurs, and maybe it did.  Katydids […]

07.19.17

Bug o’the Week – Flying Ants

Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady got a very special request from almost-5-year-old BugFan Jolene, who is curious about “ant flies” (aka flying ants). The BugLady will try to answer her questions, […]

07.12.17

Bug o’the Week – A Surprising Porch Bug

Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady added a new porch light bug recently – a Northern Pearly-eye.  Butterfly.  At 11 PM. The porch-light Pearly-eye is not the first one that the BugLady has […]

07.05.17

Bug o’the Week – Technicolor Thoughts

Salutations, BugFans, A century ago, give or take, Herbert Kalmus, Daniel Frost Comstock, and W. Burton Wescott founded the Technicolor (a trademarked name) Motion Picture Corporation and applied for a […]

06.28.17

Bug o’the Week – Tiger Swallowtail Brood I

Greetings, BugFans, Anyone with siblings has heard/said “Mom always liked you best.”  Out of all the bugs she has seen, photographed, researched, and written about, the BugLady likes Eastern Tiger […]

06.14.17

Bug o’the Week – Eastern Calligrapher Fly

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] At 6 to 7 ½ mm long, the Eastern Calligrapher is mid-sized for its genus.  Like many syrphids – even the mosquito-sized species – it mimics […]

05.24.17

Bug o’the Week – Pygmy Backswimmer

Howdy, BugFans, Someone asked the BugLady recently if she ever runs into a bug who she doesn’t know.  Short answer – all the time, but mostly her guesses are in […]

05.22.17

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

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