Reports from the Field

Bug Lady Blog – Dancing Damselflies

Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady would like to introduce some sprightly damselflies called Dancers, but first, a short commercial message: The Dragonfly Count at Riveredge Nature Center (Newburg-ish, WI) is Saturday, […]

07.19.16

Bug Lady Blog – Chigger rerun

Salutations, BugFans, So the BugLady has a story that she’s itching to tell (and she’s itching as she tells it).  Here’s a rerun from 2010 that will explain. Today’s “bug,” […]

07.12.16

Bug Lady Blog – Four-spotted Skimmer

Greetings, BugFans, As The Bard once said – “What’s in a name?”  Most sites that discuss the Four-spotted skimmer lead with its name, so the BugLady will, too.  “Four-spotted?  Why […]

07.05.16

Bug Lady Blog – Margined Carrion Beetle

Salutations, BugFans, Carrion and Burying beetles (family Silphidae) have graced these pages before – the BugLady wrote about two different genera seven years ago (Seven! Years!).  You can find that […]

06.29.16

Bug Lady Blog – Nursery Web Spider

Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady always enjoys encountering these big, handsome, velveteen spiders – one of them shared a fondness for her rhubarb patch recently.  She has written in the past […]

06.21.16

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