Reports from the Field

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

Bug o’the Week – Leeches, revisited

Salutations, BugFans, What follows is a major overhaul of a BOTW from May, 2008.  New pictures, new facts.  Remember what the naturalists at Riveredge tell the kids – “Scientists don’t […]

03.01.17

Become a Member

Take advantage of all the benefits of a Riveredge membership year round!

Learn More