Bug o’the Week – Thistle-head Weevil
Greetings, BugFans, Another week, another alien beetle eating an alien thistle. The BugLady found this pair of weevils while she was chasing Thistle tortoise beetles (clearly, it’s a weevil that gets […]
Greetings, BugFans, Another week, another alien beetle eating an alien thistle. The BugLady found this pair of weevils while she was chasing Thistle tortoise beetles (clearly, it’s a weevil that gets […]
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady was wandering the trails at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve recently when she spied a lovely green Thistle tortoise beetle on Canada thistle. Tortoise beetles have made previous […]
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady now lives on the edge of a sand dune, with some pine and spruce around the edges, and she’s looking forward to meeting her new six […]
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is still on hiatus but plans to get back in the saddle soon. She spent a magic day at the river recently, where the bushes were sparkling […]
Greetings, BugFans, Still in the process of moving, and it’s May, so another re-run. The BugLady dusted off another decade-old episode (yes, BugFan Laurel – 10 years!!!) and added new pictures and information. And […]
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady has been out enjoying the spring warbler migration, and as she searches the branches for birds, she’s also loving the soundtrack – the echo of Wood […]
Howdy, BugFans, In past years, the BugLady has taken off during the month of May or June to refresh her sadly depleted “BOTW Future” file with new images of emerging […]
Greetings, BugFans, This is the second of an occasional series begun last week with house spiders, and (belatedly) titled “Speed-dating the Spiders” (sorry, BugFan Mary). Once again, the BugLady would like […]
Howdy, BugFans, “House spider” is, of course, a name that’s applied to lots of different species in lots of different countries. Because they hang around human habitation, Common/American house spiders (Parasteatoda […]
Greetings, BugFans, “There’s never a leaf nor a blade too mean to be some happy creature’s palace.” J. R. Lowell First of all, with apologies to botanists everywhere, here’s a quick […]