Howdy, BugFans, January continues to be “Vocabulary Month.” The BugLady likes her wetlands wet, not solid, so she’s diving into her files of aquatic/semi-aquatic organisms in order to evoke the […]
01.24.18
Howdy, BugFans, People often ask the BugLady what her favorite bug is, and although there’s a crowded field for second place, the Tiger Swallowtail is the hands-down winner. Most Impressive […]
01.17.18
Salutations, BugFans, Introducing some insects that, while not totally unsung, still have a pretty low profile. The YELLOW-HEADED CUTWORM (Apamea amputatrix) is a lovely little moth that’s named for its caterpillar, a […]
01.11.18
Salutations, BugFans, Let us usher in the New Year with dragonflies. Two of them. Whiteface dragonflies are in the genus Leucorrhinia in the large (1,000+ species) and glorious Skimmer family Libellulidae. There are […]
01.03.18
Salutations, BugFans, BugFan Marjie says that, on the bright side, she hasn’t gotten any bug bites recently. That would be an interesting poll to take – bug bites vs below […]
12.27.17
Greetings of the Season, BugFans, ‘Tis the Season for the annual Twelve Bugs of Christmas – a baker’s dozen, actually, of oddities (and wonders) that the BugLady found during the […]
12.20.17
Howdy, BugFans, This holiday rerun from 2011 was inspired by an amazing flight of spiders that the BugLady witnessed at Horicon Marsh in Central Wisconsin. It was the kind of […]
12.13.17
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is busy writing about shagbark hickory (for the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog) and Short-eared Owls (for the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory), so […]
12.06.17
Salutations, BugFans, We have visited the Assassin bug family Reduviidae before, in the form of Masked hunters, Ambush bugs, and the lovely little Zelus. Today’s bug is the Spined assassin bug […]
12.01.17
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady is thankful for damselflies. Oh, not always for the identification part, but for the joy of seeing them flickering through their thickety habitats and for the […]
11.22.17