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
Howdy, BugFans, Somewhere in a remote corner of Southeast Asia, in the neighborhood of 34 million years ago, a small bee originated that would change the course of the world. […]
11.16.17
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady is already yearning for dragonflies and butterflies and other flying objects that are larger than the Asian ladybugs, Western conifer seed bugs, and the few rogue […]
11.09.17
Salutations, BugFans, Introducing three unsung (but worthy) bugs, whose definitive biographies have yet to be written. ENTYLIA CARINATA (no common name) is a treehopper in the family Membracidae (from the Greek […]
11.01.17
Greetings, BugFans, There are about 11,000 species of moths in North America, and many of them fit the birders’ all-purpose acronym for sparrows and other small, songbirds – “LBJ” – […]
10.18.17
Salutations, BugFans, Here’s a selection of beetles that the BugLady found this summer. A blushing beetle! Who knew? The COREOPSIS BEETLE (Calligrapha californica) is a species that has several subspecies and lots […]
10.11.17
Greetings, BugFans, As the leaves color and fall, some interesting galls are being revealed. Quick review – a gall is an abnormal and localized tissue growth on a plant (or […]
09.27.17
Howdy, BugFans, These days the BugLady’s walks are punctuated by the small “pop” of grasshoppers taking off and landing, and by the whir of their wings. Grasshoppers and bumblebees seem […]
09.20.17
Greetings, BugFans, Today’s saga could also be called “The Hemiptera Mystery,” though one of the Hemipterans appears only in a supporting role. The main character is a decent-sized true bug […]
09.13.17