Greetings, BugFans, From the start, the main criterion for any BOTW episode has been a reasonably good picture of its protagonist (second is whether the BugLady can discover its story). […]
01.18.17
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady’s #3 child nailed it years ago when she proclaimed her mother an “Essoterrorist” – someone with a fondness for squirreling away obscure facts. Here are some […]
01.11.17
Howdy, BugFans, Like other media in the period between Christmas and New Year’s, this is a rerun, though it is slightly enhanced from its original appearance eight years ago. But […]
12.28.16
Greetings of the Season, BugFans “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is an English carol that was probably borrowed from the French and that was originally an acapella chant/call-and-response/children’s memory game. […]
12.21.16
Greetings, BugFans, Ichneumons – what an amazing bunch! First-off, there are a whole lot of them. The numbers are a little soft, but the 5,000 species listed for North America […]
12.14.16
Hey, BugFans, The BugLady has expressed her affection for stink bugs before https://www4.uwm.edu/fieldstation/naturalhistory/bugoftheweek/stinkbugsrevisited.cfm (check out the story about how some stink bugs can escape from a spider web). To her […]
12.07.16
Hey, BugFans, One of the last bugs to grace the BugLady’s porch light in autumn is the brown lacewing (she sees its jewel-like cousin, the green lacewing, in mid-to-late summer). […]
11.30.16
Howdy, BugFans, Thanksgiving looms, and the BugLady would like to give thanks for Slaty Skimmers. Dragonflies come in all sizes and colors – inch-long, orange amberwings; the slim, red presence […]
11.23.16
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady saw these Splendid dwarf spiders (Hypselistes florens) when she did her dandelion survey (of recent BOTW fame) (unlike the large orb weavers of fall, these dwarf […]
11.16.16
Howdy, BugFans, When the BugLady started researching zebra mussels (which were originally going to solo here), she was reminded that the story of this non-native, invasive mussel is inextricably entwined […]
11.09.16