Bug o’the Week – Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady will always associate this wasp with the pandemic. In early summer, she got an email from a BugFan who, because she was working from home (and […]
01.27.21
Reports from the Field
01.27.21
Bug o’the Week – Wildflower Watch – Water Hemlock
Howdy, BugFans, In mid-summer, water hemlock bloomed lushly in the swamps at the north end of the Bog. A note about water hemlock (Cicuta maculata), a wetland plant that looks […]
01.20.21
Bug o’the Week – Procecidochares atra fruit fly
Greetings, BugFans, The story of this fly (whose name is considerably longer than the fly itself) demonstrates why the BugLady loves BOTW. Could she dig up a lot of details […]
01.08.21
Bug o’the Week – Colorado potato beetle redux
Greetings, BugFans, Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, it’s all reruns. Please enjoy this slightly updated episode about a pretty little garden scourge, along with a year-end sermonette. . This […]
01.04.21
Bug o’the Week – Red-cross shield bug
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady found this beautiful, rosy Red-cross shield bug while she was wandering around at the north end of the Bog on a fine day in May. Once […]
12.09.20
Bug o’the Week – Bugs in the News IX
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady’s file of insect-related media stories runneth over, and it’s time to share. Here’s a potpourri of items on invasive insect species, insect behavior, spectacular insects, and […]
12.02.20
Bug o’the Week – Square-headed wasp
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady is living proof that there’s a big difference between looking and seeing. For years, she’s been photographing these little black and yellow wasps and filing them […]
11.25.20
Bug o’the Week – Phantom Crane Fly rerun
Salutations, BugFans, Here’s a rerun from August of 2014. What a magical little fly! Most BugFans are familiar with crane flies, those giant, non-biting “mosquitoes” in the family Tipulidae https://bugguide.net/node/view/1895587/bgimage (some of […]
11.11.20
Bug of the Week – Wooly Bear Caterpillar Re-do
Howdy, BugFans, Last week’s episode was the 600th original (not rerun or tweaked) episode, and the BugLady is going to take a two-week victory lap (but she will fill the space […]
11.04.20
Bug o’the Week – Bugs without Bios XV
Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios are bugs who have no fan clubs or t-shirts or Wanted posters and who go about their daily lives without attracting too much attention, yet […]
10.28.20