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
Reports from the Field
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
Bug o’the Week – Morning Glory Prominent Moth
Howdy, BugFans, As she cruises through her moth books trying to identify what she’s photographed, the BugLady sees pictures of AMAZING caterpillars – not drab brown or grass-green caterpillars, but […]
10.21.20
Bug o’the Week – Wildflower Watch – Wild Bergamot
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady loves wild bergamot – first, because it has classy flowers, and second, because she loves the clearwing moths that dance around their edges, leading her on […]
10.14.20
Bug o’the Week – Selected Syrphid Flies
Howdy BugFans, It’s no secret that the BugLady is enthralled by syrphid/hover/flower flies (family Syrphidae), those often-exquisitely-decorated little flies https://bugguide.net/node/view/407691/bgpage that mimic a variety of wasps and bees and are featured in […]
10.07.20
Bug o’the Week – End of Summer Scenes
Howdy, BugFans, Wow! The first day of fall! Much as she loves a nice fall day, the BugLady clings to summer (maybe that’s why she keeps buying peaches even though […]
09.24.20