Reports from the Field

Bug of the Week – A Sproing of Springtails

Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was working on this week’s episode, about a lovely little spider, but then she took a walk at the north end of the Bog and encountered […]

04.02.20

Bug o’the Week – Nematodes for Poets

Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady has been elbow deep in her tax packet, and she’s bummed by the global pandemic (as one author put it, we’ll probably learn a lesson from this […]

03.31.20

Bug o’the Week – Bugs without Bios IX

Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios celebrates the small-but-mighty insects that, mostly unsung, sneak below our radar daily. Today’s catch have three things in common – their identifications are all “probable;” […]

03.19.20

Bug o’the Week – Texas Ironclad Beetle

Howdy, BugFans, When BugFan Kine sent this “what is it” picture, the BugLady’s first reaction was to raise her hand and say “Teacher, teacher! Ask me! Ask me!” She didn’t […]

03.11.20

Bug o’the Week – Wasp Mantidfly

Greetings, BugFans, Phoresy, hypermetamorphosis, parasites, Batesian mimicry, aggregation pheromones (it’s Science Vocabulary Day), and an insect that Entomologist Eric Eaton says resembles “a science experiment gone horribly wrong.” This one […]

03.04.20

Bug o’the Week – Bugs in the News VIII

Howdy, BugFans, The “Bugs in the News” folder is overflowing again. Here’s a tasteful selection of bizarre, scary, and thought-provoking information about the wonderful world of invertebrates. Thanks to those […]

02.27.20

Bug o’the Week – Neokolla hieroglyphica Leafhopper

Greetings, BugFans, Although this cute little leafhopper has several names – Neokolla hieroglyphica and, formerly Graphocephala gothica (and see “Extra credit” below), it doesn’t have a common name. It’s in the leafhopper family Cicadellidae (sik-ah-DELL-ih-dee says bugguide.net), […]

02.19.20