Greetings, BugFans, Forest Beach Migratory Preserve is a repurposed golf course north of Port Washington (WI), owned by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust. It’s mainly grassland, with woods and some […]
09.18.19
Howdy, BugFans, Remember the clouds of little floodplain mosquitoes in September of 2018? Floodplain mosquitoes take advantage of pools left by seasonal rain, and August 0f 2018 was soggy (the […]
09.11.19
Greetings, BugFans, The Fiery Skipper is one of a pair of distinctive skippers that was featured in a BOTW in 2013 (https://uwm.edu/field-station/fiery-and-common-checkered-skippers-family-hesperiidae/). It’s an uncommon migrant to Wisconsin, but the […]
09.04.19
Howdy, BugFans, One of the things that the BugLady looks for as she skulks around in the underbrush is interactions between ants and other insects. These are generally food-related – […]
08.28.19
Greetings, BugFans, In mid-July, the BugLady ran into BugFan Freda at an Ozaukee Washington Land Trust property at the west end of Lake Twelve. Lake Twelve is famous because of […]
08.21.19
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady had a “Stop the Presses” moment as she was writing this week’s BOTW. When she hiked down to the mailbox, she saw a fly that she […]
08.14.19
Greetings, BugFans, When the BugLady was walking in the woods at Riveredge the other day, she found some plate-sized, stocky, very aromatic, gilled mushrooms growing out of the ground – […]
08.07.19
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady hopes that you’ve been getting out on the trail and drinking in the lushness of the summer. If this heat and humidity are the “new normal,” […]
07.31.19
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was checking around the edge of a gravel parking lot near the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust’s Lake Twelve property (because there are bugs there, too) when […]
07.24.19
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is always excited when she finds an insect she’s never seen before – even more so when it’s a giant, orange and gray “Holy S@#&!” beetle. […]
07.10.19