Salutations, BugFans, They’re big, they’re beautiful, and they’re back! The BugLady has been out on the trail and has been enjoying the first butterflies and dragonflies of the season. She […]
04.26.19
Howdy, BugFans, There are a number of wildflowers that the BugLady stores in her mental “Texas Wildflowers” file because even though they occur elsewhere, she first saw/photographed them in Texas. […]
04.17.19
Salutations, BugFans, The DARK FISHING SPIDER is one BugLady’s favorite spiders (even though it isn’t even a crab spider). First of all, it’s beautiful. Second, it’s big, one of the […]
04.03.19
Salutations, BugFans, Sometimes, the secret of getting a good picture is “Right time, right place, right toys.” The BugLady has been longing to do an episode on dung beetles – […]
03.28.19
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady heard a funny sound while she was reading the other night, the kind of small thunk, thunk, thunk that made her wonder if there might be a small leak in […]
03.20.19
Howdy, BugFans, PART ONE – THE BACKGROUND: As we all know, there’s a huge difference between looking and seeing. The BugLady has a wooden pier across the top of the dune that protects […]
03.06.19
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady found this impressive (1 ½” to 2”) slug climbing around on her cottage in early October. It has been almost 11 years since we last considered […]
02.27.19
Salutations, BugFans, Another celebration of (regrettably) anonymous bugs. There are in the neighborhood of 100,000 insect species in North America, but not everyone has a biographer (note to self – […]
02.20.19
Howdy, BugFans, Even in a group of damselflies that are called bluets, the Azure Bluet is an amazing color! Bluets are damselflies in the Narrow-winged/Pond Damselfly family Coenagrionidae, which also […]
02.13.19
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady found this striking spider at Riveredge Nature Center one early summer day. What it lacks in size (it’s less than ½”), it surely makes up for […]
02.07.19