Bug o’the Week – Speed-dating the Spiders III, the Orchard Spider
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady photographed this pretty, little, spider in the wilds of Ohio in June, and then found more in Wisconsin in August. When BugFan Mike ID’d it for […]
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady photographed this pretty, little, spider in the wilds of Ohio in June, and then found more in Wisconsin in August. When BugFan Mike ID’d it for […]
Howdy, BugFans, Even though she’s never exactly sure which species she’s looking at, the BugLady is always tickled when she finds one of these pointy little bugs. Here’s what you […]
Greetings, BugFans, Isn’t this a spiffy little bug (and, yes, the word “bug” is correct, for a change, because it’s in the bug order Hemiptera)! First, the names: Two-lined spittlebugs […]
Howdy, BugFans, Thyreodon atricolor (no common name), one of the BugLady’s “Nemesis Bugs,” is a big, beautiful wasp that flies tantalizingly through dappled, woody edges, preceded by those fabulous, yellow antennae. […]
Greetings, BugFans, Not long ago, an email correspondent reported seeing a giant water bug in a parking lot, so the BugLady decided to refresh a BOTW episode from 2009 with […]
Greetings, BugFans, This wonderful caterpillar dropped down onto the railing the other day while the BugLady was eating breakfast on the porch (those orange spots on its head aren’t eyes, […]
Howdy, BugFans, Another week, another Maple Spanworm. This one, the Large maple spanworm (Prochoerodes lineola) is also in the family Geometridae. The BugLady didn’t have to play her usual game of Identification […]
Howdy, BugFans, Isn’t this moth exquisite! It’s one of several moths in the family Geometridae that go by the same name – Maple spanworm (more about that in a future episode). […]
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady is literally surrounded by Cross orbweavers (Araneus diadematus). Egg cases were attached to the house and porch last fall, and masses of spiderlings emerged in early summer; she […]
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady was walking along the trail at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve recently when she saw a flashy, orange, inch-long wasp actively hunting for something in some white […]