Greetings, BugFans, First, a short detour into the world of the non-flowering: The BugLady’s message to people who are pining for the wildflower season to begin is this: Get thee […]
04.09.20
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Greetings, BugFans, A few days ago, the BugLady was mulling over which insect she was going to feature in the next BOTW. She headed out the door to hike to […]
02.12.20
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady is recovering (slowly) from some computer issues, her convalescence complicated by the fact that she doesn’t speak the language. This article is modified from one she […]
02.05.20