Salutations, BugFans, As veteran BugFans can attest, the BugLady is intrigued by galls. How many kinds are there? To quote from the first BOTW on galls (October, 2009) “Lawlor, in Discovering Nature Close […]
02.21.18
Greetings, BugFans, Someday, the BugLady will write a book about trying to pry information about this wasp from the ether (once she figured out that it isn’t a Sphex or a Podalonia); it will […]
02.07.18
Howdy, BugFans, Vocabulary word for the day – reservoir. Epiblemas are micromoths, which is a handy but unscientific grouping that has members across several families (and it’s a genus name that is […]
01.31.18
Howdy, BugFans, January continues to be “Vocabulary Month.” The BugLady likes her wetlands wet, not solid, so she’s diving into her files of aquatic/semi-aquatic organisms in order to evoke the […]
01.24.18
Howdy, BugFans, People often ask the BugLady what her favorite bug is, and although there’s a crowded field for second place, the Tiger Swallowtail is the hands-down winner. Most Impressive […]
01.17.18
Salutations, BugFans, Introducing some insects that, while not totally unsung, still have a pretty low profile. The YELLOW-HEADED CUTWORM (Apamea amputatrix) is a lovely little moth that’s named for its caterpillar, a […]
01.11.18
Salutations, BugFans, Let us usher in the New Year with dragonflies. Two of them. Whiteface dragonflies are in the genus Leucorrhinia in the large (1,000+ species) and glorious Skimmer family Libellulidae. There are […]
01.03.18
Salutations, BugFans, BugFan Marjie says that, on the bright side, she hasn’t gotten any bug bites recently. That would be an interesting poll to take – bug bites vs below […]
12.27.17
Greetings of the Season, BugFans, ‘Tis the Season for the annual Twelve Bugs of Christmas – a baker’s dozen, actually, of oddities (and wonders) that the BugLady found during the […]
12.20.17
Howdy, BugFans, This holiday rerun from 2011 was inspired by an amazing flight of spiders that the BugLady witnessed at Horicon Marsh in Central Wisconsin. It was the kind of […]
12.13.17