Bug of the Week – Three Micromoths
Greetings, BugFans, A funny thing happened on the way to this BOTW. The BugLady spent the morning on-line, trying to discover the identities of a few moths. Suddenly, a screen […]
03.15.17
Reports from the Field
03.15.17
Bug o’the Week – Asparagus Beetles
Howdy BugFans, Spring is coming, and home gardeners have had a gleam in their eyes ever since the first seed catalog landed in the mailbox. Sheaves of asparagus shiver on […]
03.08.17
Bug o’the Week – Leeches, revisited
Salutations, BugFans, What follows is a major overhaul of a BOTW from May, 2008. New pictures, new facts. Remember what the naturalists at Riveredge tell the kids – “Scientists don’t […]
03.01.17
Bug o’the Week – Brown Stink Bug
Howdy, BugFans, The star of today’s show is one of several stink bugs that the BugLady photographed during the Stink Bug Summer of 2016. A pair of stink bugs was […]
02.22.17
Bug o’the Week – Water lily Leaf Beetle II
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady never met a water lily she didn’t admire, and as she takes (inevitably-over-exposed) pictures of the flowers, she always looks to see who’s visiting the plant. […]
02.15.17
Bug o’the Week – Giant Casemaker Caddisfly
Salutations, BugFans, Caddisflies are famous for having soft-bodied, aquatic larvae that, depending on their species and habitat, use plant materials or teeny stones to construct portable cases that may be […]
02.08.17
Bug o’the Week – March Fly
Greetings, BugFans, No – not March yet, but it will be some day. Actually, the BugLady had to wait until the end of October to find this March fly (Bibio […]
02.01.17
Bug o’the Week – Galls IV – Two Oaks and a Hickory
Howdy, BugFans, About six years ago, the BugLady posted three episodes about galls. What are galls? Technically speaking, a gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of external tissues. In […]
01.25.17
Bug o’the Week – Golden Dung Fly
Greetings, BugFans, From the start, the main criterion for any BOTW episode has been a reasonably good picture of its protagonist (second is whether the BugLady can discover its story). […]
01.18.17
Bug o’the Week – Selected Short Subjects
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady’s #3 child nailed it years ago when she proclaimed her mother an “Essoterrorist” – someone with a fondness for squirreling away obscure facts. Here are some […]
01.11.17