Howdy, BugFans, Every fall, the BugLady gets emails from people who are excited about finding their first Praying mantis, and who can blame them? The large and charismatic Praying mantis […]
09.14.16
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been seeing Viceroy butterflies recently – what a treat! So, here’s an enhanced version of a BOTW that first appeared seven years ago. Viceroy butterflies […]
09.07.16
Howdy, BugFans, Back in June, the BugLady stalked the inhabitants of a dogwood that sits by the edge of a wetland. Some nice long-horned beetles – Strangaleptra abbreviate, Brachyleptura rubrica, […]
08.31.16
Howdy, BugFans, Wooly – one “l” or two, take your pick. The BugLady keeps running into herself on-line as she does research, which is scary – makes her think that […]
08.24.16
Greetings, BugFans, It has been a hot and sticky summer (and spring), but hot and sticky seems to agree with bugs. Everywhere you look, you see adult insects, young insects, […]
08.17.16
Greetings, BugFans, This BOTW started out to be about one thing – preconceived notions, wherein the BugLady thinks she knows what insect she’s approaching, only it isn’t – and it […]
08.10.16
Hey, BugFans, It’s National Moth Week! Right now (July 23rd – 31st)!! Celebrating the 90% of the order Lepidoptera (“scaled wings”) that are not butterflies! Moths are diverse, successful, showy, […]
07.28.16
Salutations, BugFans, The story begins on the river, two years ago, with flat, tan, elongated exuviae clinging to rocks and vegetation at the water’s edge (the BugLady didn’t know then, […]
07.27.16
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady would like to introduce some sprightly damselflies called Dancers, but first, a short commercial message: The Dragonfly Count at Riveredge Nature Center (Newburg-ish, WI) is Saturday, […]
07.19.16
Salutations, BugFans, So the BugLady has a story that she’s itching to tell (and she’s itching as she tells it). Here’s a rerun from 2010 that will explain. Today’s “bug,” […]
07.12.16