Howdy, BugFans, These days the BugLady’s walks are punctuated by the small “pop” of grasshoppers taking off and landing, and by the whir of their wings. Grasshoppers and bumblebees seem […]
09.20.17
Greetings, BugFans, Today’s saga could also be called “The Hemiptera Mystery,” though one of the Hemipterans appears only in a supporting role. The main character is a decent-sized true bug […]
09.13.17
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady keeps hearing that the summer movie season produced no blockbusters, so she’s running a second blockbuster BOTW in a row. The goldenrods in the BugLady’s field […]
09.06.17
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady has always been in love with wetlands – the pterodactyl lift-off of Great-blue Herons, a glint of dragonflies, the quiet splash of sun-warmed turtles sliding off […]
08.30.17
Howdy, BugFans, This one has “bugged” the BugLady for a while – a nemesis-bug. It photobombed shots of other insects and is so small (less than 1/8”) that the BugLady […]
08.24.17
Howdy, BugFans, Towards the end of June, the BugLady photographed this lovely little moth on her front porch. She took a quick peek in the moth book – nada – and relegated […]
08.16.17
Salutations, BugFans, Summer reruns. Here’s an enhanced version (more fun silverfish facts) of an episode that first aired in the spring of 2009. Silverfish, in the Order Zygentoma (formerly in […]
08.10.17
Howdy, BugFans, Dragonflies again. The BugLady confesses to playing hooky recently (if going out and looking for insects is “playing hooky” for a BugLady), mostly surveying and photographing dragonflies. Dragonfly ancestors came […]
08.02.17
Greetings, BugFans, The protocol for BOTW episodes has always been “Start with a usable picture.” Well… The solitary wasp that created egg chambers in the BugLady’s wind chimes was having […]
07.26.17
Salutations, BugFans, Protean Shield-backed Katydids evoke adjectives like “earthy” and “organic,” and “elemental” (along with “lunker”). This utilitarian katydid looks like it saw the dinosaurs, and maybe it did. Katydids […]
07.19.17