Closed for June – An Immigrant Tick

Greetings, BugFans,

Today’s episode is a bit of a potpourri.

As if we needed another tick, here’s an account of a newcomer.

So many invasives, so little time – just in time for gardening season, an earthworm review: here and here.

The BugLady has been prowling the trails. Here are two recent pictures she’s taken – one of a male Giant ichneumon wasp (he looks kind of damselfly-ish) and one of a Common Whitetail dragonfly that crawled out of the water, up a 15” bank, and across three feet of lawn before it stopped to rest and strengthen its wings.

Ain’t Nature Grand!

The BugLady

About the BugLady

The BugLady (aka Kate Redmond) is an Environmental Educator who has been having “close encounters” with insects all her life. She has worked and/or volunteered at Lac Lawrann Conservancy in West Bend, the Mequon Nature Preserve, and Riveredge Nature Center near Newburg and spoken at other area Nature Centers. At Riveredge, she has had the wonderful assignment of being the “sturgeon paparazza” at their annual sturgeon release. She leads field trips in the Cedarburg Bog, is a founding member of the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog, and is a current Board member of the Lake Michigan Bird Observatory. When she’s not appreciating insects, she’s enjoying prairies and wetlands.

Her 40 year addiction to photography is (almost) her only vice. She's gone through a number of cameras in the last 40 years, and now she packs a Pentax K-70 with a 70 mm macro lens.

The BugLady is a Wisconsin native, presently living in Sheboygan County. Most of the photos in Bug of the Week were taken in southeastern Wisconsin. Her Mission Statement is “Less stepping on bugs.”