Closed for June – Field Station

Salutations, BugFans,

Well, the air is warm(er) and the BugLady’s photo files are getting thin, and the trails are beckoning. She will hit the restart button in July, but will post assorted short subjects during June.

Please enjoy this story of an African park that is being rejuvenated. The slide show pictures some strange and wonderful creatures, and there’s a great time-lapse video of dung beetles, of recent BOTW fame.

Oh yeah – the picture. Not a bug, or even a bug-eater, but a massive presence along the western shore of Lake Michigan these days. The BugLady can’t get anything done.

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.”