Fishfly – Again
Note: All links below go to external sites. Salutations, BugFans, After a long cool run-up, we’ve had some July weather at the end of May, which will warm the soil and water and may result in everything popping up at …
Bug of the Week
Striped Cucumber Beetle
Note: All links except the first one go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is not a gardener (she does get pretty excited about the Seed Savers catalog, though, put out by folks who are dedicated to preserving heritage …
Painted Skimmer Dragonflies
Note: All links below go to external sites. Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady got an email from BugFan Freda the other day saying that she had located two Painted Skimmers at a nearby natural area, and she’d be glad to show …
And Now for Something a Little Different – Raccoons
Greetings, BugFans, The first thing that the BugLady noticed when she went out to refill the bird feeders the other morning was a bunch of divots in the ground around the feeder. Skunks will do that as they search for …
Gray Comma Butterfly – the Other Comma
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, Gray Commas (Polygonia progne) are in the Brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae – “brush-footed” because their front pair of legs is small and “brush-like” and tucked in close to their body, …
Water Mite Redux
Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady visited her favorite ephemeral pond the other day. Frogs were singing and fairy shrimp were chugging along underwater – life is good. She’s been working on other projects recently, so here’s an episode from 2009, with …
Leafcutter Bees – Pollinators Extraordinaire
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady loves standing next to flowers and photographing their visitors (N.B: communal nesters like honey bees, bumble bees, and paper wasps will sting to defend their nests/hives, but they’re …
Cabbage Whites and Sulphurs Redux
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, As temperatures (slowly) begin to get milder, butterflies are making an appearance. What a treat to see an Eastern Comma basking like a small flame in the sunlight along a …
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper – a Snowbird Special
Note: All links below go to external sites. Greetings, BugFans, When BugFan Mary sent “what-is-it?” pictures from Florida of this wildly handsome grasshopper nymph, the BugLady said “More, please,” sending Mary back out into the palmettos to stalk grasshoppers with …
Bugs without Bios XVIII
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios is dedicated to insects that stay below the radar (our radar, anyway) as they move through the world – they don’t make it into the field guides, …