Howdy, BugFans, They are not here in God’s Country (yet), but here’s the latest on Asian murder hornets. The BugLady assumes that there’s a murder hornet horror movie in production somewhere. And here’s a nice visual. But wait! All is …
Greetings, BugFans, There’s a “chicken-or-the-egg” question about pollinators—do pollinators adapt to the flowers they visit, or do flowers adapt to their pollinators? Yes, pollinators do visit flowers that are a good fit for their various feeding apparatuses, but in an …
Howdy, BugFans, A few years ago, the BugLady wrote an article about entomophagy – the fine art of cooking and eating insects. In the past, the emergence of a big brood of cicadas has signaled recipe contests, and so, as …
Howdy, BugFans, It’s spring, and it’s time to brush up on our bluet damselfly IDs because they’re starting to hit the airways. Most bluets are 1″ to 1.3″ long and, as their name suggests, males are at least partly blue …
Greetings, BugFans, What a treat to come across one of these fuzzy little flies sipping nectar from a spring flower! Bee flies are said to get their name from the fact that they are bee mimics that look and buzz …
Howdy, BugFans, Let us celebrate native bees, those often unobtrusive and always invaluable pollinators that make possible much of our landscape and many of our crops. Unfortunately, although she’s always photographing fuzzy little bees, the BugLady is pretty inept at …
(Note: All links below are to external sites.) Greetings, BugFans, This butterfly needs a better name! (More about that, later) The BugLady found this beauty in the woods on a cool April day. Like the Mourning Cloak, of recent BOTW …
(Note: All links below are to external websites and leave the UWM website.) Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady found this cute beetle crawling up the outside of her house on a warm day in early spring about five years ago, and …
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady wrote this article for the newsletter of the Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory (an organization that would love to have your support). Although they meet the criteria to be included as a Threatened species …
Howdy, BugFans, Plant galls are swellings formed on the outsides of flowers, buds, leaves, veins, petioles, stems and/or trunks. Many are stimulated by animals, but some are caused by fungi and bacteria, and technically, the thickened bark tissue where two …
