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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been stewing about this one for a long time. The flies appear on cue, on mild days in March and April (which they can do because they overwinter as adults). She takes their pictures, gets …
Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady has been enjoying the recent “tropical” temperatures (in the high 40’s) and her thoughts have been turning to butterflies. Someone asked her recently what butterflies might be aloft as spring approaches. Along with the Mourning Cloaks …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady met this butterfly on a trip to the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge one fine, spring day when the bird’s foot violets were in bloom and the interrupted fern …
