Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady’s favorite cautionary tale about biological control of invasive species concerns rats that jumped ship in Hawaii in mid-1800’s and invaded the sugarcane fields (sugarcane being, of course, an introduced agricultural crop and a mainstay of Island …
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 …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, Remember – the BugLady is on vacation for the month of June, hoping for the rain to stop and the temperatures to rise (a little bit – she gets brain-dead …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
