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 …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, February 28 to March 4 is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. The word “invasive” is often used interchangeably with the words “alien,” “exotic,” “non-native,” and “introduced,” but they are not …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady found this grasshopper nymph in the dry sand zone of a Lake Michigan beach about 25 years ago (apologies – she’s never learned the secret handshake of making …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, When the BugLady was on Riveredge’s excellent floating pier in the Milwaukee River last spring, she looked over and saw two, spectacular Striped fishing spiders on rocks above the waterline. …
Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, What better time to write about dragonflies than in the depths of winter? The BugLady hasn’t officially spotted a spiketail. She knows where they live, and once, maybe, saw a …
