Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been curious about the status of Zebra and Quagga mussels since she posted an episode about them in 2016 (“A Tale of Two Mussels – the One-Two Punch”). Here’s the original post (slightly tweaked and clarified), …
Greetings, BugFans, Leaf miners have been mentioned in these pages before – even the Aspen leaf miner (Phyllocnistis populiella) has appeared briefly. When she did a little more research, the BugLady was ecstatic to discover that Aspen leaf miners have an …
Howdy, BugFans, This episode was originally adapted from the Spring, 2010 issue of the BogHaunter, the newsletter of the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog, written by the BugLady wearing a different hat. It’s further revised from a BOTW of seven years …
Howdy, BugFans, This is a Good-News-Bad News-Stay-Tuned kind of story. But first, a little background. Besides being large and lovely, Monarch butterflies, of course, catch our fancy because of the death-defying migrations they undertake twice a year. Migrations – fueled by flowers …
Howdy, BugFans, Life is busy – here’s a not-so-Golden Oldie, from the BugLady’s favorites list. First of all, it’s a stunning butterfly. (The BugLady’s picture doesn’t do it justice – the original slide, taken in Texas, was fine, but the scanned …
Note: All links are to an external site. Greetings, BugFans, Last year, BugFan Nancy told the BugLady that she was making a quilt with a dragonfly motif, and asked what colors dragonflies came in. All of them. The BugLady sent her …
Note: All links are to an external site. Howdy BugFans, Here are four articles about bugs from the excellent Smithsonian newsletter, which also covers archaeology, birds, current science news, creatures of the deep ocean, etc. Enjoy. Many queen BUMBLE BEES overwinter …
Note: All links are to an external site. Greetings, BugFans, Here’s another episode from the BugLady’s favorites file (yeah, yeah – Mom shouldn’t have favorites). When BugFan Mary sent “what-is-it?” pictures from Florida of this wildly handsome grasshopper nymph, the …
Note: All links are to an external site. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady keeps getting solicitations from a large, national conservation/environmental organization whose message is “Save the Bees.” Alas, the only bees they picture or mention are honey bees. Heaven knows that honey …
Note: All links are to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, Crab spiders need no introduction to these pages – several genera of delicate, flower crab spiders https://bugguide.net/node/view/621778/bgpage, https://bugguide.net/node/view/3928/bgpage, https://bugguide.net/node/view/2201967/bgimage have appeared in previous episodes. Well, maybe a quick review: They are …
