Olympia Marble Butterfly

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… Read more

Western Conifer Seed Bug

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… Read more

Seaside Grasshopper

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… Read more

Striped Fishing Spider

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…. Read more

Spiketail Dragonflies

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… Read more

Bugs in the News XII

Note: All links below go to external sites. Greetings BugFans, The Bugs in the News file is bursting at the seams again. Smithsonian magazine’s Daily Newsletter, the source of many of the news items in her file, is a great… Read more

Gulf Fritillary – a Snowbird Special

Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, First of all, it’s a stunning butterfly https://bugguide.net/node/view/1734606/bgimage https://bugguide.net/node/view/1926994/bgimage (the BugLady’s picture doesn’t do it justice – the original slide, taken in Texas, was fine, but the scanned slide, not… Read more

Bugs without Bios XVII

Note: All links below go to external sites. Greetings, BugFans, The “Bugs without Bios” series features a bunch of lovely insects that need to hire a PR firm – they fly happily below the radar, and little is written about… Read more

Lilypad Clubtail Dragonfly

Note: All links below go to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, We end this set of 50 (by the BugLady’s count, this is episode # 650) with a lovely dragonfly that the BugLady looks forward to seeing every year because of… Read more