Howdy, BugFans, When the BugLady was wandering around in a patch of Baptisia/Blue False Indigo in mid-summer, she noticed bunches of caterpillars under webs on the leaves (thanks to BugFan Freda, who got to the ID of the caterpillars much …
Howdy, BugFans, The title of the Oklahoma Extension circular about Pecan weevils, “Pecan Weevil – Wanted DEAD, Not Alive,” says it all. Weevils! Those lovely beetles with clubbed, “elbowed” antennae growing from their downcurved rostrum (snout) and chewing mouthparts located at …
Howdy, BugFans, The places where the BugLady walks are yellow now – goldenrods (Solidago sp.) are at their peak on the prairie (so are brown-eyed Susans, sneezeweed, and wild sunflowers). She’s been poking around in the goldenrod, an exercise she recommends, …
Howdy BugFans, The BugLady is deep into putting together a newsletter she curates, so here are someone else’s words for a change. If it’s a bit ant-heavy, well, there are a lot of ants. BUT – a little housekeeping before …
Howdy, BugFans, When the BugLady was growing up near Brown Deer, Wisconsin, close to the Milwaukee River, she heard a story of some 1930’s entrepreneurs who imported Roman or Edible snails (Helix pomatia) with an eye toward some home-grown escargot. …
Howdy, BugFans, Heads up – We’re venturing into the weeds taxonomically in this episode, but we’ll take it slow, and the BugLady is confident that BugFans can handle it. The BugLady was enjoying the prairie flowers at Riveredge one day …
Howdy, BugFans, It’s August!!! Or, to put it another way, it’s August – yikes! Halfway(ish) through summer. Here are some of the sights that the BugLady has enjoyed so far. Many of these have already starred in a BOTW of their very own – …
Greetings, BugFans, Seasoned BugFans know that the BugLady’s relationship with skipper butterflies is fraught. These are small, speedy butterflies, most of which are either orange and brown, or brown and orange. Her interactions with skippers always start with the question, “What …
Greetings, BugFans, Back into the wonderful world of plants, in this case, of trees that are super-important to insects, as well as to other wildlife – and to us. Oaks are our national tree (who knew??!!), and because of their …
Howdy, BugFans, On a walk at Spruce Lake Bog in May, the BugLady spied this Bronze jumping spider (Eris militaris, in the family Salticidae) (thanks, Mike) sitting on an unfolding alder leaf. He spied her, gave her a firm look and …
