Greetings, BugFans, BugFan Cheryl recently shared this picture of a lovely sphinx moth (thanks, Cheryl). Sphinx moths (aka Hawk moths, especially across The Pond) are a group of medium-to-large moths that are sometimes drab, sometimes exquisite, sometimes nocturnal, sometimes diurnal. …
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady was pecking away at this week’s episode when she had a “Hold the Presses” moment. BugFan Freda sent a series of pictures she had taken of a monarch caterpillar taking its first steps into the world (prefaced …
Howdy, BugFans, This small spider is in the Sheetweb spider family Linyphiidae, which we have met before in the form of the Splendid Dwarf spider Bug o’the week – Splendid Dwarf Spider – Riveredge Nature Center. In some parts of …
Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has enjoyed her vacation and is ready to dive back into writing original BOTWS (until she gets another body part replaced). Here’s a small moth, to celebrate National Moth Week. BugFan Freda sent a shot of …
Howdy, BugFans, 2025: The BugLady has been prowling the landscape recently, both in wet areas and dry, and she’s been seeing Japanese beetles or evidence of their feeding. It used to be that their populations cycled between boom and not-boom, but the …
Howdy, BugFans, (with apologies to the Irish Folk Band “Cherish the Ladies”) 2025: The BugLady recently added an American Lady to her butterfly property list. It’s a lovely butterfly that can be mistaken for the Painted Lady, in the same …
Greetings, BugFans, 2025 – The BugLady has been seeing her first firefly around the 4th of July. She stands on the riprap, enjoying the fireworks shows launched by her neighbors and the more distant municipal displays while the fireflies fly around her, putting …
Howdy, BugFans, 2025 – almost two decades ago, when the BugLady was working on a phenology project in the Bog, she encountered multitudes of mosquitoes and she made a deal with them – she wouldn’t bite them if they wouldn’t bite …
Greetings, BugFans, 2025 – One of the BugLady’s daughters gave her a subscription to Storyworth for her birthday, so she has been working her way through weekly questions. It’s sobering to realize that she and her sisters are the Keepers of the …
Salutations, BugFans, 2025 – The BugLady confesses that she rarely finds these Giant silk moths, either as adults or as caterpillars. So rarely that some of these pictures are scanned slides/transparencies, from the olden days. In the years since this episode was posted, …
