Bug of the Week

Howdy, BugFans, If asked to describe a Red-osier dogwood shrub, lots of people would say “it has red bark with white lumps on it.” It does – but it doesn’t. Some of our most un-bug-like bugs are the scale insects. …

Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady originally wrote about the Common Buckeye in January of 2009, but she thinks she might have given it short shrift (due to insufficient scholarship), so here’s a rewritten version with new words and new pictures. The …

Howdy, BugFans, In her program about insect Natural History, the BugLady says to the audience “so – we’ve been studying insects for hundreds of years – we’ve got it all nailed down, right?” Sure. The BugLady has had some interesting …

Greetings, BugFans, When the BugLady was walking at Riveredge towards the end of September, she came to a fork in the trail and thought “if I go left, I’ll get back to the car faster, but if I go right, …

Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady has been doing a little dance as she walks down the trail lately, trying to avoid stepping on wooly bear caterpillars (her mission statement, after all, is “Less stepping on bugs”). She has been less successful when …

Greetings, BugFans,  Time to chip away at the BugLady’s giant collection of insect articles. Note that most of them are from various (free) on-line reports put out by the Smithsonian.  Spiders – We have semi-aquatic spiders around here, too. Most, like …

Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady has a thing for stink bugs. They’re like bumble bees and water lilies – she can’t walk past one without taking its picture. She especially likes stink bugs in the genus Brochymena, the Rough stink bugs, which look like …

Howdy, BugFans, We’ve arrived at the final act in this summer’s insect drama – a drama played out over the months by an ever-changing cast of characters. Some are regulars, with successive generations appearing in multiple acts throughout the season, while …