Bug of the Week – About the BugLady

The BugLady is an Environmental Educator who has been having “close encounters” with insects all her life. She has worked and/or volunteered at Lac Lawrann Conservancy in West Bend, the Mequon Nature Preserve, and Riveredge Nature Center near Newburg and spoken at other area Nature Centers. At Riveredge, she has the wonderful assignment of being the “sturgeon paparazza” at their annual sturgeon release. She leads field trips in the Cedarburg Bog and is on the Board of the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog. When she’s not appreciating insects, she’s enjoying prairies and wetlands.

Her 35 year addiction to photography is (almost) her only vice. Many pictures in the early Bug of the Week episodes were taken with a 6.1 megapixel Kodak EasyShare Z650 point-and-shoot, but now she packs a Pentax K-70 with a 70 mm macro lens..

The BugLady is a Wisconsin native, presently living in Ozaukee County. Most of the photos in Bug of the Week were taken in southeastern Wisconsin. Her Mission Statement is “Less stepping on bugs.”