Bugs in the News XVII
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 …
Bees
Bugs in the News XV
Note: All links are to an external site. Howdy BugFans, Here are four articles about bugs from the excellent Smithsonian newsletter, which also covers archaeology, birds, current science news, creatures of the deep ocean, etc. Enjoy. Many queen BUMBLE BEES overwinter …
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee
Note: All links are to an external site. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady keeps getting solicitations from a large, national conservation/environmental organization whose message is “Save the Bees.” Alas, the only bees they picture or mention are honey bees. Heaven knows that honey …
Closed for June 4 – A Potpourri of Invertebrates
Howdy, BugFans, June is waning, and pretty soon the BugLady will have to stop eating chocolates and watching soaps and get up off the couch and start writing. Actually, with a way warmer and wetter June than normal (more than 7” …
Closed for June 3 – More Pollinators
Howdy, BugFans, A pollinator is an animal (not all pollinators are insects) that visits flowers and carries their pollen to other flowers. Bees, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, and wasps are all practitioners to some degree. Hummingbirds pollinate a few flowers (like …
Bugs in the News XIII
Note: All links leave to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady’s “newspaper clippings” file runneth over, so here are a few articles for you to peruse. Please note that most come from the excellent Smithsonian daily e-newsletter, which is not …
Parnassia Miner Bee – a Bee and its Flower
Note: Most links leave to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, A while back, BugFan Matt asked the BugLady if she had ever photographed a small bee on a Grass-of-Parnassus flower. Grass-of-Parnassus (not really a grass) is one of her favorite flowers (despite …
The 12 (or 13) Bugs of Christmas
Note: All links leave to external sites. Greetings of the Season, BugFans, (13 bugs, because once she’s got her selection down to 13, the BugLady just can’t cut one more!) A Cheery Thought for the Holidays, the average home contains …
Sculptured Resin Bee
Note: Most links leave to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, BugFan Freda found and photographed this awesome bee in her pollinator garden in August. It’s a distinctive bee, and it has an interesting story. The Sculptured resin bee is sometimes called the …
Wildflower Watch – Swamp Milkweed
Note: All the links leave to external site. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is already fantasizing about warm, sunny days in a wetland, photographing Swamp milkweed (and dragonflies), because she loves its color, and she loves being in wetlands, and because …