Beetles without Bios

Howdy, BugFans, The Long-horned beetle family Cerambycidae is a large family that contains some spectacular beetles Elderberry Borer – Desmocerus palliatus – BugGuide.Net, Hippopsis lemniscata – BugGuide.Net, Pretty bug! – Plinthocoelium suaveolens – BugGuide.Net, Tim Burton’s Longhorn Beetle – Rosalia funebris …

Speed-dating the Spiders – Bowl and Doily spider

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 …

Lightning Beetle Again and Again

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 …

Deer Tick again

Note: All links are to an external site. Howdy, BugFans, 2025: The BugLady was out in a wetland today, stalking the wily Pink Lady’s Slipper (aka the Moccasin flower), a large and lovely native orchid. After she got home, she …

A Tale of Two Mussels – Eight Years Out

Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady has been curious about the status of Zebra and Quagga mussels since she posted an episode about them in 2016 (“A Tale of Two Mussels – the One-Two Punch”). Here’s the original post (slightly tweaked and clarified), …

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper – a Snowbird Special rerun

Note: All links are to an external site. Greetings, BugFans, Here’s another episode from the BugLady’s favorites file (yeah, yeah – Mom shouldn’t have favorites). When BugFan Mary sent “what-is-it?” pictures from Florida of this wildly handsome grasshopper nymph, the …

The Ants of CESA Rerun

Salutations, BugFans, The BugLady confesses that she has a list of favorites among the 766 BOTWs to date. This is one of them. Lots of fun to research and write, it was originally posted after the 2014 Treasures of Oz …

Peachtree Borer Moth

Note: All links are to an external site. Greetings, BugFans, This striking little moth was mentioned briefly a few years ago among an array of visitors to water hemlock flowers. Here’s the rest of the story.  It belongs in the …

Comet Darner Dragonfly

Note: All links leads to an external site. Greetings, BugFans, The Holidays are hurtling toward us at an astonishing speed, so the BugLady figured that a Christmas green and red dragonfly would be fitting. It’s one that she’s seen, all too …

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