Wetlands Month II – Common Water lily Planthopper revised

Note: All links leave to external sites. Salutations, BugFans, Week 2 of National Wetlands Month features an upgrade of an episode that first appeared in March of 2014.  Water lilies are important plants in aquatic ecosystems. At the very least, they …

American Emerald Dragonfly

Note: All links leave to external sites. Greetings, BugFans, The dragonfly season is starting – migrant Common Green Darners and Variegated Meadowhawks are filtering into the state, and visions of sugarplums (in the form of Chalk-fronted Corporals, Baskettails, and Eastern Forktails) …

The Cicadas are Coming – a Tale in Four Parts

Note: All links leave to external sites. Greetings BugFans, The insect world is gearing up to stage an event that is the entomological equivalent of the recent total solar eclipse. The buzz (if you’ll pardon the term) began a few months …

Masked Hunter redo

Note: All links leave to external sites. Salutations, BugFans, It’s the trough between Christmas and New Year’s – nothing but reruns. This one, from 2009, has a few new words and pictures. Party on!  Occasionally, one of the BugLady’s wee dust bunnies …

Bugs at the End of Summer

Howdy, BugFans, The Autumnal Equinox is fast upon us, alas, and even though it was a very hot one, the BugLady would like to push that Restart button and go back to the beginning of August. Failing that, here are …