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Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n

It\u2019s High Summer, and a lot has been going on out there. Many species have already peaked and disappeared from the scene, assuming, until next year, whatever form they spend the majority of their lives in. Others are coming into their own. Here are some of the sights the BugLady has seen in local prairies and wetlands.<\/p>\n

\"ants<\/a>ANTS<\/strong> are everywhere, foraging for proteins and carbs, including milkweed nectar to take home to their families. Some species of ants have workers that are essentially tanker trucks.\u00a0 Ants are no great shakes as pollinators, due to their slippery little bodies and fastidious grooming habits, and besides that, they\u2019re pedestrians, so the pollen doesn\u2019t travel far. (Family Formicidae)<\/p>\n

\"blue<\/a>BLUE MUD DAUBER WASP<\/strong> \u2013 Cup plants have \u201cperfoliate\u201d leaves that look like two \u201cconjoined leaves\u201d but are actually a single leaf whose base is joined around the stem, making it look like the stem is piercing it. For a few days after a rain, reservoirs made by the cup plant\u2019s leaves hold water that\u2019s appreciated by all sorts of small animals. The wasp uses mud to construct chambers for her eggs, but she doesn\u2019t carry water to dirt, spit on it, and stir. She may just be thirsty. (Family Sphecidae)<\/p>\n

\"striped<\/a>STRIPED HAIRSTREAK<\/strong> \u2013 The BugLady found this small butterfly of dappled woods and edges while she was surveying water hemlock plants for an up-coming episode. Adults nectar on available flowers, and Butterflies of the Great Lakes Region<\/u>\u00a0tells us that \u201cEarly in the morning, they will sip dew from leaves as they bask<\/i>.\u201d They\u2019re not-very-common \u2013 \u201cscattered lightly over our landscape<\/i>,\u201d says \u201cThe Butterflies of Massachusetts\u201d website, \u201cwidely distributed although nowhere abundant<\/i>.\u201d The theory is that the eyespots on the hind wing confuse predators. (Family Lycaenidae)<\/p>\n

\"horse<\/a>HORSEFLY<\/strong> \u2013 Just a glamour shot of a horse fly, that\u2019s all. (Family Tabanidae)<\/p>\n

\"parasitized<\/a>PARASITIZED<\/strong> \u2013 This dangling caterpillar was discovered in its infancy by a small, parasitic wasp that laid an egg in it. The wasp larva hatched, and then it ate and grew within the caterpillar, which was trying to do the same, but whose existence had been repurposed. When it was ready to pupate, the wasp dealt the coup de grace<\/i> to its unfortunate host, exited, and spun a cocoon on the outside. As Darwin once said of parasitoids,\u00a0\u201cI cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidae with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n

\"american<\/a>AMERICAN CARRION BEETLE<\/strong> \u2013 The BugLady has seen a number of adult carrion beetles flying around \u2013black and yellow and big and buzzy – trying to convince her that they\u2019re bumble bees, but she rarely sees the larvae. Adults lay their eggs on dead animals, and then stick around on the carcass doing \u201cpest control\u201d (eating the competition) before their well-armored larvae hatch and for a while afterward.\u00a0 The larvae will also eat other larvae they find on \u201ctheir\u201d carrion. (Family Silphidae)<\/p>\n

\"eastern<\/a>EASTERN AMBERWING<\/strong> \u2013 The BugLady\u2019s favorite insect is the Tiger Swallowtail, but the Eastern Amberwing is on her long list of second-favorites. This feisty 0.9\u201d dragonfly has an attitude way bigger than its size. (Family Libellulidae)<\/p>\n

\"jumping<\/a>A JUMPING SPIDER<\/strong> in the genus\u00a0Pelegrina<\/i> (thanks as always for the ID, BugFan Mike) is another critter with attitude. You can see why jumping spiders have fan clubs. (Family Salticidae)<\/p>\n

\"common<\/a>COMMON BUCKEYE<\/strong> \u2013 The BugLady has way more shots of this beautiful butterfly sitting on the ground than on flowers (when it sits on flowers, it prefers composites); it typically flits along 6\u2019 ahead of her on mowed paths. It\u2019s a Southern migrant to God\u2019s Country, arriving in early summer, but the migrants produce a brood once they\u2019re here. The undersides of the wings of the migrants<\/a> and the later\/fall broods\u00a0<\/a>are different – if you\u2019re lucky enough to see one with its wings closed. If the Striped Hairstreak\u2019s eyespots are meant to confuse, the Buckeye\u2019s are meant to intimidate. (Family Nymphalidae)<\/p>\n

\"cinnamon<\/a>CINNAMON CLEARWING MOTH<\/strong> \u2013 So cool!\u00a0 So speedy! Clearwing moths are in the Sphinx moth family Sphingidae; we have two species around here, and the BugLady has plenty of out-of-focus shots of each. Like chasing sprites.<\/p>\n

\"Promachus<\/a>ROBBER FLY<\/strong> \u2013 Some robber flies are small and shy, but\u00a0Promachus vertebratus<\/i> is neither. At about an inch long, it was almost the same size as the Halloween Pennant dragonflies the BugLady was photographing at the same time. It makes \u201cannoyed\u201d sounds when you kick it up in the fields (attitude again). These flies prey on anything they can catch \u2013 the BugLady has a shot of one holding a Clouded Sulphur butterfly. (Family Asilidae)<\/p>\n

\"whiteface<\/a>WHITEFACE AND BLUET<\/strong> \u2013 The BugLady was stalking dragonflies at Spruce Lake Bog when a Dot-tailed Whiteface dragonfly grabbed a Marsh Bluet damselfly and sat down beside her. Something buzzed the duo loudly \u2013 maybe a robber fly \u2013 and the startled dragonfly released its prey. As the whiteface moved to a different perch, the damselfly shook it off and flew away. No damselflies were harmed to make this picture. (Families Libellulidae and Coenagrionidae)<\/p>\n

Go outside \u2013 look at bugs!<\/p>\n

The BugLady<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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