{"id":11960,"date":"2021-01-04T09:24:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=11960"},"modified":"2021-01-04T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T15:24:42","slug":"the-twelve-bugs-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/the-twelve-bugs-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Twelve Bugs of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Season\u2019s Greetings, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>The BugLady can tell that the Christmas Season has rolled around because the Dr. Who marathon is about to start, and once again, Paul and Mary are showing us how easy it is to concoct showstopper desserts on the Great British Baking Show Master Class series (no calories in just looking). It\u2019s time to turn on a seasonal CD, raise a glass, and celebrate the Twelve Bugs of Christmas \u2013 a baker\u2019s dozen, actually \u2013 a selection that, as always, is either a little dragonfly-heavy or a little dragonfly-light, depending on who you ask.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/predator20-11rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11968 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/predator20-11rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"predator water treader\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>PREDATOR<br \/>\n<\/strong>Look closely. The long, skinny tube is the abdomen of an Eastern Forktail damselfly. At the right end of the tube is a small, green bug, a Water treader named <em>Mesovelia<\/em>, of former BOTW fame. Water treaders are carnivores, and Mesovelia preys on dead and injured insects and spiders. This one undoubtedly moved in after a larger predator was finished.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11965 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"damselfly teneral\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lestes-teneral20-5rz.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>DAMSELFLY TENERAL<br \/>\n<\/strong>The BugLady loves finding newly-emerged damselfly tenerals like this Spreadwing, in the moments between water and air, stretching and gathering strength next to the skins they just vacated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/pygmy-grasshopper-cbn20-2rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11969 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/pygmy-grasshopper-cbn20-2rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pygmy grasshopper\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>PYGMY GRASSHOPPER<br \/>\n<\/strong>Though she spends lots of time in wetlands, the BugLady rarely runs into these tiny (half-inch or less), dark grasshoppers (aka grouse locusts) that apparently failed to read the grasshopper handbook. They are good flyers, but when at rest, their folded second pair of wings is protected, not by their stubby forewings, but by an extended <em>pronotum<\/em> (back end of the thoracic shield) that may be as long as the abdomen. They are silent, and so also lack hearing organs. They are creatures of damp grasslands and wetland edges, where they eat mosses, lichens, algae, diatoms, and bits of organic material and spend the winter as adults. An alarmed pygmy grasshopper may take to the water and swim away (some species swim away underwater!), and some lay their eggs in the water.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lady-painted20-8rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11964\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lady-painted20-8rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"painted lady butterfly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lady-painted20-8rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lady-painted20-8rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/lady-painted20-8rz.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY<br \/>\n<\/strong>The BugLady\u2019s camera never met a yellow it didn\u2019t love (for \u201clove,\u201d read \u201c\u201dmagnify\u201d). To the BugLady\u2019s eye, a little yellow goes a long way, so she spends a fair amount of time editing the \u201cextra\u201d yellow out of pictures.\u00a0 =Sometimes, though, in the golden days of late summer, she just has to embrace it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/am-rubyspot20-24rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11961 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/am-rubyspot20-24rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"american rubyspot dragonflies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>AMERICAN RUBYSPOT<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd speaking of color, bright red is a bold color choice for any animal.\u00a0 Unfortunately for the Rubyspots, while they are effective signals during courtship, the male\u2019s brilliant wing spots not only reveal the damselfly\u2019s whereabouts to its predators, but they also alert potential prey.\u00a0 Bonus points if you know what plant they\u2019re on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/marsh-fly-cesa20-2rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-11967\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/marsh-fly-cesa20-2rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"marsh flies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>MARSH FLIES<\/strong><br \/>\nThe BugLady caught these flies out of the corner of her eye as she passed a stand of Equisetum\/scouring rush at the Land Trust\u2019s CESA site. Was it just dry vegetation hanging off the fertile cone of the <em>Equisetum<\/em>? Nope. It was a pair of Marsh flies <em>in flagrante delicto<\/em>. Nothing to see here, folks, just move along.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/bluet-orange20-12rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11962\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/bluet-orange20-12rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"orange bluet damselfly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/bluet-orange20-12rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/bluet-orange20-12rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/bluet-orange20-12rz.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>ORANGE BLUET<\/strong><br \/>\nAn oxymoronic name for these lovely damselflies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/swallowtail-t20-13rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11973 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/swallowtail-t20-13rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"swallowtail butterfly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAILS<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Swallowtails come in two color forms, the standard, tiger colors and a dark morph. Dark individuals, always females, are mimicking the Pipevine Swallowtail of the South.\u00a0 Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars and adults are off-limits to predators because the caterpillars feed on the toxic pipevine plant. They are rare in Wisconsin (so is pipevine plant), so the BugLady isn\u2019t sure whether this deception is buying our Tiger Swallowtails anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/locust20-6arz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11966\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/locust20-6arz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"locust nymph\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>LOCUST NYMPH<\/strong><br \/>\nThe BugLady\u2019s car drowned this summer. Seven inches of rain came down in the wee hours, and she woke up in time to see her neighbor\u2019s trash bins floating down the road (when she could finally get to her car, she found that the stuff in the center console was wet). As she was prowling around taking pictures after the rain let up, she came across a small toad and this locust nymph, confirmation that the event had, indeed, been Biblical.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/robber-efferia-slb20-3rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11971 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/robber-efferia-slb20-3rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"robber fly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/robber-efferia-slb20-3rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/robber-efferia-slb20-3rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/robber-efferia-slb20-3rz.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>ROBBER FLY<\/strong><br \/>\nThis female is ovipositing in knapweed, but her offspring are by no means vegetarians. After the eggs hatch, the legless larvae will drop down and live in the soil for a year or longer, eating small insects, and the eggs and larvae of other invertebrates. Many robber flies lay their eggs directly into the soil.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/saddlebags-bl20-3rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11972\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/saddlebags-bl20-3rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"black saddlebag dragonflies\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>BLACK SADDLEBAGS<\/strong><br \/>\nThe BugLady takes a lot of \u201cHail Mary shots\u201d of dragonflies, and most end up on the cutting room floor (she\u2019ll hang onto this one until she does better). She came upon a pond at Riveredge on a sunny, summer day when several pairs of saddlebags were ovipositing. They fly in tandem over the surface (he\u2019s in front); he releases her and she dips down, releases some eggs into the water, and then flies up to rejoin him and repeat the performance in another part of the pond.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/r-spttd-purple20-6rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11970 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/r-spttd-purple20-6rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"red-spotted purple butterfly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>RED-SPOTTED PURPLES<\/strong><br \/>\nThese members of the brush-footed butterfly family, are another Pipevine Swallowtail mimic. They\u2019re named for the spots on the underside of their wings, but the top side isn\u2019t too shabby, either. <em>Limenitis arthemis<\/em> has two subspecies \u2013 in the southern part of its range, and here in southern Wisconsin we generally see the Red-spotted Purple (<em>Limenitis arthemis astyanax<\/em>).\u00a0 Farther north, the White Admiral (<em>Limenitis arthemis arthemis<\/em>) replaces it. In the middle, of course, they hybridize, sometimes spectacularly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/emerald-r-t20-14rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-11963\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/emerald-r-t20-14rz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"racket-tailed emerald dragonfly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/emerald-r-t20-14rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/emerald-r-t20-14rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2021\/01\/emerald-r-t20-14rz.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>RACKET-TAILED EMERALD<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd that\u2019s why they\u2019re called Emeralds.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever feast you celebrate, may it be happy and renewing and merry and bright.<\/p>\n<p><em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season\u2019s Greetings, BugFans, The BugLady can tell that the Christmas Season has rolled around because the Dr. Who marathon is about to start, and once again, Paul and Mary are showing us how easy it is to concoct showstopper desserts &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19040,"featured_media":11970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[41,10,515,93,564],"class_list":["post-11960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bug-of-the-week","tag-butterflies","tag-damselflies","tag-fly","tag-grasshoppers","tag-nymph"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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