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Greetings, BugFans, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a rare glimpse into the BugLady\u2019s \u201cBOTW Future\u201d file, which is packed with pictures of identified insects that she hopes have a good story to tell, with semi-identified insects, and with (mostly) her \u201cX-Files\u201d \u2013 the Unidentified. (The file probably reflects the state of the BugLady\u2019s brain.) It’s what she sees as she selects the bug of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditionally, the BugLady goes on sabbatical for the month of June, but she\u2019s going to sneak away a bit early this year. Why?  There\u2019s an old riddle,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q. \u201cWhy did the glaciers retreat?\u201d
A. \u201cTo get more rocks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BugLady needs more pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lest your inbox grow cobwebs, she will post a tasteful rerun each Tuesday until she gets back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Beetle<\/a>
Beetle milkweed annulatus<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Beetle milkweed annulatus<\/em><\/strong>
Not our common Red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetropthalmus<\/em>). There are two species here that are adorned with those lovely double rings on the antennal segments \u2013 T. femoratus<\/em> (which has red on its legs, unless it doesn\u2019t), and T. annulatus<\/em>, sometimes called the Ringed milkweed beetle.The BugLady would happily call this T. annulatus<\/em> based on appearance and habitat (dry, sandy areas), but it was sitting on Common milkweed, which is not listed as one of annulatus\u2019s<\/em> food plants. Is the BugLady overthinking this? Probably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tule<\/a>
Tule bluet damselfly<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tule bluet damselfly<\/strong>
With a bunch of water mite nymphs on its abdomen. The BugLady knows who this is, but she\u2019s written biographies of a number of other bluets, and the details of their life histories don\u2019t vary a lot. Besides, she promised that she would not march methodically through the species lists of Wisconsin dragonflies and damselflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

So many wasps!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Branconid\"<\/a>
Branconid<\/strong><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Branconid<\/strong>
someday the BugLady is going to write a Braconid Wasps 101 episode (they\u2019re a big and important family) but first she needs to figure out which of her wasp pictures are<\/em> braconids, because they can look similar to Ichneumon wasps (an even bigger family). This one seems to be ovipositing in the flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n
\n
\"ichneumon<\/a>
maybe a braconid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"X<\/a>
also maybe a braconid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"wasp<\/a>
a large and handsome Ichneumon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"wasp<\/a>
This Ichneumon (probably) was exploring the flowers of Eastern dwarf mistletoe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"wasp<\/a>
An odd little wasp that joined the BugLady on the Hawk Tower on a cool day in mid-November<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"x<\/a>
This handsome, largish moth looks like it should be in the genus Haploa but\u2026..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"fly<\/a>
Looks like a deer fly, but cinnamon- colored?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"planthopper<\/a>
Isn\u2019t this a little cutie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"spider<\/a>
What a lovely, almost translucent spider!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"x<\/a>
Enjoying the wild geranium one spring day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\"Weevil\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weevil<\/strong>
Isn\u2019t this a great little weevil? The BugLady scooped it from the surface of an ephemeral pond, but she doubt\u2019s that it\u2019s an aquatic species \u2013 more likely it was sitting on a leaf and got dislodged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See you in July,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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