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Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s August!!! Or, to put it another way, it\u2019s August – yikes! Halfway(ish) through summer. Here are some of the sights that the BugLady has enjoyed so far. Many of these have already starred in a BOTW of their very own \u2013 you can look them up in the UWM archives by Googling \u201cUWM Field Station (name of insect).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Four-lined
Four-lined plant bugs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FOUR-LINED PLANT BUGS: Most Mirid plant bugs are small and green or beige or mottled, and therefore pretty inconspicuous. Not so the Four-lined plant bug, which is as showy<\/a> as a nymph as it is as an adult. These urban\/suburban\/grassland bugs feed on plants – wild, cultivated, and agricultural, especially the mints \u2013 by piercing the plant tissue and feeding on the sap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Treehopper\"
Treehopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

TREEHOPPER EXUVIA: On a recent trip to Spruce Lake Bog the BugLady noticed a number of Buffalo treehoppers<\/a>, and then she found this shed skin (exuvia). Buffalo treehoppers have improbable nymphs<\/a> that leave equally improbable skins behind when they shed. Adult treehoppers communicate with each other and with their young by vibrating their abdomens against whatever surface they\u2019re sitting on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eastern
Eastern amberwing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EASTERN AMBERWING: Good things come in small packages! At 0.90\u201d long, the Eastern Amberwing is our second-smallest dragonfly, but one of our flashiest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CLYTUS RURICOLA:\u00a0<\/em>What a dynamite beetle!\u00a0It\u2019s a long-horned beetle (family Cerambycidae) that is sometimes called the Round-necked long-horned beetle, and it\u2019s disguised as a wasp (just when you thought it couldn\u2019t get better, here<\/a> are some relatives<\/a>). Look for the adults on flowers, eating pollen.\u00a0The larvae live concealed in rotting wood, especially maple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Clytus
Clytus Ruricola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BLINDED SPHINX: Back in mid-June, the BugLady threaded her way down a narrow boardwalk with tall grasses on all sides hoping to find some damselflies. On her way back, she saw a male Blinded Sphinx moth and an egg-laden female in a state of disarray. She hadn\u2019t noticed them on her first pass, when she apparently brushed against them as they were sharing a \u201cGet-a-Room\u201d moment. She added insult to injury by shoving a camera in their faces before she tiptoed away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blinded
Blinded Sphinx (Female)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CRAB SPIDER: The BugLady loves trying to spot mini-crab spiders lurking on flowers. Goldenrod crab spiders (obviously not restricted to goldenrods) can change color from white to yellow to white again, though each change takes a few days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLACK AND YELLOW MUD DAUBER: A solitary, thread-waisted wasp. Yes, she can sting, but you\u2019d have to work at it (bees and wasps that defend large, communal nests\/hives are the most dangerous). The mud she collects will be fashioned into a globular nest<\/a> containing (usually) 6 to 15 egg cells that she provisions with spiders for her eventual young (she sips nectar, but her larvae are carnivores).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mud
Mud Dauber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SCORPIONFLY: First of all, Scorpionflies are not true flies (order Diptera), they\u2019re found in the Order Mecoptera, along with several groups of odd-looking insects like hangingflies<\/a>, forcepflies<\/a>, and Snow scorpionflies<\/a>. And they\u2019re not scorpions, either, though males of one family (Panorpidae) have a bulbous, stinger-like, appendage at the tip of their abdomen<\/a> (they don\u2019t sting, either). For more details about Scorpionflies, see here<\/a>. In the final paragraph of that account, the BugLady says that there are more than 80 episodes in the BOTW. Now there are more than 800. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Scorpion
Scorpion Fly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WASP ON WATER: Insects that fly too close to the water risk getting trapped on the surface film \u2013 the water molecules that are exposed to air at the surface are \u201cstickier\u201d than those below. What happens next? If it\u2019s lucky, the wasp will bump into something to climb up onto. Otherwise\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Water
Water Strider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WATER STRIDERS\u2026..Otherwise, it will become prey for some predator, and these water striders are likely candidates (this is a pair, indulging in a bit of hanky-panky). They were skimming along the surface just a few feet from the wasp but were otherwise occupied. Water striders are sometimes called Water spiders (they\u2019re not \u2013 we need to enunciate) or Jesus bugs (because they walk on water). Water striders monitor the water\u2019s surface with their two front legs as they locomote with their four hind legs, and they are attracted by the mini-ripples produced by an insect struggling on the surface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Black-Sided
Black-Sided Meadow Katydid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BLACK-SIDED MEADOW KATYDID \u2013 the BugLady loves finding infant katydids, although this one didn\u2019t want to be found \u2013 it immediately ducked in back of the nearest plant stem. The folks at bugguide.net<\/a> did a better job<\/a>.  They grow up to be pretty spiffy<\/a>, and they sing (exceedingly softly) from perches at the edges of wetlands in late afternoon and at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Arrow
Arrow Clubtail Dragonfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ARROW CLUBTAIL DRAGONFLY: It takes about 45 minutes to get to this stage after the dragonfly naiad has climbed out of the water and pushed its head out of its split skin. Its wings need a little more length and strength before this teneral (newly-minted dragonfly) can launch itself straight up into a tree. It takes a few days before a teneral gains it\u2019s adult coloring and the duckling turns into a swan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASP WITH SPIDER: A small, life-or-death struggle had already been decided when the BugLady saw them. It was \u201cman bites dog\u201d \u2013 a wasp (Episyron quinquenotatus<\/em>)(probably) had collected a small orb-weaver, paralyzed it, and was dragging it to a tunnel where she would stuff it into a chamber, lay an egg, and close the chamber off. When the egg hatches, the eventual larva will feed on the spider, pupate in its chamber, and emerge the following summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wasp
Wasp and spider intertwined<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Phantom
Phantom Crane Fly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PHANTOM CRANE FLY: Someone asked the BugLady recently if she believes in magic. The obvious answer – How can you be out in Nature and not believe in magic? Example: Phantom crane flies, flickering along in dappled sunlight at the edges of wetlands. As Dar Williams sings, \u201cWe find magic everywhere<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go outside \u2013 find some magic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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