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

The BugLady is deep into putting together a newsletter she curates, so here are someone else\u2019s words for a change. If it\u2019s a bit ant-heavy, well, there are a lot of ants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT – a little housekeeping before we get to the main event. The BugLady sends BOTW out directly to about 150 people.\u00a0In order not to have it look like spam, she splits the list in two batches, sends the first half, and then forwards the other half (yes, there are undoubtedly six different ways to do this more efficiently, but remember – the BugLady is still backing into the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century and is only marginally computer literate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, she started receiving a bounce-back saying that \u201cthe email was undeliverable to Microsoft teams\u00a0<\/em>(for some spam related reason<\/em>),\u201d (and who is Microsoft Teams, anyway?).\u00a0This week, she\u2019s dividing the list into\u00a0three<\/em>\u00a0sections, so maybe she can sneak under the Microsoft Teams Spam Radar Nose-Count.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So: If you have been receiving BOTW all along \u2013 great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0been receiving BOTW, it\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0still in business, and here<\/a> you can find the episodes you may have missed archived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tree
Tree Cricket on pink flower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INSECT ANCESTORS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest chapter<\/a> in the story of how insect ancestors may have started on the road from marine invertebrates to the six-legged land critters we love today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUTTERFLIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Swallowtails, the BugLady\u2019s favorite butterfly (favorite\u00a0insect!<\/em>) have been pretty scarce this summer (though heat and humidity have kept her off the trail more than usual). She feels that the weather patterns connected with climate change \u2013 early, cool, wet springs (interspersed with mini-heat waves), very hot, dry summers, early autumns, and wet winters –\u00a0are tough on the occupants of chrysalises and pupal cases, and many don\u2019t survive getting wet and then cold. There are two generations of Tigers each year.\u00a0The brood that overwinters has a high mortality, and if the summer brood, which has life a little easier, doesn\u2019t pick up the slack, the numbers are low going into winter, and the cycle continues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Here\u2019s<\/a> a different kind of fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TREE CRICKETS: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It must be autumn (meteorological autumn, at this point) because the tree crickets<\/a> are singing their hearts out in the bushes and tall grasses.\u00a0Some are using megaphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here<\/a> are their songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MANHATTANTS: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a new ant<\/a> in town, and it\u2019s kicking butt and taking names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rusty-patched
Rusty-patched bumbleebee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MORE ANTS: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And speaking of ants, there sure are a lot of them<\/a>!\u00a0As Ed McMahon used to say, \u201cHow many ARE there?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EVEN MORE ANTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ants like junk foods<\/a> \u2013 is that a problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUMBLE BEES: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federally-endangered Rusty-patched bumblebee<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Carpenter
Carpenter Ant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

AND ONE LAST ANT:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This spider catapults ants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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