{"id":11892,"date":"2020-10-28T16:05:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=11892"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:05:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:05:56","slug":"bugs-without-bios-xv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugs without Bios XV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n

Bugs without Bios are bugs who have no fan clubs or t-shirts or Wanted posters and who go about their daily lives without attracting too much attention, yet are still worthy of our admiration..<\/p>\n

Actually, there probably is a BANDED LONGHORN BEETLE t-shirt out there somewhere. It\u2019s in the charismatic Long-horned beetle family Cerambycidae<\/em>, whose extra-long-antennaed members are favorites of insect enthusiasts everywhere. They\u2019re in the flower longhorn subfamily Lepturinae<\/em> \u2013 long, skinny, \u201cbroad-shouldered\u201d beetles that can be seen crawling across blossoms in the daytime, feeding on nectar (carbs) and pollen (protein) without demolishing the flowers. Flower longhorn larvae stay out of sight, burrowing in decaying tree trunks.<\/p>\n

For a nice overview of the flower longhorns, see this article in the other Bug of the Week<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Banded longhorns (Typocerus velutinus) (velutinus<\/em> refers to the beetle\u2019s golden \u201cdowniness\u201d) are found in grasslands, prairies, pastures, or woody openings with wildflowers in eastern North America. There must be dead hardwoods like oak and hickory nearby for its larvae. Adults are often associated with Queen Anne\u2019s lace (this one was on Water hemlock, which is in the same family) but they\u2019ve been recorded on plants in the rose, elderberry, aster, viburnum, sumac, and dogbane families, where their downiness makes them good pollinators.<\/p>\n

\"arhyssus\"<\/p>\n

The delicate little GRASS BUG Arhyssus nigristernum<\/em> (probably) is in the Scentless Plant bug family Rhopalidae<\/em>, a family we have encountered before in the form of the Box elder bug. There are 14 species in this New World genus, but only three occur in the weedy fields of the East.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not much out there about Arhyssus nigristernum<\/em> (no common name). A different Arhyssus<\/em> species is known to overwinter as an adult, and another genus member that lives in the Northwest is infamous, like the Box elder bug, for moving (harmlessly) inside for the winter (\u201chome invasions,\u201d says one newspaper article), and despite its family name, this species is said to smell \u201cpiney.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"grasshopper\"<\/a>The BugLady found this pretty and remarkably cooperative STRIPED SEDGE GRASSHOPPER (Stethophyma lineata<\/em>) (or lineatum<\/em>) in her favorite wetland this summer. It\u2019s in the Short-horned grasshopper family Acrididae<\/em> and in the Band-winged grasshopper subfamily. The Striped sedge grasshopper has northern affiliations \u2013 it\u2019s found across North America as far north as Alaska and as far south as Colorado and New Jersey, although according to bugguide.net it seems to be getting scarce in the southern part of its range (it\u2019s listed for northeastern but not for southeastern Wisconsin).<\/p>\n

It lives on the edges of lakes, marshes, bogs, and wet meadows, and as its name suggests, its food is mostly sedges.<\/p>\n

Many of the Band-winged grasshoppers have dramatically-striped wings, but this one\u2019s wings are a sedate cocoa color<\/a>; it has great gams<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Fun Fact about the Striped sedge grasshopper: according to GRASSHOPPERS OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES and adjacent regions, \u201cThis relatively large species is sometimes locally abundant and may be important in the diet of Sandhill and Whooping Cranes.\u201d<\/p>\n

#600!<\/p>\n

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

Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios are bugs who have no fan clubs or t-shirts or Wanted posters and who go about their daily lives without attracting too much attention, yet are still worthy of our admiration.. Actually, there probably is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19040,"featured_media":11894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[30,93],"class_list":["post-11892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bug-of-the-week","tag-beetles","tag-grasshoppers"],"yoast_head":"\nField Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bugs without Bios XV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios are bugs who have no fan clubs or t-shirts or Wanted posters and who go about their daily lives without attracting too much attention, yet are still worthy of our admiration.. Actually, there probably is …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Field Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"571\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cheryl L Totty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cheryl L Totty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cheryl L Totty\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8\"},\"headline\":\"Bugs without Bios XV\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":503,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Beetles\",\"Grasshoppers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bug of the Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bugs without Bios XV - Field Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/380\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":571,\"caption\":\"cerambycid\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/bugs-without-bios-xv\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bug of the Week\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/category\\\/bug-of-the-week\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Bugs without Bios XV\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/\",\"name\":\"Field Station\",\"description\":\"UW-Milwaukee\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/field-station\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8\",\"name\":\"Cheryl L Totty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cheryl L Totty\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Field Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bugs without Bios XV","og_description":"Howdy, BugFans, Bugs without Bios are bugs who have no fan clubs or t-shirts or Wanted posters and who go about their daily lives without attracting too much attention, yet are still worthy of our admiration.. Actually, there probably is …","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/","og_site_name":"Field Station","article_published_time":"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":571,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cheryl L Totty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cheryl L Totty","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/"},"author":{"name":"Cheryl L Totty","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#\/schema\/person\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8"},"headline":"Bugs without Bios XV","datePublished":"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/"},"wordCount":503,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg","keywords":["Beetles","Grasshoppers"],"articleSection":["Bug of the Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/","name":"Bugs without Bios XV - Field Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-28T21:05:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#\/schema\/person\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/10\/cerambycid-typocerus20-2rz.jpg","width":800,"height":571,"caption":"cerambycid"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-without-bios-xv\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bug of the Week","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/category\/bug-of-the-week\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bugs without Bios XV"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/","name":"Field Station","description":"UW-Milwaukee","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/#\/schema\/person\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8","name":"Cheryl L Totty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1edbe06902c8624b66c8658fae321475d81213bcc5c5560cd86d6e8bab29025?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cheryl L Totty"}}]}},"acf":[],"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1603919023:19040"],"_oembed_0956a9a80130979532e51ce4628b6444":["{{unknown}}"],"_edit_last":["19040"],"_thumbnail_id":["11894"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_expiration-date-status":["saved"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["8"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:10:44\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"]},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 07:12:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11897,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11892\/revisions\/11897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}