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

The BugLady took to the trails this summer as much as her shiny, new knee and the oppressive heat and humidity allowed (her preferred maximum temperature is 72 degrees.\u00a0The gods didn’t cooperate).\u00a0Here are some of the bugs she found.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUE DASHER OVIPOSITING \u2013 A female Blue Dasher bobs up and down as she looses eggs into the water. Blue Dashers don\u2019t oviposit \u201cin tandem,\u201d with the male guarding her by maintaining his grip at the back of her head, but the male stays close, flying around her as she dips the tip of her abdomen into the water, and chasing off rival males that would carry her away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CICADA \u2013 When the BugLady was little, the treetops sizzled with cicada calls in August (she called them \u201chot bugs,\u201d because when they emerged, it was). The only species she heard back then was the dog day cicada\u00a0Dogday Cicada (Family Cicadidae) \u2013 Field Station<\/a>, but for the past decade, she has heard fewer and fewer of them each year Dog-day Cicada | Songs of Insects<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, she has been enjoying the songs of a Linne\u2019s cicada Linne\u2019s Cicada | Songs of Insects<\/a> and an dusk-calling Scissor-grinder cicada Scissor-grinder Cicada | Songs of Insects<\/a>, too, both of whom are southern\/southeastern species that are inching north. Welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY ON PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE \u2013 A dainty, white butterfly on a pretty, fuchsia flower.\u00a0Both are non-native (hint: the butterfly\u2019s caterpillar is known as the European cabbage worm), and both are \u201cnaturalized,\u201d that is, having been introduced and\/or having escaped into the wild, they are doing very well on their own, thank you.\u00a0Only a very small percentage of non-native, naturalized species go on to create problems and to get a third label – \u201cinvasive.\u201d\u00a0For a nice discussion, see Invasive, Non-Native, or Naturalized – Huron River Watershed Council<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EASTERN PONDHAWK AND MEADOWHAWK \u2013 It\u2019s a dragonfly-eat-dragonfly world out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MILKWEED TUSSOCK MOTH AND CRAB SPIDER \u2013 The BugLady has been receiving some queries recently from BugFans whose milkweed is looking pretty ratty.\u00a0The culprit?\u00a0The Milkweed tussock moth Euchaetes egle – BugGuide.Net<\/a>, whose caterpillar is sometimes called the Harlequin caterpillar.\u00a0Mom lays masses of eggs, and the caterpillars feed gregariously for a while, skeletonizing leaves by eating the tender tissue between the leaf veins.\u00a0Then they go their separate ways and eat the leaves down to their midribs.\u00a0Bugguide.net says, in an understatement, that the caterpillars \u201cMay defoliate patches of milkweed.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allegedly, they don\u2019t interfere with Monarch caterpillars because they eat the old, leathery leaves that the monarchs don\u2019t, and because they\u2019re gearing up as the Gen 5 Monarchs are readying themselves for their trip south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, the BugLady did not see the crab spider, and what looks like an egg sac, when she took the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PICTURE-WINGED FLY \u2013 This spiffy fly (genus\u00a0Rivelli<\/em>, family Platystomatidae) walks around, twitching its wings constantly, sending semaphore signals to nearby females. For its story, see Signal Fly (Family Platystomatidae) \u2013 Field Station<\/a> (only, the BugLady misspelled the family name).\u00a0What a treat to watch this little fly strutting his stuff!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WOOD\/AMERICAN DOG TICK \u2013 Yes, they\u2019re everywhere (they prefer grassy areas and forest edges), and yes, most people feel creepy just looking at a picture of one, feeling the phantom feet of phantom ticks tickling their skin. Dog ticks need three different hosts to get through their life cycles, and they can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever as well as Tularemia (but if your dog comes down with Tularemia, it may be playing with the local bunnies). Various sources say that Wood ticks in Wisconsin don\u2019t often carry diseases and that Rocky Mountain spotted fever (or any Spotted fever rickettsiosis) are (for now) rare here.\u00a0They don\u2019t spread Lyme disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VIRGINIA CTENUCHA CATERPILLAR \u2013Lepidopterists say that the more spectacular the caterpillar, the more homely the adult, and vice versa. The Virginia Ctenucha moth is one of the exceptions that proves the rule Ctenucha virginica – BugGuide.Net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The caterpillars are out and about early \u2013 this one was photographed in May, but they overwinter as caterpillars, and the BugLady encounters them strolling along on the warm road on a warm day in late winter or early spring.\u00a0Adults are large-ish, day-or-night-flying moths that tuck in under a leaf when alarmed.\u00a0The \u201cC\u201d is silent. –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Woolly<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WOOLLY ALDER APHIDS AND THEIR ANTS \u2013 We\u2019ve seen it before \u2013 aphids going about their business, assisted by ants that protect them them in exchange for being able to \u201cmilk\u201d them for honeydew, a sugary fluid that is a byproduct of the sap that flows through the aphids when they eat. Honeydew is an important carbohydrate for the ants that farm aphids and treehoppers.\u00a0If you\u2019ve ever seen a leaf whose upper surface looks shiny and sticky, look up under the overhead leaves \u2013 they\u2019re probably occupied by aphids.\u00a0Bees, wasps, flies, and other insects will visit the leaf to eat honeydew. The woolly aphid\u2019s wool consists of waterproof, waxy filaments made in glands in the aphid\u2019s abdomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Emerald<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

EMERALD ASH BORER \u2013 They really are lovely, little beetles, with a surprise splash of crimson when their wings are spread Buprestid? – Agrilus planipennis – BugGuide.Net<\/a>.\u00a0But the extensive tunnels (called galleries signs of EAB attack – Agrilus planipennis – BugGuide.Net<\/a>) that the larvae make below the bark disrupt the ash tree\u2019s plumbing so that it can\u2019t pump nutrients between its roots and crown.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Sedge<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SEDGE SPRITES \u2013 One of the BugLady\u2019s favorite damselflies, these little beauties are scarcely an inch long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Weevils<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WEEVILS ON PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER \u2013 Purple prairie clover is a lovely, native tallgrass prairie plant. The early settlers on the Great Plains nicknamed it \u201cDevil\u2019s shoelaces\u201d because this skinny, two-foot-high plant may have roots that are six feet long \u2013 roots that grew deep enough to reach through the thick prairie sod to find water. That magnificent sod resisted the settlers attempts to plow it with their small, cast-iron plows until 1837, when John Deere invented the steel moldboard plow, which he fashioned from an old sawmill saw.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the top of the flower, there are two weevils, probably seed weevils in the genus\u00a0Apion<\/em>, making whoopie.\u00a0Here\u2019s a BOTW about seed weevils Baptisia Seed Pod Weevils (Family Curculionidae) \u2013 Field Station<\/a>. No, the BugLady did not see the weevils when she took the picture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stag<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

STAG BEETLE \u2013 Yes, the BugLady\u00a0did<\/em>\u00a0see this Stag beetle as it emerged from her lawn one evening in July \u2013 the beetle looks big enough to trip over, and she moves like a tank.\u00a0Here\u2019s her story Stag Beetle Lucanus Placidus \u2013 Field Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ROBBER FLY \u2013 Remember, bumble bees are vegetarians, so if you see a bumble bee with prey, it\u2019s not a bumble bee.\u00a0Mimicking a bumble bee is a pretty good survival strategy \u2013 no one messes with bumble bees. This fly is in the genus\u00a0Laphria,<\/em>\u00a0one of the \u201cbee-like\u201d robber flies. Their larvae live in rotten wood and feed on insects they find there, and the adults often prey on beetles (though the BugLady saw one make a pass at a Sulphur butterfly once).\u00a0Robber flies come in a variety of sizes and shapes – for information about Wisconsin robber flies (and butterflies and tiger beetles) see Butterflies \u2014 wisconsinbutterflies.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Red-belted<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

RED-BELTED BUMBLE BEES \u2013 are found west of the great plains and across southern Canada and our northern tier of states.\u00a0They are one of the short-tongued bumble bees, which means that they prefer \u201cflatter\u201d flowers like clovers, thistles, goldenrods, and asters. The BugLady doesn\u2019t know where this one was hiking to \u2013 she saw several others on flowers in the area. A little rusty on bumble bees?\u00a0Here\u2019s a great bumble bee guide from the Xerces Society: Bumble Bees of the Eastern United States | Xerces Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go outside, look at bugs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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