Bug of the Week

Essays on local bugs by Kate Redmond, "The Bug Lady".

Bugs of the Week

Week 50 – Dragonfly 2 (Family Libellulidae)

Week 49 – Signs of Insects

Week 48 – Damselfly (Suborder Zygoptera)

Week 47 – Centipede (Class Chilopoda)

Week 46 – Potter/Jug-builder Wasp (Subfamily Eumeninae)

Week 45 – Aphid (Family Aphididae)

Week 44 – Dragonfly (Family Libellulidae)

Week 43 – Click Beetle (Family Elateridae)

Week 42 – Great Golden Digger Wasp (Family Sphecidae)

Week 41 – Tachinid Fly (Family Tachinidae)

Week 40 – Tiger Beetle (Family Cicindelidae)

Week 39 – Nerve-winged Insects (Order Neuoptera/Megaloptera)

Week 38 – Giant Silk Moths (Family Saturnidae)

Week 37 – Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Week 36 – Pupal Cases (Family Sphingidae and Order Coleoptera)

Week 35 – June Beetle (Phylophaga sp.)

Week 34 – Laurel Moth (Family Sphingidae)

Week 33 – Daddy Long-legs and Long-bellied Cellar Spider (Order Opiliones and Family Pholcidae)

Week 32 – Tent Caterpillar (Family Lasiocampidae)

Week 31 – Leech (Class Hirudinea)

Week 30 – Ichneumon Wasp (Family Ichneumonidae)

Week 29 – Slug (Family Limacidae)

Week 28 – Bumble Bee (Bombus sp.)

Week 27 – Winter Houseguests (Family Coccinellidae and Coreidae)

Week 26 – Millipede (Class Diplopoda)

Week 25 – Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)

Week 24 – Black and Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio polyxenes and Papilio glaucus)

Week 23 – Sowbug (Order Isopoda)

Week 22 – Stonefly (Order Plecoptera)

Week 21 – Wood Tick (Family Ixodidae)

Week 20 – Garden Spider (Family Araneidae)

Week 19 – Mayfly (Order Ephemerata)

Week 18 – Cranefly (Family Tipulidae)

Week 17 – Syrphid Fly

Week 16 – Water Strider (Pentatomidae sp.)

Week 15 – Stinkbug (Gerridae sp.)

Week 14 – Scorpionfly (Panorpa sp.)

Week 13 – Honeybee (Apis sp.)

Week 12 – Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)

Week 11 – Fishing Spider (Family Pisauridae)

Week 10 – Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

Week 9 – Milkweed Critters (Family Cerambicidae, Chrysomelidae, Arctiidae, Lygaeidae, and Danaidae)

Week 8 – Butterflies that Overwinter (Family Nymphalidae)

Week 7 – Box Elder Bug (Family Rhopalidae)

Week 6 – Praying Mantis (Family Mantidae)

Week 5 – Dragonfly 2 (Family Libellulidae)

Week 4 – Damselfly (Suborder Zygoptera)

Week 3 – Aphid (Family Aphididae)

Week 2 – Giant Swallowtail (Family Papilionidae)

Week 1 – Dragonfly (Family Libellulidae)