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The Bug Lady » Announcements

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For lovers of crawly things. Ah, summer…. I’m embarrassed to have stopped posting and not have left any explanations. Well you see, I started this blog in the winter, when it’s too miserable outside and terribly boring inside. Now during the summer it’s very difficult for me to spend any time by the computer at all. I barely check my e-mail, let alone [.]. I’ll be back in January! Holidays are kind of crazy :). I know, the page is slow as hell. It should be faster and better soon. Ah, summer….

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The Bug Lady » arachnid

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For lovers of crawly things. I went outside through the back porch and saw this:. Then I came closer…. It’s baby spiders by the dozens BAWWWWW! If you don’t think baby spiders are cute you have no heart, no soul, YOU ARE DEAD INSIDE. Ah, spring is wonderful. I never saw a spider quite like this, yellow with a black triangle on the [.]. The size of an Armadeira. While I wait, I decided to make a post about the Phoneutria sp. spiders again because, well, they’re awesome. Here is one from Illinois! There ar...

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The Bug Lady » Wasps

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For lovers of crawly things. Repeat after me: sa-UUUUUH-vaaah, sa-UUUUU-vaaah…. Yes, it sounds like the name of an ancient curse that the elders of the little town warn the foreigners about. You know, you may be right. This ant, seen here feeding on a piece of wild chewing gum, is a big threat to your farming enterprise. The saúva, or Atta [.]. I saw an article yesterday on Arstechnica about parasitic wasps. It’s a pretty cool article, check it out:. They make little tunnels of [.]. Ah, summer…. Creative...

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The Bug Lady » araneus diadematus

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For lovers of crawly things. I recently came across a pretty interesting blog called Ugly Overload, where there are, of course, many pictures of insects. Poor little creatures, they are not that ugly! Anyway, I saw this picture of what is being called the strawberry crab over there, and it made me remember this spider that I found a few years [.]. Its name is [.]. Ah, summer…. The size of an Armadeira. While we’re looking at weird arachnids…. Don’t you run away from me, you… weird thing. 2016 The Bug Lady.

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The Bug Lady » Crickets

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For lovers of crawly things. I was walking home one evening, and I saw this beautiful grasshopper resting on a shrub. It was so bright looking, and I had never seen one of these before, so I picked it up and brought it home with me. It was very friendly, it let me pick it up and play with it, [.]. This katydid would like to give thanks for being green. It’s an excellent color indeed. It belongs to the Orthoptera order, the same as crickets and grasshoppers. [.]. Ah, summer…. The size of an Armadeira.

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The Bug Lady » Spiders

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For lovers of crawly things. I went outside through the back porch and saw this:. Then I came closer…. It’s baby spiders by the dozens BAWWWWW! If you don’t think baby spiders are cute you have no heart, no soul, YOU ARE DEAD INSIDE. Ah, spring is wonderful. I never saw a spider quite like this, yellow with a black triangle on the [.]. The size of an Armadeira. While I wait, I decided to make a post about the Phoneutria sp. spiders again because, well, they’re awesome. Here is one from Illinois! When we ...

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The Bug Lady » Mystery assassin bug

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For lovers of crawly things. I’d like it to be the case that this international bug of mystery with so many hits on his belt is keeping its identity secret for stealthiness purposes. But the fact it that I just don’t know what it is :D. You’d think that a bug with such striking features as this one would be pretty easy to identify, but sometimes, finding information on a specific bug can be really difficult. I went looking on the webs for a while, and I found a picture. Duh, I know that! Unless otherwise...

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The Bug Lady » The size of an Armadeira

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For lovers of crawly things. The size of an Armadeira. Spring is coming, and with it, many buggies will begin to visit my backyard. I hope to see lots of tiny Chicago creatures, and put my macros to work :). While I wait, I decided to make a post about the. Spiders again because, well, they’re awesome. Armadeira is the common name of the. Genus in Portuguese. In English they are known commonly as brazilian wandering spiders. Map from Biodiversity Hotspots. Uh oh yes, armadeiras. Here I put a 5 cents coin...

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The Bug Lady » Saúva (Sa-UUUUUUUH-vah)

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For lovers of crawly things. Repeat after me: sa-UUUUUH-vaaah, sa-UUUUU-vaaah…. Yes, it sounds like the name of an ancient curse that the elders of the little town warn the foreigners about. You know, you may be right. This ant, seen here feeding on a piece of wild chewing gum, is a big threat to your farming enterprise. The saúva, or. I think this one is the. You can tell you’ve been visited by all the sad leaf skeletons they leave behind. To be fair with my dad, my grandmother is native-american, and i...