Beth’s Bug Blog — garden bugs
Bug of the Week: The Green Lacewing
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The green lacewing: angelic on the outside, absolute chaos on the inside. Your garden couldn’t ask for a better friend.
Bug of the Week: The Eastern Tent Caterpillar
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The eastern tent caterpillar: a little destructive, a little communal, and one of the surest signs that spring has truly arrived.
The tent is up. The season is open.
Bug of the Week: The Dogbane Beetle
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The dogbane beetle: proof that the most dazzling things in nature are sometimes hiding in the weeds.
Bug of the Week: The Treehopper-Bizarre Helmet Bug of Summer
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Treehoppers are the helmet-wearing, sap-sipping oddballs of summer; equal parts adorable & bizarre, and always worth a second glance.