Sunday, March 22, 2015

Insects






Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies)

Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa)
 Meadowhawk Dragonfly - Sympetrum illotum
Libellula saturata     Flame Skimmer



Bees and Flies





Bombus sp. probably B.  caliginosus or vosnesenskii (Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)





Bombus mixtus (Fuzzy-horned bumble bee)
female Bombus vosnesenskii (Yellow-faced bumble bee)



Honey Bee Apis mellifera







Hoverflies  (Flower Flies)   Syrphidae




Toxomerus occidentalis a species of flower fly









Eupeodes volucris, Bird Hover Fly

Tricoptera: Caddisflies

greenhouse bug on bark - Limnephilus
Limnephilus sp.



Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths





Lorquin's Admiral - Limenitis lorquini

Lorquin's Admiral





Papilio rutulus - Western Tiger Swallowtail




Papilio eurymedon - Pale Swallowtail


Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta


Red Admiral

Red Admiral



Erynnis propertius -  Propertius Duskywing

Mylitta Crescent  -  Phyciodes mylitta









Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
Euphydryas chalcedona wallacensis    Snowberry Checkerspot



Satyr Comma           Polygonia satyrus




Ochlodes sylvanoides Woodland Skipper



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Common Wood Nymph...
Cercyonis pegala

Mylitta Crescent... Phyciodes mylitta

Mylitta Crescent... Phyciodes mylitta


Celastrina echo  Echo Azure 

Celastrina echo    Echo Azure





  Aglais milberti   Milbert's Tortoiseshell
                                          


Nymphalis californica - California Tortoiseshell

Echo Azure   -- Celastrina echo










Moths

Gnophaela vermiculata, Bluebell Tiger Moth






Caenurgina crassiuscula Clover Looper Moth



Catocala sp.     Underwing

Tissue Moth  Triphosa haesitata


                                                                        Sulphur Angle
                                                                   Speranza sulphurea
                 
                                  


ventral view



Noctua pronuba  European Yellow Underwing




Deceptive Sallow  Feralia deceptiva


                                            Ctenucha rubroscapus
                                         Red-Shouldered Ctenucha



Syngrapha rectangula    Salt and Pepper Looper


Cinnabar Moth  Tyria jacobaeae
Forest Tent Caterpillar    Malacosoma disstria




Mantidie
                                    Mantis religiosus, Praying Mantis







Beetles (Coleoptera)

Diurnal Firefly  Ellychnia sp.





Multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

True Bugs (Heteroptera)



A Largus sp. nymph  The adults are the ones we saw hooked together mating in our garden all spring (2016).


Apparently, the little red bugs are just younger versions of the big blue-green iridescent ones, according to BugGuide.net.
The ones below were on a stump in our woods in July.


Gerridae (water striders) are also true bugs


Berytidae (Stilt Bugs), true bugs

A Berytidae nymph on my Butterwort (carnivorous plant)
True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Soapberry Bugs (Serinethinae) » Boisea » Western Boxelder Bug (Boisea rubrolineata)

Western Boxelder Bug, Boisea rubrolineata




Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs), another true bug


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Euschistus conspersus
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies) Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs) Infraorder Pentatomomorpha Superfamily Pentatomoidea Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs) Subfamily Pentatominae Tribe Carpocorini Genus & species
Euschistus conspersus
 

Grasshoppers and Crickets: Orthoptera

Melanoplus femurrubrum;Red-legged Grasshopper

 

 

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