Tag Archives: insect
09.17.2021 A nice surprise at my window.
Usually right before bed I put on the outdoor lights and see what they attract for photography. When I looked around the corner I thought I had an interesting moth on the window screen but when I got a closer … Continue reading
09.07.2021 Two fer Tuesday…Zombie Moth
In this case two posts of the same subject. The one this morning was taken on the outside of our back door. As with the Bald-faced Hornet a while back, this was from the inside and an unusual look at … Continue reading
09.07.2021 A regular visitor.
This is one moth that I see annually in the yard. I am not sure what the attraction is as their food is grains and corn which is not in our yard but they show up at the back door … Continue reading
09.05.2021 Lovely Mimic
One should be careful what you swat. I bet your first impulse is that this is a scary wasp or hornet and a threat. That was mine too. But it is a Hoverfly mimicking a hornet. Eastern Hornet Fly-Spilomyia longicornis. I … Continue reading
09.01.2021 Wednesday Weevil
I think many of us associate weevils with cotton boll depredation (that species has been mostly eradicated) but they are not limited to just that one crop. I posted one earlier that eats milkweed and now this one that eats … Continue reading
08.30.2021 A pleasant chase
While at MacLeod Field yesterday morning, I spotted this flash of orange and having seen several Pearl Crescents thought it to be one. But upon a closer look I was mistaken. Silver-bordered Fritillary-Boloria selene When I first spotted this individual … Continue reading
08.29.2021 Sunday Night with the Hopper
Lots of insects at the wet meadow this morning. This hopper was my first encounter. Red-legged Grasshopper-Melanoplus femurrubrum I continue to be impressed with this 180+2.o combo. These are pretty common and can be large enough in numbers to be … Continue reading
08.10.2021 Hey, Stinky!
Not sure how the Genus common name came about as I did not smell this at all. Of course I was a few feet away. But I can see how they are called Lacewings, one of the Neuroptera that also … Continue reading
08.10.2021 Tuesday Twosome PG-13
I came upon these two doing their best to assure that there will be more Cabbage White butterflies-Pieris rapae next year. I guess eye contact isn’t that big a deal in the insect world.
08.05.2021 Dragonfly Conundrum
This could be one of two dragonfly species. They are indistinguishable in a photograph or even in hand, which I do not do. I have decided that it is a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk-Sympetrum internum but cannot be positive. The other possibility … Continue reading
