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Category: Arthropoda

Coccinella septempunctata (7-spotted Lady Beetle)

March 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I was photographing Bryophytes in a friend’s courtyard when I saw this lady beetle on a patch of Homalothecium fulgescens…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coccinella, Coccinellidae (Lady Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: 7-spotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata

Nemognatha lutea

February 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For my first post about the fascinating family Meloidae (blister beetles) I am profiling Nemognatha lutea, a relatively common denizen…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Meloidae, Nemognatha, Species Profiles Filed under: Nemognatha lutea

Pontia beckerii (Becker’s White)

February 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Since I’m hanging out indoors today while snow falls steadily, covering every exposed horizontal surface, I thought I’d look back…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Pieridae, Pontia, Species Profiles Filed under: Pontia beckerii

Cicindela purpurea (Cow Path Tiger Beetle)

December 21, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Tiger beetles in general get my juices flowing in a different way than other insects, because they really have to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Cicindela, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Cicindela purpurea, Cicindela purpurea ssp. audubonii, Cow Path Tiger Beetle

Operophtera occidentalis

December 18, 2020 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Last week I decided to start taking my Olympus TG5 to work with me, because sometimes I see interesting critters…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Operophtera occidentalis

Arctosa littoralis

November 22, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Arctosa littoralis is one of the largest wolf spiders (Lycosidae) in our region, and another seemingly common species that has…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arctosa, Arthropoda, Lycosidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Arctosa littoralis

Philolithus densicollis

November 21, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

It was surprising to me that this apparently relatively common Tenebrionid beetle was not represented on BugGuide from the state…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Philolithus, Species Profiles, Tenebrionidae

Scoliopteryx libatrix (Herald)

November 18, 2020 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

There are several genera of moths which overwinter, hibernating as adults. But I had never found any that were doing…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Scoliopteryx, Species Profiles Filed under: Herald Moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix

Tropidischia xanthostoma (Square- legged Camel Cricket)

November 17, 2020 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Last Saturday, based on a tip from social media, my friend Craig Sondergaard and I mounted an expedition to the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles, Tropodischia Filed under: Square-legged Camel Cricket, Tropidischia xanthostoma

Ctenolepisma lineatum (Four-lined Silverfish)

October 31, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Usually the wingless insects in our apartment are just relocated without any attempt to identify them, since I have almost…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ctenolepisma, Insecta, Lepismatidae, Species Profiles, Zygentoma Filed under: Ctenolepisma lineatum, Four-lined Silverfish

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