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Category: Insecta

Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle)

August 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These beautiful and striking bugs are members of the family Cantharidae (soldier beetles). Since this is my first profile of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Rhagonycha, Species Profiles Filed under: Common Red Soldier Beetle, Rhagonycha fulva

Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

August 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I am not positive that this Syrphid fly is Chrysotoxum flavifrons. The fact that the last segment of the antenna…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chrysotoxum, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Chrysotoxum flavifrons, Chrysotoxum flavifrons (Blackshield Meadow Fly)

Habrosyne scripta (Lettered Habrosyne)

August 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

 These striking moths used to be in the family Thyatiridae, but molecular studies have shown that that is more properly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Drepanidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Habrosyne scripta, Lettered Habrosyne

Mecyna mustelinalis

August 10, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

There is a real lack of information available for this species of Crambid moth. This is the only one I’ve…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Crambidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Mecyna, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Mecyna mustelinalis

Neoterpes trianguliferata

August 8, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The information on these wonderful Geometrid moths indicates that they are also found at lower elevations, but the only ones…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Neoterpes, Species Profiles Filed under: Canary Thorn, Neoterpes trianguliferata

Eucopina siskiyouana (Fir Cone Borer Moth)

August 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The is a real lack of information about these sharply patterned little tortricid moths. Part of that is undoubtedly because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Eucopina, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Tortricidae Filed under: Eucopina siskiyouana, Fir Cone Borer Moth

Laphria ventralis

July 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This is my first profile of a member of the family Asilidae (robber flies; also known as assassin flies). I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Asilidae, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Laphria, Species Profiles Filed under: Laphria ventralis

Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly)

July 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This wasp mimic is a very interesting soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae). For one thing the mimicry extends to having antennae…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Hermetia, Insecta, Species Profiles, Stratiomyidae Filed under: Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens

Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches Moth)

July 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This beautiful Noctuid moth is another one that, like the Ecliptopera silaceata that I recently profiled, ranges throughout the temperate…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Anaplectoides prasina, Green Arches Moth

Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix Moth)

July 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I have a special fondness for these sharply marked moths. Though they are superficially similar to several medium sized geometrids,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ecliptopera, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Ecliptopera silaceata, Small Phoenix

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