Life On A Quarter Acre

Trapped between windows of front door.

When the windows were adjusted, she flew away - into the house. So she's somewhere inside the house now.

Several of these were flitting around on the globe thistles this morning.

Associated Species:

On inside kitchen window,

3 mm

Collection #2895

Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)

Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)

Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)

The first ones I've seen this spring. There were quite a few flying just above the ground in the backyard raspberry patch.

I netted one, cooled it down, took some (bad) photos, and released it.

Malaise trap, 5 mm

This is the first iNat observation for the genus Exochus in the state of Idaho.

Malaise Trap, 26 Aug 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

Female, 6 mm

Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23

~ 5 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 9 mm

Length ~ 13 mm

Malaise Trap, 8-10 Jun 23

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 11 mm

From Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.

IDed at Barr Museum by Nathaniel Green on 14 Jun 24

Female, 13 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 June 2023

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24.

Female, 15 mm

Malaise Trap, 8-10 June 2023

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

7 mm

Malaise trap, 8 June 23

10 mm, female

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum, 14 Jun 24

Marlise Trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 Jun 24

Female, 9 mm

Malaise Trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

Female, 11 mm

Malaise Trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

Male?, 10 mm

Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

10 mm, female

Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

Female, 10 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 June 23

5mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 11 mm

Caught this one while it was flying around the woodpile. Took me a half hour and a dozen tries with the net.

13 mm

15 mm

Collection

Length 15 mm

Found next to hammock on 23 July 2022. Photographed and posted to iNat, then captured and pinned.

IDed on twitter with help from Davide Dal Pos, Nathaniel Green, and Brandon Claridge.

Female Gelis wasp that emerged today from spider eggs sacs that I collected from my yard on March 9.

6 mm

On March 9 I collected some spider egg sacs that I found under a rock in our yard. I put them in a bag to see what would come out.

Today about a dozen Gelis wasps emerged, mostly females. This is a female on an egg sac.

~ 7 mm, female

Caught on spruce stump, cooled and photographed.

Netted from snowberry bush.

Length 8 mm

Female

BugGuide

On spruce stump

6 deg C, ~ 22 mm

Exploring the bark of an old silver maple tree

~ 10 mm

Malaise Trap, 7-8 June 2018

11 mm

BugGuide, Male

First Banchus iNat observation in Idaho

Female

BugGuide

Several of these were active this morning on lawn. Netted this one and photographed it after cooling it down a bit in the fridge.

BugGuide ID

Female

BugGuide

First and only iNat observation

~ 25 mm

On front porch. 10 deg C, cloudy and windy

Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)

Female

BugGuide

First Idaho iNat observation. I also recorded one at Idler's Rest.