Life On A Quarter Acre

Yard and Year Lists

2019 New Taxa

Date
22
Gelis sp.
25 Oct 2019
21
Cycloneda polita
(Western Polished Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
20
Parmelia sulcata
(Shield Lichen)
22 Oct 2019
On a European Weeping Birch trunk
19
Pterostichus melanarius
(Rain Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
20 mm
18
Melangyna sp.
7 Oct 2019
17
Achyra rantalis
(Garden Webworm Moth)
7 Sep 2019
16
Araneus gemmoides
(Cat-faced Orbweaver)
3 Sep 2019
15
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus: Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
3 Sep 2019
14
Peleteria iterans
1 Sep 2019
13
Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
24 Aug 2019
12
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
8 Aug 2019
11
Rhagoletis indifferens
14 Jul 2019
Landed on my wife while she was picking cherries.
10
Vespula consobrina
(Blackjacket)
14 Jul 2019
9
Setophaga townsendi
(Townsend's Warbler)
28 Apr 2019
8
Gryllus veletis
(Spring Field Cricket)
27 Apr 2019
~ 18 mm\r\n\r\nNymph spring field cricket Gryllus veletus?
7
Celastrina asheri
(Asher's Blue)
24 Apr 2019
6
Steatoda triangulosa
(Triangulate Combfoot)
23 Apr 2019
Under a board in the garden\r\n~ 7 mm
5
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
21 Apr 2019
9 deg C
4
Epermenia sp.
18 Apr 2019
Captured in house\r\n7 mm
3
Campopleginae
17 Apr 2019
About a dozen or so of these emerged from a Trichiosoma pupa that I collected on March 31 from a Douglas Hawthorn twig. \r\n\r\n~ 8 mm\r\n\r\nI took them to the Barr Entomological Museum at the University of Idaho for identification.\r\n
2
Grimmia pulvinata
(Grey-cushioned Grimmia)
14 Apr 2019
On concrete block
1
Theridion sp.
(Typical Cobweb Spiders)
26 Mar 2019
1.5 mm body length\r\nUnder bark of silver maple tree