Yard and Year Lists
2019 New Taxa
Date
23
Cycloneda polita
(Western Polished Lady Beetle)
(Western Polished Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
21
Parmelia sulcata
(Shield Lichen)
(Shield Lichen)
22 Oct 2019
On a European Weeping Birch trunk
20
Pterostichus melanarius
(Rain Beetle)
(Rain Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
20 mm
19
Melangyna sp.
(Halfbands)
(Halfbands)
7 Oct 2019
On Big Sage flowers
18
Achyra rantalis
(Garden Webworm Moth)
(Garden Webworm Moth)
7 Sep 2019
17
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus: Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
Subgenus: Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
3 Sep 2019
14
Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
24 Aug 2019
13
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
8 Aug 2019
12
Vespula consobrina
(Blackjacket)
(Blackjacket)
14 Jul 2019
11
Rhagoletis indifferens
(Western Cherry Fruit Fly)
(Western Cherry Fruit Fly)
14 Jul 2019
Landed on my wife while she was picking cherries.
10
Setophaga townsendi
(Townsend's Warbler)
(Townsend's Warbler)
28 Apr 2019
9
Gryllus veletis
(Spring Field Cricket)
(Spring Field Cricket)
27 Apr 2019
~ 18 mm
Nymph spring field cricket Gryllus veletus?
8
Cecidomyiidae
(Gall and Forest Midges)
(Gall and Forest Midges)
25 Apr 2019
Tiny midge-like insects all over Penstemon leaves
7
Celastrina asheri
(Asher's Blue)
(Asher's Blue)
24 Apr 2019
6
Steatoda triangulosa
(Triangulate Combfoot)
(Triangulate Combfoot)
23 Apr 2019
Under a board in the garden
~ 7 mm
5
Epermenia sp.
18 Apr 2019
Captured in house
7 mm
4
Campopleginae
17 Apr 2019
About a dozen of these emerged from a Trichiosoma pupa collected on March 31 from a Douglas Hawthorn twig.
8 mm
I took them to the Barr Entomological Museum at the University of Idaho for identification. ...
3
Grimmia pulvinata
(Grey-cushioned Grimmia)
(Grey-cushioned Grimmia)
14 Apr 2019
On concrete block
2
Theridion sp.
(Typical Cobweb Spiders)
(Typical Cobweb Spiders)
26 Mar 2019
1.5 mm body length
Under bark of silver maple tree
1
Sergiolus sp.
16 Mar 2019
On desk. ~ 10 mm body length