Yard and Year Lists
2020 New Taxa
57 Dicyrtomina sp.
1 Dec 2020
On snow, ~ 3 mm, 2 deg C
56 Triphosa haesitata
(Tissue Moth)
17 Nov 2020
On wall in bathroom
55 Chlorochroa sp.
Subgenus: Chlorochroa
12 Oct 2020
54 Pollenia vagabunda
(Vagabond Cluster Fly)
6 Oct 2020
53 Niesthrea sp.
4 Oct 2020
52 Tripleurospermum inodorum
(Scentless Mayweed)
29 Sep 2020
51 Fieberiella florii
(Privet Leafhopper)
27 Sep 2020
50 Physiphora alceae
27 Sep 2020
49 Mythimna unipuncta
(Armyworm Moth)
25 Sep 2020
48 Philaenus spumarius
(Meadow Spittlebug)
21 Sep 2020
47 Pyralis farinalis
(Meal Moth)
19 Sep 2020
On bathroom towel, 16 mm wingspan
46 Choreutis pariana
(Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth)
17 Sep 2020
45 Cylindromyia sp.
6 Sep 2020
44 Prionyx sp.
6 Sep 2020
43 Tharsalea helloides
(Purplish Copper)
6 Sep 2020
42 Chalcophora angulicollis
(Western Sculptured Pine Borer)
25 Aug 2020
On spruce stump, ~ 30 mm
41 Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
21 Aug 2020
On a hollyhock flower
40 Harmostes sp.
5 Aug 2020
39 Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus: Trypoxylon
5 Aug 2020
On raspberry leaf
38 Medicago lupulina
(Black Medick)
19 Jul 2020
37 Burnsius communis
(New World Checkered-Skippers)
16 Jul 2020
36 Pseudomalus auratus
8 Jul 2020
35 Hesperia juba
(Juba Skipper)
1 Jul 2020
34 Polygonum aviculare
(Prostrate Knotweed)
27 Jun 2020
33 Crioceris duodecimpunctata
(Spotted Asparagus Beetle)
22 Jun 2020
32 Molorchus ongicollis
18 Jun 2020
On Mallow-leaf Ninebark leaf. I caught it in a vial, cooled it down in the fridge, and photographed and posted it on iNaturalist.
It was IDed that night by Merrill Peterson (author of Pacific Northwest Insects ).
31 Symmorphus sp.
(Symmorphus)
18 Jun 2020
30 Eulonchus tristis
(Dusky Sapphire)
11 Jun 2020
A Jeweled Spider Fly in subfamily Panopinae (tarantula flies)
Identified by Merrill Peterson, author of Pacific Northwest Insects
ZooKeys: Jewelled spider flies of North America (Diptera, Acroceridae)
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29 Neoclytus muricatulus
11 Jun 2020
28 Chrysoteuchia topiarius
(Topiary Grass-Veneer)
10 Jun 2020
On grass in lawn. length ~ 1 cm
27 Sphaerophoria contigua
(Tufted Globetail)
4 Jun 2020
26 Bombus insularis
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
3 Jun 2020
25 Perizoma costiguttata
2 Jun 2020
24 Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
2 Jun 2020
23 Formica obscuripes
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
30 May 2020
22 Spizella passerina
(Chipping Sparrow)
29 May 2020
21 Sphaerophoria sulphuripes
(Forked Globetail)
28 May 2020
20 Veronica arvensis
(Corn Speedwell)
28 May 2020
19 Cosmopepla uhleri
28 May 2020
~ 5 mm
18 Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
27 May 2020
17 Baridini
24 May 2020
16 Bibio sp.
(March Flies)
23 May 2020
On a parsley plant, ~ 10 mm
15 Chloropinae
(Grass Flies)
23 May 2020
14 Phidippus audax
(Bold Jumping Spider)
23 May 2020
13 Agrocybe acericola
22 May 2020
12 Callibaetis ferrugineus hageni
(Red Speckled Dun)
16 May 2020
11 Cosmopepla intergressa hageni
9 May 2020
10 Eupeodes volucris hageni
(Large-tailed Aphideater)
7 May 2020
9 Sturnus vulgaris hageni
(European Starling)
4 May 2020
8 Anthaxia sp.
Subgenus: Melanthaxia
2 May 2020
7 Orussus thoracicus hageni
(Orussus)
28 Apr 2020
6 Agonopterix alstroemeriana hageni
(Poison Hemlock Moth)
26 Apr 2020
5 Lamium amplexicaule hageni
(Henbit Deadnettle)
24 Apr 2020
4 Andrena sp.
Subgenus: Melandrena
(Mining Bees)
21 Apr 2020
3 Ypsolopha sp.
17 Apr 2020
2 Xerophloea peltata hageni
6 Apr 2020
~ 8 mm
1 Sylvilagus sp.
(Cottontail Rabbits)
6 Jan 2020