Yard and Year Lists
2022 New Taxa
Date
83
Erigone sp.
(Black Dwarf Spiders)
(Black Dwarf Spiders)
6 Nov 2022
Found in shed. ~ 2 mm
82
Lepthyphantes sp.
18 Oct 2022
Fro compost
81
Philonthus cruentatus
17 Oct 2022
From compost, 7 mm
80
Sminthurinus aureus
16 Oct 2022
79
Lepinotus reticulatus
16 Oct 2022
1 mm, in compost
78
Bisnius sp.
16 Oct 2022
8 mm, in compost
77
Fannia sp.
30 Sep 2022
76
Typhlocybini
28 Sep 2022
75
Frankliniella sp.
26 Sep 2022
On Jessica's Aster flowers
~ 1 mm
74
Eristalis flavipes
(Orange-legged Drone Fly)
(Orange-legged Drone Fly)
22 Sep 2022
73
Cheiracanthium sp.
(Longlegged Sac Spiders)
(Longlegged Sac Spiders)
22 Sep 2022
Found on leaf with egg sac on bottom of a Douglas Hawthorn leaf. ~ 6mm
72
Corimelaena sp.
20 Sep 2022
71
Epithemia sp.
9 Sep 2022
From bird bath
70
Caloplaca sp.
(Firedots)
(Firedots)
8 Sep 2022
On north side of trunk of silver maple tree, ascus diameter 0.8 mm
69
Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula
(Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid)
(Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid)
2 Sep 2022
From neighbor's hackberry tree.
68
Colpodidae
1 Sep 2022
From compost infusion
67
Hypotrichia
(Hypotrich)
(Hypotrich)
31 Aug 2022
From a water bowl in the yard.
66
Vorticellidae
(Vorticellidae)
(Vorticellidae)
31 Aug 2022
From a water bowl in the yard.
65
Eriopygini
29 Aug 2022
64
Gelechiini
29 Aug 2022
63
Hydropsychidae
(Net-spinning Caddisflies)
(Net-spinning Caddisflies)
29 Aug 2022
Black light trap.
62
Xestia c-nigrum
(Lesser Black-letter Dart)
(Lesser Black-letter Dart)
29 Aug 2022
61
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
(Red Admiral)
29 Aug 2022
60
Orius tristicolor
(Minute Pirate Bug)
(Minute Pirate Bug)
26 Aug 2022
Eating thrips
59
Melanophila sp.
24 Aug 2022
Found on asphalt driveway. 9 mm
58
Erythroneura ziczac
(Virginia Creeper Leafhopper)
(Virginia Creeper Leafhopper)
24 Aug 2022
57
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
22 Aug 2022
56
Xestia xanthographa
(Square-spot Rustic)
(Square-spot Rustic)
22 Aug 2022
55
Polystoechotes punctata
(Giant Lacewing)
(Giant Lacewing)
22 Aug 2022
On birch stump painted with moth bait, 25 mm
54
Macaria adonis
22 Aug 2022
53
Dargida procinctus
(Girdler Moth)
(Girdler Moth)
22 Aug 2022
UV Light trap
52
Spodoptera praefica
(Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth)
(Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth)
22 Aug 2022
51
Asemum nitidum
22 Aug 2022
Found at night on birch stump, 19 mm
50
Idia sp.
6 Aug 2022
49
Upis ceramboides
(Roughened Darkling Beetle)
(Roughened Darkling Beetle)
1 Aug 2022
48
Acrobasis tricolorella
(Tricolored Acrobasis Moth)
(Tricolored Acrobasis Moth)
27 Jul 2022
47
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
(Codling Moth)
27 Jul 2022
In UV light trap
46
Toxomerus marginatus
(Margined Calligrapher)
(Margined Calligrapher)
24 Jul 2022
45
Ichneumon cupitus
23 Jul 2022
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.
44
Leptomantispa pulchella
(Beautiful Mantidfly)
(Beautiful Mantidfly)
21 Jul 2022
Found on window sill. Captured and collected.
43
Buprestis langii
20 Jul 2022
42
Pseudotephritis sp.
19 Jul 2022
41
Hyperomyzus sp.
17 Jul 2022
40
Agrilus cuprescens
(Rose Stem Girdler)
(Rose Stem Girdler)
15 Jul 2022
6 mm. On raspberry leaf.
39
Ceruchus punctatus
11 Jul 2022
Found this guy under the stump. I thought it was dead, but when I collected it, it moved.
This is the first stag beetle I've seen in the yard. I added it to the collection.
(Unfortunately, it lost a middle leg during the pinning process.) ...
38
Eudioctria sackeni
9 Jul 2022
37
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
(Pale Swallowtail)
7 Jul 2022
36
Clytus canadensis
2 Jul 2022
35
Colladonus montanus
(Mountain Leafhopper)
(Mountain Leafhopper)
30 Jun 2022
34
Andrena angustitarsata
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
29 Jun 2022
33
Bromus tectorum
(Cheatgrass)
(Cheatgrass)
23 Jun 2022
32
Bromus diandrus
(Ripgut Brome)
(Ripgut Brome)
22 Jun 2022
31
Lycogala epidendrum
(Wolf's Milk)
(Wolf's Milk)
9 Jun 2022
30
Magdalis subincta
5 Jun 2022
Based on the apparent 'horns'/squareness at the front of pronotum.
29
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus: Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
Subgenus: Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
26 May 2022
28
Megalonotus sabulicola
(Introduced Dirt-colored Seed Bug)
(Introduced Dirt-colored Seed Bug)
26 May 2022
27
Araniella displicata
(Six-spotted Orbweaver)
(Six-spotted Orbweaver)
26 May 2022
26
Anthriscus caucalis
(Bur Parsley)
(Bur Parsley)
26 May 2022
25
Epistrophe xanthostoma
(Emarginate Smoothtail)
(Emarginate Smoothtail)
26 May 2022
24
Eumerus sp.
24 May 2022
23
Aphis sp.
24 May 2022
On the growing stems of an ocean spray (Holodiscus discolor).
22
Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
(Four-spotted Sap Beetle)
(Four-spotted Sap Beetle)
4 May 2022
In grass cuttings by compost
21
Sitona lineatus
(Pea Weevil)
(Pea Weevil)
4 May 2022
On outside door frame. ~ 3 mm
20
Polyxenus lagurus
(Bristly Millipede)
(Bristly Millipede)
28 Apr 2022
Found under a rotting board.
2 mm
19
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
(Pacific Digger Bee)
24 Apr 2022
18
Orsodacne atra
24 Apr 2022
17
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
23 Apr 2022
7 mm
15
Enoclerus eximius
8 Apr 2022
On spruce stump
14
Bitoma crenata
(Crenate Cylindrical Bark Beetle)
(Crenate Cylindrical Bark Beetle)
29 Mar 2022
On birch stump. 3 mm
12
Ceroxys latiusculus
(Narrow-Banded Picture-Winged Fly)
(Narrow-Banded Picture-Winged Fly)
27 Mar 2022
On shovel handle next to compost bin.
11
Empis sp.
26 Mar 2022
10
Dahlica sp.
24 Mar 2022
Moving slowly on a spruce stump. ~ 5 mm.
Three-sided in cross section and sand-covered.
Ref. Charley Eiseman and Noah Carney's Tracks & Signs of Insects, p.250
9
Ceratagallia sp.
24 Mar 2022
On front porch. 3 mm
7
Crucibulum laeve
(Common Bird's Nest Fungus)
(Common Bird's Nest Fungus)
13 Mar 2022
Cup ~ 5 mm diameter
On an old wood chip in yard
6
Psychodidae
(Moth Flies)
(Moth Flies)
1 Mar 2022
From compost pile
5
Mycetophilidae
(Fungus Gnats)
(Fungus Gnats)
1 Mar 2022
On compost
4
Corvus corax
(Common Raven)
(Common Raven)
25 Feb 2022
3
Dacrymyces stillatus
15 Feb 2022
Noticed after rain on old spruce stump. ~ 3 mm
2
Reduvius personatus
(Masked Hunter)
(Masked Hunter)
18 Jan 2022
On the ground at the base of spruce stump. ~ 4 mm
1
Polycauliona sp.
14 Jan 2022
On concrete blocks facing east.
Shrubby sunburst lichen (Polycauliona candelaria) maybe?