Life On A Quarter Acre

Yard and Year Lists

2022 New Taxa

Date
84
Erigone sp.
(Black Dwarf Spiders)
6 Nov 2022
Found in shed. ~ 2 mm
83
Lepthyphantes sp.
18 Oct 2022
Fro compost
82
Philonthus cruentatus
17 Oct 2022
From compost, 7 mm
81
Sminthurinus aureus
16 Oct 2022
80
Lepinotus reticulatus
16 Oct 2022
1 mm, in compost
79
Bisnius sp.
16 Oct 2022
8 mm, in compost
78
Fannia sp.
30 Sep 2022
77
Typhlocybini
28 Sep 2022
76
Frankliniella sp.
26 Sep 2022

On Jessica's Aster flowers

~ 1 mm

75
Eristalis flavipes
(Orange-legged Drone Fly)
22 Sep 2022
74
Cheiracanthium sp.
(Longlegged Sac Spiders)
22 Sep 2022
Found on leaf with egg sac on bottom of a Douglas Hawthorn leaf. ~ 6mm
73
Corimelaena sp.
20 Sep 2022
72
Epithemia sp.
9 Sep 2022
From bird bath
71
Caloplaca sp.
(Firedots)
8 Sep 2022
On north side of trunk of silver maple tree, ascus diameter 0.8 mm
70
Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula
(Hackberry Blister Gall Psyllid)
2 Sep 2022
From neighbor's hackberry tree.
69
Colpodidae
1 Sep 2022
From compost infusion
68
Hypotrichia
(Hypotrich)
31 Aug 2022
From a water bowl in the yard.
67
Vorticellidae
(Vorticellidae)
31 Aug 2022
From a water bowl in the yard.
66
Eriopygini
29 Aug 2022
65
Gelechiini
29 Aug 2022
64
Hydropsychidae
(Net-spinning Caddisflies)
29 Aug 2022
Black light trap.
63
Xestia c-nigrum
(Lesser Black-letter Dart)
29 Aug 2022
62
Vanessa atalanta
(Red Admiral)
29 Aug 2022
61
Orius tristicolor
26 Aug 2022
Eating thrips
60
Melanophila sp.
24 Aug 2022
Found on asphalt driveway. 9 mm
59
Erythroneura ziczac
(Virginia Creeper Leafhopper)
24 Aug 2022
58
Dioryctria sp.
(Conifer Coneworm Moths)
22 Aug 2022
57
Xestia xanthographa
(Square-spot Rustic)
22 Aug 2022
56
Asemum nitidum
22 Aug 2022
Found at night on birch stump, 19 mm
55
Macaria adonis
22 Aug 2022
54
Dargida procinctus
(Girdler Moth)
22 Aug 2022
UV Light trap
53
Spodoptera praefica
(Western Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth)
22 Aug 2022
52
Polystoechotes punctata
(Giant Lacewing)
22 Aug 2022
On birch stump painted with moth bait, 25 mm
51
Idia sp.
6 Aug 2022
50
Upis ceramboides
(Roughened Darkling Beetle)
1 Aug 2022
49
Cydia pomonella
(Codling Moth)
27 Jul 2022
In UV light trap
48
Acrobasis tricolorella
(Tricolored Acrobasis Moth)
27 Jul 2022
47
Toxomerus marginatus
(Margined Calligrapher)
24 Jul 2022
46
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.

45
Leptomantispa pulchella
(Beautiful Mantidfly)
21 Jul 2022
Found on window sill. Captured and collected.
44
Buprestis langii
20 Jul 2022
43
Pseudotephritis sp.
19 Jul 2022
42
Hyperomyzus sp.
17 Jul 2022
41
Agrilus cuprescens
(Rose Stem Girdler)
15 Jul 2022
6 mm. On raspberry leaf.
40
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.) ...
39
Eudioctria sackeni
9 Jul 2022
38
Papilio eurymedon
(Pale Swallowtail)
7 Jul 2022
37
Clytus canadensis
2 Jul 2022
36
Colladonus montanus
(Mountain Leafhopper)
30 Jun 2022
35
Andrena angustitarsata
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
29 Jun 2022
34
Bromus tectorum
(Cheatgrass)
23 Jun 2022
33
Bromus diandrus
(Ripgut Brome)
22 Jun 2022
32
Orthocladiinae
12 Jun 2022
31
Lycogala epidendrum
(Wolf's Milk)
9 Jun 2022
30
Magdalis subincta
5 Jun 2022
Based on the apparent 'horns'/squareness at the front of pronotum.
29
Epistrophe xanthostoma
(Emarginate Smoothtail)
26 May 2022
28
Megalonotus sabulicola
(Introduced Dirt-colored Seed Bug)
26 May 2022
27
Araniella displicata
(Six-spotted Orbweaver)
26 May 2022
26
Anthriscus caucalis
(Bur Parsley)
26 May 2022
25
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus: Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
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)
4 May 2022
In grass cuttings by compost
21
Sitona lineatus
(Pea Weevil)
4 May 2022
On outside door frame. ~ 3 mm
20
Polyxenus lagurus
(Bristly Millipede)
28 Apr 2022

Found under a rotting board.

2 mm

19
Orsodacne atra
24 Apr 2022
18
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
24 Apr 2022
17
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
23 Apr 2022
7 mm
16
Myopa vicaria
22 Apr 2022

Comment from alisonnetta on this observation.

15
Enoclerus eximius
8 Apr 2022
On spruce stump
14
Bitoma crenata
(Crenate Cylindrical Bark Beetle)
29 Mar 2022
On birch stump. 3 mm
13
Colopterus truncatus
28 Mar 2022

3 mm. On compost bin

BugGuide ID

Ceroxys latiusculus
(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
8
Mompha sp.
14 Mar 2022

Wing length ~ 6 mm

Captured near lamp in bedroom

BugGuide ID

7
Crucibulum laeve
(Common Bird's Nest Fungus)
13 Mar 2022
Cup ~ 5 mm diameter On an old wood chip in yard
6
Psychodidae
(Moth Flies)
1 Mar 2022
From compost pile
5
Mycetophilidae
(Fungus Gnats)
1 Mar 2022
On compost
4
Corvus corax
(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)
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?