Life On A Quarter Acre

Yard and Year Lists

Observations in 2019

Date
203
Chrysoperla sp.
(Common Green Lacewings)
20 Dec 2019
In house, 10 mm
202
Rhopalinae
19 Dec 2019
Found on shower curtain
201
Agelenidae
(Funnel Weavers)
24 Nov 2019
200
Gelis sp.
25 Oct 2019
199
Cycloneda polita
(Western Polished Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
198
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus: Dialictus
25 Oct 2019
197
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
25 Oct 2019
196
Sergiolus sp.
25 Oct 2019
195
Pardosa sp.
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
25 Oct 2019
194
Calliphoridae
(Blow Flies)
25 Oct 2019
193
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
25 Oct 2019
192
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
25 Oct 2019
191
Adalia bipunctata
(Two-spotted Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
190
Harmonia axyridis
(Asian Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
189
Hippodamia convergens
(Convergent Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
188
Lygus sp.
25 Oct 2019
187
Melanoplus sp.
(North American Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
25 Oct 2019
186
Heteroptera
(True Bugs)
25 Oct 2019
185
Parmelia sulcata
(Shield Lichen)
22 Oct 2019
On a European Weeping Birch trunk
184
Streptopelia decaocto
(Eurasian Collared-Dove)
20 Oct 2019
183
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
16 Oct 2019
182
Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
15 Oct 2019
181
Pterostichus melanarius
(Rain Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
20 mm
180
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus: Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
15 Oct 2019
11 mm
179
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus: Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
15 Oct 2019
178
Harmonia axyridis
(Asian Lady Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
177
Temnoscheila chlorodia
(Pine Trogossitid Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
176
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
15 Oct 2019
14 mm
175
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
15 Oct 2019
14 mm
174
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
14 Oct 2019
18 mm
173
Melangyna sp.
7 Oct 2019
172
Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
7 Oct 2019
171
Pimpla sp.
7 Oct 2019
170
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus: Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
7 Oct 2019
169
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
7 Oct 2019
168
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus: Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
7 Oct 2019
167
Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
7 Oct 2019
166
Brochymena sp.
(Rough Stink Bugs)
7 Oct 2019
165
Boisea rubrolineata
(Western Boxelder Bug)
7 Oct 2019
164
Megacyllene robiniae
(Locust Borer)
11 Sep 2019
163
Braconinae
11 Sep 2019
162
Hylaeus sp.
11 Sep 2019
161
Lasioglossum sp.
11 Sep 2019
160
Achyra rantalis
(Garden Webworm Moth)
7 Sep 2019
159
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus: Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
3 Sep 2019
158
Araneus gemmoides
(Cat-faced Orbweaver)
3 Sep 2019
157
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus: Dialictus
3 Sep 2019
156
Pentatomidae
(Stink Bugs)
3 Sep 2019
155
Rhopalapion longirostre
(Hollyhock Weevil)
2 Sep 2019
~ 4 mm including snout

Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)

154
Chlorochroa sp.
2 Sep 2019
~ 16 mm
153
Peleteria iterans
1 Sep 2019
152
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
1 Sep 2019
151
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
1 Sep 2019
150
Ancistrocerus sp.
1 Sep 2019
149
Euodynerus sp.
1 Sep 2019
On Goldenrod flowers
148
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
27 Aug 2019
147
Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
27 Aug 2019
146
Hylaeus sp.
24 Aug 2019
mating pair?
145
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
24 Aug 2019
144
Rhopalapion longirostre
(Hollyhock Weevil)
24 Aug 2019


Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)

143
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
24 Aug 2019
~ 17 mm
142
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus: Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
24 Aug 2019
141
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus: Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
24 Aug 2019
140
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
24 Aug 2019
139
Formicidae
(Ants)
24 Aug 2019
138
Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
24 Aug 2019
137
Epicauta puncticollis
(Burning Blister Beetles)
24 Aug 2019
136
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
24 Aug 2019
135
Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
24 Aug 2019
134
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
24 Aug 2019
133
Phalangium opilio
(European Harvestman)
17 Aug 2019
132
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus: Dialictus
15 Aug 2019
131
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
8 Aug 2019
130
Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
8 Aug 2019
129
Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
8 Aug 2019
128
Chrysidini
8 Aug 2019
127
Megachile sp.
Subgenus: Chelostomoides
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
8 Aug 2019
126
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus: Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
8 Aug 2019
125
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus: Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
8 Aug 2019
124
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus: Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
8 Aug 2019
123
Hylaeus sp.
8 Aug 2019
122
Hylaeus sp.
8 Aug 2019
121
Bombus sp.
(Bumble Bees)
8 Aug 2019
120
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
119
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
118
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
117
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
116
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
115
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
114
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
113
Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
112
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
8 Aug 2019
111
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
8 Aug 2019
110
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
8 Aug 2019
109
Halictini
8 Aug 2019
108
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
8 Aug 2019
This wasp spent ten minutes or so digging a burrow in the sand. Then she spent a minute or two covering the entrance with large boulders (some with diameters greater than t the length of her thorax). After she was finished there was no trace of her ...
107
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
8 Aug 2019
106
Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
8 Aug 2019
105
Larinus curtus
(Yellow Starthistle Flower Weevil)
8 Aug 2019
104
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
8 Aug 2019
103
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
8 Aug 2019
102
Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
20 Jul 2019
101
Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
20 Jul 2019
100
Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
17 Jul 2019
99
Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
17 Jul 2019
98
Vespula consobrina
(Blackjacket)
14 Jul 2019
97
Rhagoletis indifferens
14 Jul 2019
Landed on my wife while she was picking cherries.
96
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
14 Jul 2019
95
Epicauta puncticollis
(Burning Blister Beetles)
13 Jul 2019
94
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
13 Jul 2019


Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)

93
Neurocolpus sp.
13 Jul 2019
92
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
12 Jul 2019
25 mm
91
Coriarachnini
14 May 2019
90
Xorides sp.
7 May 2019
89
Sapyga sp.
7 May 2019
Caught leaving Osmia lignaria nest in bee hotel\n15 mm
88
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
7 May 2019
11 mm\r\nEntered an Osmia lignaria nest at bee hotel.
87
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
7 May 2019
10 mm\r\nCaught leaving bee hotel, cooled in the fridge, photographed and released.\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure what she\'s holding on to.
86
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
7 May 2019
85
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus: Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
7 May 2019
84
Agulla sp.
(Common Snakeflies)
7 May 2019
83
Scathophaga stercoraria
(Golden Dung Fly)
5 May 2019
82
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
1 May 2019
First bee in bee hotel. \r\nSeems to have started 6 adjacent nests, with an end plug in each. Spent the night in the middle of one of the holes with her head facing the plug.
81
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
1 May 2019
Spent the night in a bee hotel.\nHole size 14 mm,
80
Gelechioidea
(Curved-horn Moths)
1 May 2019
Found in bee hotel. \r\nLength ~ 8 mm\r\n
79
Xorides sp.
30 Apr 2019
78
Orussus sp.
(Orussus)
30 Apr 2019
77
Ceraleptus denticulatus
30 Apr 2019
76
Thryomanes bewickii
(Bewick's Wren)
30 Apr 2019
75
Poecile atricapillus
(Black-capped Chickadee)
29 Apr 2019
74
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
29 Apr 2019
73
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
(Western Terrestrial Garter Snake)
29 Apr 2019
Came out of the grass as I was mowing the lawn.
72
Zonotrichia leucophrys vagrans
(White-crowned Sparrow)
28 Apr 2019
71
Setophaga townsendi vagrans
(Townsend's Warbler)
28 Apr 2019
70
Gryllus veletis vagrans
(Spring Field Cricket)
27 Apr 2019
~ 18 mm\r\n\r\nNymph spring field cricket Gryllus veletus?
69
Cecidomyiidae
(Gall and Forest Midges)
26 Apr 2019
These little guys (~ 2mm) have been covering the leaves of Penstemon plants in my garden for the last few days. They seem to be stuck on the leaves, unable to fly. Most have died; the one on the left is one of the few still alive, but seems unable to ...
68
Eupeodes fumipennis vagrans
(Western Aphideater)
26 Apr 2019
67
Syrphus opinator vagrans
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
26 Apr 2019
66
Cecidomyiidae
(Gall and Forest Midges)
25 Apr 2019
Tiny midge-like insects all over Penstemon leaves
65
Celastrina asheri vagrans
(Asher's Blue)
24 Apr 2019
64
Xorides sp.
24 Apr 2019
63
Chrysura sp.
(Chrysura)
24 Apr 2019
62
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
24 Apr 2019
With mites
61
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
24 Apr 2019
60
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
24 Apr 2019
59
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
24 Apr 2019
58
Rhyparochromus vulgaris vagrans
24 Apr 2019
57
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
23 Apr 2019
56
Steatoda triangulosa nearcticus
(Triangulate Combfoot)
23 Apr 2019
Under a board in the garden\r\n~ 7 mm
55
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
23 Apr 2019
54
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
23 Apr 2019
53
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
23 Apr 2019
52
Lithobiomorpha
(Stone Centipedes)
23 Apr 2019
Under board in garden\n32 mm
51
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
22 Apr 2019
~ 20 mm\nCrawling / flying low in front lawn\nNetted, cooled, and released
50
Thryomanes bewickii nearcticus
(Bewick's Wren)
22 Apr 2019
49
Anomaloninae
21 Apr 2019
48
Chrysura sp.
(Chrysura)
21 Apr 2019
On spruce stump
47
Anthophora pacifica nearcticus
(Pacific Digger Bee)
21 Apr 2019
9 deg C
46
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
21 Apr 2019
45
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
21 Apr 2019
44
Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
21 Apr 2019
43
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
21 Apr 2019
42
Lygus sp.
21 Apr 2019
41
Syrphus sp.
21 Apr 2019
40
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
20 Apr 2019
39
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
20 Apr 2019
38
Dendryphantini
20 Apr 2019
37
Scathophaga stercoraria propinqua
(Golden Dung Fly)
19 Apr 2019
36
Epermenia sp.
18 Apr 2019
Captured in house\r\n7 mm
35
Xorides sp.
18 Apr 2019
34
Gravenhorstiini
18 Apr 2019
18 mm
33
Thryomanes bewickii propinqua
(Bewick's Wren)
18 Apr 2019
32
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
31
Grimmia pulvinata propinqua
(Grey-cushioned Grimmia)
14 Apr 2019
On concrete block
30
Xorides sp.
14 Apr 2019
Spruce stump, 7 deg C\r\nbody length 25 mm
29
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
10 Apr 2019
On spruce stump\r\n6 deg C\r\n~ 22 mm\r\n\r\n
28
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
5 Apr 2019
Exited a 7 mm diameter drilled hole in spruce stump.\r\n\r\nMale blue orchard bee emerging?\r\n\r\nHe poked his head out for a few minutes, then went back in for a few more. Then he came out, walked around a bit, and flew away.
27
Pardosa sp.
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
5 Apr 2019
26
Pardosa sp.
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
5 Apr 2019
25
Harmonia axyridis propinqua
(Asian Lady Beetle)
5 Apr 2019
24
Sergiolus sp.
3 Apr 2019
On desk
23
Halictus sp.
Subgenus: Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
2 Apr 2019
First bee in garden
22
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
31 Mar 2019
~ 4 mm
21
Iphthiminus serratus propinqua
(Serrated Darkling Beetle)
31 Mar 2019
23 mm
20
Salticus scenicus propinqua
(Zebra Jumping Spider)
30 Mar 2019
19
Theridion sp.
(Typical Cobweb Spiders)
26 Mar 2019
1.5 mm body length\r\nUnder bark of silver maple tree
18
Tenebrionidae
(Darkling Beetles)
26 Mar 2019
2.3 mm, on spruce stump
17
Lygus sp.
23 Mar 2019
4 mm, Front porch wall
16
Rhyparochromus vulgaris propinqua
23 Mar 2019
15
Kleidocerys sp.
23 Mar 2019
4 mm, inside house
14
Brochymena sp.
(Rough Stink Bugs)
21 Mar 2019
13
Boisea rubrolineata propinqua
(Western Boxelder Bug)
20 Mar 2019
Hundreds of these at the base of maple tree.\r\n\r\n
12
Spinus pinus propinqua
(Pine Siskin)
19 Mar 2019
11
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
16 Mar 2019
Backed out of drilled hole in spruce stump, 5C
10
Sergiolus sp.
16 Mar 2019
On desk. ~ 10 mm body length
9
Pardosa sp.
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
16 Mar 2019
8
Calliphoridae
(Blow Flies)
16 Mar 2019
7
Pollenia sp.
(Cluster Flies)
16 Mar 2019
6
Coccinella septempunctata propinqua
(Seven-spotted Lady Beetle)
16 Mar 2019
5
Lacon sp.
16 Mar 2019
On spruce stump, 13 mm, 4 C
4
Dryobates pubescens propinqua
(Downy Woodpecker)
16 Mar 2019
3
Chrysoperla sp.
(Common Green Lacewings)
12 Mar 2019
Found on a wall inside the house.
2
Coccinella septempunctata propinqua
(Seven-spotted Lady Beetle)
7 Mar 2019
1
Iphthiminus serratus propinqua
(Serrated Darkling Beetle)
31 Jan 2019
23 mm