Yard and Year ListsTaxa seen in 2019
106 Chrysoperla sp.
(Common Green Lacewings)
20 Dec 2019
In house, 10 mm
105 Ageleninae
(Typical Funnel Weavers)
24 Nov 2019
104 Adalia bipunctata
(Two-spotted Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
103 Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus: Dialictus
25 Oct 2019
102 Cycloneda polita
(Western Polished Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
101 Gelis sp.
25 Oct 2019
100 Harmonia axyridis
(Asian Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
99 Hippodamia convergens
(Convergent Lady Beetle)
25 Oct 2019
98 Calliphoridae
(Blow Flies)
25 Oct 2019
97 Syrphus opinator
(Black-margined Flower Fly)
25 Oct 2019
On big sage flowers
96 Lygus sp.
25 Oct 2019
95 Parmelia sulcata
(Shield Lichen)
22 Oct 2019
On a European Weeping Birch trunk
94 Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
16 Oct 2019
93 Eupeodes fumipennis
(Western Aphideater)
15 Oct 2019
92 Pterostichus melanarius
(Rain Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
20 mm
91 Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus: Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
15 Oct 2019
11 mm
90 Temnoscheila chlorodia
(Pine Trogossitid Beetle)
15 Oct 2019
89 Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
14 Oct 2019
88 Boisea rubrolineata
(Western Boxelder Bug)
7 Oct 2019
87 Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
7 Oct 2019
On Big Sage flowers
86 Brochymena sp.
(Rough Stink Bugs)
7 Oct 2019
85 Pimpla sp.
7 Oct 2019
84 Melangyna sp.
(Halfbands)
7 Oct 2019
On Big Sage flowers
83 Scaeva affinis
(White-bowed Smoothwing)
7 Oct 2019
On Big Sagebrush
82 Ceratina sp.
Subgenus: Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
7 Oct 2019
81 Braconinae
11 Sep 2019
80 Megacyllene robiniae
(Locust Borer)
11 Sep 2019
79 Achyra rantalis
(Garden Webworm Moth)
7 Sep 2019
78 Araneus gemmoides
(Cat-faced Orbweaver)
3 Sep 2019
77 Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus: Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
3 Sep 2019
76 Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
1 Sep 2019
Male
75 Euodynerus sp.
1 Sep 2019
On Goldenrod flowers
74 Peleteria iterans
1 Sep 2019
73 Ancistrocerus sp.
1 Sep 2019
72 Tyta luctuosa
(Four-spotted Moth)
27 Aug 2019
71 Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
27 Aug 2019
70 Hylaeus sp.
24 Aug 2019
69 Strymon melinus
(Gray Hairstreak)
24 Aug 2019
68 Syritta pipiens
(Common Compost Fly)
24 Aug 2019
67 Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
24 Aug 2019
66 Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
24 Aug 2019
~17 mm
65 Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
24 Aug 2019
64 Eristalis arbustorum
(Eurasian Drone Fly)
24 Aug 2019
63 Rhopalapion longirostre
(Hollyhock Weevil)
24 Aug 2019
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
62 Streptopelia decaocto
(Eurasian Collared-Dove)
20 Aug 2019
61 Phalangium opilio
(European Harvestman)
17 Aug 2019
60 Pieris rapae
(Cabbage White)
8 Aug 2019
59 Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus: Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
8 Aug 2019
58 Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Woodland Skipper)
8 Aug 2019
57 Melanoplus bivittatus
(Two-striped Grasshopper)
8 Aug 2019
56 Larinus curtus
(Yellow Starthistle Flower Weevil)
8 Aug 2019
55 Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
8 Aug 2019
54 Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
53 Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
8 Aug 2019
52 Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
8 Aug 2019
51 Papilio rutulus
(Western Tiger Swallowtail)
20 Jul 2019
50 Vanessa cardui
(Painted Lady)
17 Jul 2019
49 Rhagoletis indifferens
(Western Cherry Fruit Fly)
14 Jul 2019
Landed on my wife while she was picking cherries.
48 Vespula consobrina
(Blackjacket)
14 Jul 2019
47 Epicauta puncticollis
(Burning Blister Beetles)
13 Jul 2019
46 Neurocolpus sp.
13 Jul 2019
45 Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
13 Jul 2019
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
44 Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
12 Jul 2019
25 mm
43 Thomisidae
(Crab Spiders)
14 May 2019
42 Sapyga sp.
7 May 2019
Caught leaving Osmia lignaria nest in bee hotel
15 mm
41 Agulla sp.
(Common Snakeflies)
7 May 2019
Female
40 Orussus sp.
(Orussus)
30 Apr 2019
Female
39 Ceraleptus denticulatus
30 Apr 2019
38 Thryomanes bewickii
(Bewick's Wren)
30 Apr 2019
37 Thamnophis elegans vagrans
(Western Terrestrial Garter Snake)
29 Apr 2019
36 Poecile atricapillus vagrans
(Black-capped Chickadee)
29 Apr 2019
35 Zonotrichia leucophrys vagrans
(White-crowned Sparrow)
28 Apr 2019
34 Setophaga townsendi vagrans
(Townsend's Warbler)
28 Apr 2019
33 Gryllus veletis vagrans
(Spring Field Cricket)
27 Apr 2019
~ 18 mm
Nymph spring field cricket Gryllus veletus?
32 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 ...
31 Rhyparochromus vulgaris vagrans
24 Apr 2019
30 Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
24 Apr 2019
29 Celastrina asheri vagrans
(Asher's Blue)
24 Apr 2019
28 Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
23 Apr 2019
27 Lithobiomorpha
(Stone Centipedes)
23 Apr 2019
Under board in garden
32 mm
26 Steatoda triangulosa nearcticus
(Triangulate Combfoot)
23 Apr 2019
Under a board in the garden
~ 7 mm
25 Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
23 Apr 2019
24 Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
22 Apr 2019
23 Chrysura sp.
(Chrysura)
21 Apr 2019
On spruce stump
22 Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
21 Apr 2019
9 deg C
21 Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
21 Apr 2019
20 Dendryphantini
20 Apr 2019
19 Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
20 Apr 2019
18 Scathophaga stercoraria propinqua
(Golden Dung Fly)
19 Apr 2019
17 Epermenia sp.
18 Apr 2019
Captured in house
7 mm
16 Gravenhorstiini
18 Apr 2019
18 mm
15 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. ...
14 Xorides sp.
14 Apr 2019
Spruce stump, 7 deg C
body length 25 mm
13 Grimmia pulvinata propinqua
(Grey-cushioned Grimmia)
14 Apr 2019
On concrete block
12 Pardosa sp.
(Thin-legged Wolf Spiders)
5 Apr 2019
11 Sergiolus sp.
3 Apr 2019
On desk
10 Halictus sp.
Subgenus: Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
2 Apr 2019
First bee in yard this year
9 Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
31 Mar 2019
8 Salticus scenicus propinqua
(Zebra Jumping Spider)
30 Mar 2019
7 Theridion sp.
(Typical Cobweb Spiders)
26 Mar 2019
1.5 mm body length
Under bark of silver maple tree
6 Spinus pinus propinqua
(Pine Siskin)
19 Mar 2019
5 Coccinella septempunctata propinqua
(Seven-spotted Lady Beetle)
16 Mar 2019
4 Dryobates pubescens propinqua
(Downy Woodpecker)
16 Mar 2019
3 Lacon sp.
16 Mar 2019
On spruce stump, 13 mm, 4 C
2 Pollenia sp.
(Cluster Flies)
16 Mar 2019
1 Iphthiminus serratus propinqua
(Serrated Darkling Beetle)
31 Jan 2019
23 mm