Life On A Quarter Acre

Bathtub, 7 mm

From a berlese funnel sample taken from soil under raspberries.

13 mm

Forewing length ~ 40 mm

29 mm, UV trap

From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 2023. ~1.5 mm

Malaise trap, 5 mm

This is the first iNat observation for the genus Exochus in the state of Idaho.

Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23 ~ 3 mm

Malaise trap. 4 mm Set August 26-28, 2023

From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23. ~ 8 mm

Malaise trap

3 mm

Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.

6 mm

Malaise trap, 5mm

From Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.

From Malaise trap set 26-28 June 23.

~ 4 mm

Malaise trap, 26-27 August 23, 6 mm

Malaise trap 26-270 Aug 23

~ 3 mm

Malaise trap, 7 mm 26-28 Aug 23

Malaise trap, 11 mm

25 mm

UV trap

Immature male

In raspberry patch

Length 22 mm

Looks like centralis. Clear band across the centre of the thorax. (beespeaker)

Collected from a malaise trap that was set from June 8 - 10. ~ 4 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23. ~ 2 mm

Malaise Trap, 8-10 June 2023

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

7 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 June 23, 3 mm

alexei_kouprianov commented: M laticeps (discoloured post mortem?)

Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

Female, 10 mm

Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23 ~2.5 mm

Malaise trap: 8-10 June 23. ~ 6 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~2.5 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 June 2023

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24.

Female, 15 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 11 mm

From Malaise Trap set June 8-20, 2023. Length ~ 0.7 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 9 mm

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 5 mm

This is only the second from this species on iNat - and both are from Idaho!

Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23

~ 2 mm

From Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.

IDed at Barr Museum by Nathaniel Green on 14 Jun 24

Female, 13 mm

Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24

10 mm, female

Malaise trap, 8 June 23

10 mm, female

IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum, 14 Jun 24

mating on a raspberry leaf.

On front porch.

On Sticky Geranium

On spruce stump

On ocean spray bush

Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)

Found on inside of front door. 3 mm.

White clover weevil?

On an ocean spray bush in front yard.

This is the first Diplolepis that I've seen in the yard.

I've reared many from galls collected elsewhere but, this is the first wild one on our little lot.

On the snowberry bush.

Many of these were visiting saskatoon flowers

On spruce stump

Swept from grass near snowberry bush. 9 mm

Checking out our newspaper tube.

On ground. Length 7 mm.

Checking out an old barbeque for a nest site.

(Ant - not the beetle)

(The beetle - not the ant)

The two photos of the mounted specimen is the same individual that was being carried by the ant.

On front porch

On compost bin

On a daffodil flower.

On a Daffodil flower.

1.0 mm

Under an upside-down bucket in the backyard.

~ 10 mm

Female

On compost bin

On the front door.

Small ~ 5mm

Front porch. ~ 2.5 mm

2.5 mm

Collected from the side of the shed. ~2.5 mm

First one I've seen this year in the yard.

4 mm. Front porch

A member of Subtribe Brillia group Brillia Group

IDed by zoology123

On the inside of the front door.

The third photo is after mounting.

Body length ~ 6 mm

Front porch, 4 deg C.

~2.5 mm

Under a rock. 4 mm.

Under board in yard.

In the water drained from a potted orchid.

~ 0.4 mm

On kitchen window. ~ 7 mm

On concrete wall.

stalk + capsule ~ 1cm

On front porch, 7 deg C, ~ 2 mm

In bathtub, body length 7 mm

~ 5 cm length

On an old woodpile.

Splash cup diameter ~ 5 mm

On kitchen counter. 3 mm