Life On A Quarter Acre

on top of Swiss Chard leaf

This just showed up in the yard this summer. It is near an Oregon Sunshine plant that I transplanted. Maybe it came with it.

UV light trap

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~ 3 mm

In bathtub

On front porch

On front door

On Malowleaf Ninebark. 7 mm

Under bark of birch stump. 9 mm

Under bark of aspen stump.

From yard

Two of these were found in a container that had a bagworm (Dalica sp.) larva that I collected on April 8. When I checked the container today I found these two wasps, along with about 50 bagworm larvae. Length ~ 1 mm. ...

On birch stump

On spruce stump

On side of the house

Several of these were tailing an Andrena prunorum female near her nest

On sheet with black light\r\n\r\n@bclaridge

Found on a small carpenter bee (Ceratina sp.). Lenth ~ 0.3 mm\r\n\r\nSennertia or Dinogamasus?

Found in soil while digging. ~ 12 cm

On stinky compost.

Front porch. ~ 4 mm

On the side of the shed. \r\n~ 10 mm\r\n\r\n@bclaridge

Front porch. ~ 5 mm

Drumming on a utility pole

From a pitfall trap. 8 mm

From a pitfall trap. ~ 1.5 mm

On side of shed. ~ 3.5 mm

On side of front porch, ~ 2.5 mm\r\n\r\nThis tiny beetle can jump! It jumped right out of the petri dish and landed about 10 cm away.

Each spring, one of the first insects I see in the yard are these ichneumonids. They flit around the grass and low shrubs, just above ground level. They don\'t stay around long, though.\r\n\r\nAny idea what they might be, @bclaridge?

On side of the shed.

On the side of the shed.\r\n\r\nCaptured, cooled in the fridge, and released.

On the compost pile

First dandelion flowers

~ 3 mm. On side of shed

On garage door. ~ 1 cm

~ 5 mm

First flower - except for the maple tree\'s - in the yard this spring.

On compost pile

On Shed wall. ~ 4 mm

In bedroom. 17 mm

Found in a spider\'s web in garage.