Life On A Quarter Acre

On window sill

On inside of window. 7 mm

Body length 2.2 mm

On a dead or dying spruce tree

On snowberry leaf

UV light trap

UV light trap

UV light trap

UV light trap

From a golden currant bush

Malaise trap, 5 mm

Malaise trap, 4 mm

Malaise trap, 2 mm

Malaise trap, 6 mm

Malaise trap, 6 mm

Malaise trap, 4 mm

Malaise Trap. length 2 mm.

Malaise trap, 4.5 mm

Malaise trap, ~1.5 mm

On inside of front door window.

On inside of garage window shade. Length 6 mm.

Emerged today from soil sample collected earlier

Collected from Saskatoon flowers. \r\n4 mm

Found on bathroom floor.

On April 9, I found a piece of a log on the ground with what looked like a Tiger Swallowtail pupa on it. I put it in an aquarium to see what might emerge. (iNat obs)\r\n\r\nOn May 28, I noticed this square-headed snakefly in the aquarium. It seems to ...

On front porch

Emerged today from spider egg sacs collected on 18 March 26. \r\n4 mm

5 mm

I watched this wasp dig a burrow, drag a caterpillar to and into the nest, and then cover up the nest so it was completely invisible. The entire process lasted about an hour.

Found in bathtub. Body length 8 mm

Front porch

Emerged on April 9 from spider egg sacs collected on 18 March. 5 mm

Inside the shed

Front porch

UV light trap

On compost pile

Inside of front door. 9 mm

Front porch

On porch

On porch

On side of shed

On inside window sill

On inside of window. 3 mm

~ 3.5 mm

5 mm

First bee I\'ve seen in the yard this year.

On side of shed

Found crawling up the side of the shed.

On side of shed

On the shed.

Front porch

Front porch

Front porch

First open flower.

Outside front door. ~ 3 mm

Under brick.

In the kitchen

Scraping wood fibers from broom handle on porch

In kitchen sink

On side of shed

On outside front door. 4 mm

On front porch wall.

On side of shed. ~ 5 mm.

Under log. 15 mm.

On side of shed. 5 mm.

Inside house

On bark of firewood. Diameter of cup ~ 0.5 mm.

12 cm diameter. Ice on top.

Total width 4 mm.\nOn a decomposing apple leaf.