Jerry Friedman Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, lonesome55dove said: Dragonfly / ? Striped Meadowhawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, lonesome55dove said: / ? Snakefly Very cool beast. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, PalmWarbler said: ? (center of picture) I was looking at the wrong thing. (Cropping would have helped.) That might be a male Western Pondhawk, especially if it was taken in the West. Edited June 22, 2021 by Jerry Friedman copied the picture twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) On 6/20/2021 at 9:34 AM, PalmWarbler said: Cricket thingy??? Maybe more like a grasshopper thingy, but I don't want to get too definite. Edited June 22, 2021 by Jerry Friedman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLong Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 8:34 AM, PalmWarbler said: Cricket thingy??? Acrididae maybe Oedipodinae 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome55dove Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: Striped Meadowhawk Thank you! ? Edited June 22, 2021 by lonesome55dove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome55dove Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 4 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: Very cool beast. Thanks! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Two-spotted Stink Bug 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Fiery Skipper 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PalmWarbler Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 12 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: taken in the West It was taken in the East (more specifically, Eastern MA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, PalmWarbler said: It was taken in the East (more specifically, Eastern MA). Well, maybe it's a male Eastern Pondhawk. I thought I'd be able to see the pale appendages at the tip of the abdomen in this view, but after looking at the picture in Paulson's western guide, I think I probably couldn't. Though actually, if I blow the picture up to its maximum and put on my reading glasses, I might be able to see pale appendages. So Eastern Pondhawk seems to be a reasonable possibility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, PalmWarbler said: It was taken in the East (more specifically, Eastern MA). 1 hour ago, Jerry Friedman said: Well, maybe it's a male Eastern Pondhawk. I thought I'd be able to see the pale appendages at the tip of the abdomen in this view, but after looking at the picture in Paulson's western guide, I think I probably couldn't. Though actually, if I blow the picture up to its maximum and put on my reading glasses, I might be able to see pale appendages. So Eastern Pondhawk seems to be a reasonable possibility. I'm pretty sure that your dragonfly is an adult male Common Whitetail Edited June 22, 2021 by Aidan B 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Aidan B said: I'm pretty sure that your dragonfly is an adult male Common Whitetail Ditto. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 17 year Cicada 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 48 minutes ago, Birding Boy said: 17 year Cicada Same age as you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Same age as you! Yup, pretty crazy to think of a bug living to be that old and also born within a few months of me haha. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heme42 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Banded longhorn beetle 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Birding Boy said: 17 year Cicada The only thing I know about Cicada is they are noisy and what they look like. What is a 17 year Cicada? I hear them every year both here in Florida and in Colorado where I use to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Woolly Bear Caterpillar-Isabella Tiger Moth 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clip Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Raise your hand if you have a love hate thing for butterflies in the Skipper family. I love finding them and photographing them I even like trying to id them. I hate that I can't always id them with certainty. This skipper is a case in point. I have it down as a Twin-spot Skipper but I'm not 100% certain. I have photographs of others I have tried to id but got frustrated. I have others that I haven't tried at all because I know they are not going to be easy. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birding Boy Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Clip said: The only thing I know about Cicada is they are noisy and what they look like. What is a 17 year Cicada? I hear them every year both here in Florida and in Colorado where I use to live. Well, we have regular cicadas around here that pop up every year, and then there’s also one population of 17 year cicadas, which are also called periodicals, which as their name suggests emerge every 17 years. And there’s multiple “broods”, which will hatch out on different years. This years brood, named brood x, is the largest. Here’s a more in depth article that explains it better than I can: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brood-x-cicadas-are-emerging-at-last1/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 22 hours ago, Aidan B said: I'm pretty sure that your dragonfly is an adult male Common Whitetail 20 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said: Ditto. So you're seeing dark spots on the wings? But maybe not fully developed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colton V Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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