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3 hours ago, Birding Boy said:

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/

Thank you!

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5 hours ago, Clip said:

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.

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@Seanbirdswhy the sad emoji?

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1 hour ago, Clip said:

@Seanbirdswhy the sad emoji?

This

1 hour ago, Clip said:

I hate that I can't always id them with certainty.

 

1 hour ago, Clip said:

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.

 

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1 hour ago, Birding Boy said:

but I’ve only ever seen one species here in Michigan

YOU'VE ONLY SEEN ONE BUG SPECIES IN MICHIGAN!?!?!?!

We're packing the bags and heading that way!

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43 minutes ago, Birding Boy said:

Fine, but you have to identify them all for me when I put them on iNaturalist 

Oh you mean you have more than Tiger Beetles? Like flies and mosquitoes and chiggers and ticks and fleas and those little bugs you don't see that bite you and wasps and Asian Ladybeetles that invade your house and don't leave for two years until someone comes to kill all of them and....

I guess I can start unpacking.

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4 hours ago, Kevin said:

Oh you mean you have more than Tiger Beetles? Like flies and mosquitoes and chiggers and ticks and fleas and those little bugs you don't see that bite you and wasps and Asian Ladybeetles that invade your house and don't leave for two years until someone comes to kill all of them and....

I guess I can start unpacking.

I don't think they have chiggers in Michigan.

Around here, those little bugs you don't see that bite you are called "no-see-ums". ?

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13 hours ago, Colton V said:

This was the first colorful tiger beetle I’ve seen! When I saw it I thought of you. 

 

13 hours ago, Birding Boy said:

I’m jealous of all the amazing Tiger Beetles I’ve seen shared here. One of my favorite bug groups, but I’ve only ever seen one species here in Michigan ?

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

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They are super tiny and not easy to spot. The ones I have seen have been around mudflats, sandy areas and actually on the trails in various environments. They also move very fast making them hard to spot.

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6 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said:

*cough* May 5, p. 12 of this thread *cough*

Here are two different individuals from June 13, both Oblique-lined, I'd bet.

 

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Sorry Jerry! Please forgive my memory isn't what it use to be.

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