BirdNrd Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Aidan B said: Blue-eyed Darner How??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Aidan B said: Blue-eyed Darner Good heavens. By the way, that species likes parking lots on my town. Sort of a replacement for Canyon Towhees. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Aidan B said: Blue-eyed Darner Awesome! Edited July 11, 2021 by Seanbirds 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle-Colorado 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Belastomatid Water Bug 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Taxiles Skipper 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 5:20 PM, lonesome55dove said: Fly or maybe a Bee, not sure which / ? I mean Hemipenthes, not Anthrax! Forgetting everything I ever thought I knew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Crab Spider 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 White-lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moth 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) I meant to post this here this morning but post it The "other" things things topic instead. I think the bug people will appreciate it more. Found this on our patio this morning. It is apparently a Hammerhead Worm and we should have killed it as they are predator of earthworms which are beneficial to soil... They are also considered invasive. I'm glad I got a photo because with the naked eye I couldn't tell for sure if it was pushing something or if the hammer shape was it's head. It was it's head as you can see. Apparently their mouth is also their anus.? But their mouth is on their underside. Apparently they ooze enzymes on earth worms which liquefies the earth worm then they just slither over the liquid to consume. Edited July 14, 2021 by Clip 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clip Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 After finally getting a herps life list going (58) I decided to count up my Tiger Beetles. I came up with 15 but I have 7 that I have not identified yet. I only have Festive Tiger Beetle counted as one but I have photos of 3 color variations of Festive. The unicolored one is Florida the others all Colorado. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) From yesterday, Four-toothed Mason Wasp, I was told at BugGuide. What I think are Punctured Tiger Beetles had taken over the trail. They're sober and businesslike in the shade, Flashy and fierce in the sun. A bad picture of a cool insect: female velvet ant, probably Dasymutilla sp. It would be a lot easier if they ever stopped moving. The Variegated Meadowhawk is usually the first dragonfly I see in spring. Where have they been? This one was my FOY today. She's "obelisking" in the afternoon heat to reduce the amount of sunlight that hits her. Edited July 16, 2021 by Jerry Friedman Rearrange, obelisking 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch58 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Grapeleaf Skeletonizer & Augochlora Sweat Bee Broad-necked Root Borer Silver-spotted Skipper Honey Bee 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: female velvet ant I made the mistake of trying to pick one up one time… That was before I found out it was in the bee/wasp family. ? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 52 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: I made the mistake of trying to pick one up one time… That was before I found out it was in the bee/wasp family. ? ? Ouch! So I'm told. Real ants are in the bee-wasp family too. If you believe the tree diagram at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrita, ants are closer to a group that contains bees and digger wasps than velvet ants are to a group that contains spider wasps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jerry Friedman said: Real ants are in the bee-wasp family too. Yeah, I know, but ant stings don’t amount to much with me. We don’t have fire ants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Yeah, I know, but ant stings don’t amount to much with me. We don’t have fire ants. Or harvester ants, I guess. We have them here in northern N.M., and their stings are quite unpleasant, though probably not as bad as velvet ants'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Some from central WA yesterday Clodius Parnassian 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Great Basin or Common Wood-nymph? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Zerene or Northwestern Fritillary? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 butterfly / skipper? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 grasshopper / bandwing? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpa Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 moth / ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 3/24/2021 at 4:00 PM, Avery said: Love the Mohawk on it! Oh, are these Eastern Cottontails? They are all over our neighborhood. Looking at 3 right now as I listen for Timberdoodles Since you posted this in the Bugs thread, I'd just list it as Bugs Bunny!! ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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