Monthly Archives: October 2013

Halloween Pennant

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

It’s probably a bit of a cliché to post a picture of a Halloween Pennant (Libellulidae: Celithemis eponina) on Halloween, but I just happened to come across this one while sorting through the photos I took in Florida this past March, so … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Lawn

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

When Julia and I first moved here in August, our front yard looked like this: Some people might not see anything wrong with this picture, but to me the only thing worse than a neatly mown lawn would be if … Continue reading →

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Texas Bugs

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

Having devoted three posts to miscellaneous bugs I photographed in southern Arizona last November, I’m going to fill this one with my favorite photos from the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas, where we spent a few days before heading back … Continue reading →

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Using Bugs to Identify Plants

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

Thanks to everyone who weighed in on the mystery plant!  I added a note at the end of that post, but the consensus seems to be that the plant is redberry (Rhamnus crocea, or possibly R. ilicifolia). Here’s another one, this … Continue reading →

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Tiny Bugs from Tiny Leaves

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

I’ve now finished uploading plant photos from last fall’s road trip through the western states.  If you’d like to help with identifying them, you can see them all organized by location here.  Thanks to those who have helped out already; … Continue reading →

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Arizona Bugs, Part 3

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

Here’s my final (for now) installment of photos from last November’s trip to Arizona.  The first several were taken in the vicinity of Tucson. At the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, I saw this Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis), the only metalmark (Riodinidae) … Continue reading →

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Ensign Scale

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

A week ago, when pulling up some of the many Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) bushes at the edge of my yard, I found some Phyllonorycter (Gracillariidae) mines in a few of the leaves, so I stuffed these into a vial to … Continue reading →

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Monthly Mystery #11: Water Oak Galls

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

There is a distinctive oak gall that has shown up on BugGuide several times, and I have been unable to identify it with my gall references.  The only way to get to the bottom of a mystery like this is … Continue reading →

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