Tag Archives: leaf beetle

A Curious Flower

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Today I break my four-month silence to bring you this: Yesterday morning while we were eating breakfast on the back deck, Julia exclaimed something like “The poop beetles are eating the groundcherry!” This wasn’t news to me; a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beetle, Chrysomelidae, larva, leaf beetle, Lema, nightshade, Physalis, Solanaceae | 10 Comments

Marsh Marigold Menagerie

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

In the spring of 2013, I wrote about the four-toed salamander surveys I was conducting at the time, which involved crawling around in swamps all over northwestern Massachusetts. On June 1, the last day of the survey, Julia tagged along, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aphidiinae, beetle, Braconidae, Caltha palustris, Chloropidae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Diptera, Drosophilidae, Elachiptera, Ephedrus, fly, frit fly, fruit fly, ichneumon wasp, Ichneumonidae, larva, leaf beetle, leaf mine, marsh marigold, Megaselia, Megaselia limburgensis, Neurateles, new species, Orthocentrinae, parasitism, parasitoid, Phoridae, Prasocuris, Prasocuris boreella, pupa, Ranunculaceae, Scaptomyza, Scaptomyza pallida, Sciaridae, scuttle fly, Zygoneura, Zygoneura calthella | 15 Comments

Ragweed Residents

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

This is the time of year that everybody is ragging on ragweed (Ambrosia spp.)—at least, everyone who realizes that it is the pollen of this plant, and not goldenrod, that is responsible for their summer allergies. At times like this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ambrosia, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida, aphid, Asteraceae, Astrotischeria, Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella, beetle, chalcid, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleoptera, common ragweed, Diptera, egg, Euaresta, Euaresta bella, Eulophidae, fly, fruit fly, giant ragweed, larva, leaf beetle, leaf mine, moth, Ophraella, Ophraella communa, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, ragweed, Tephritidae, Tischeriidae, wasp | 13 Comments

More Mallow Miners

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mystery plant from Arizona that I suspected was a mallow because of its leaf mines and the fly that had emerged from one of them. Among the few responses I got, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abutilon, Arizona, beetle, Bucculatrix, Chalepini, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Hibiscus, Hibiscus denudatus, larva, leaf beetle, leaf mine, mallow, Malvaceae, moth, Stenopodius texanus | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acmaeodera, Acmaeodera maculifera, Alticini, ant, Aphaenogaster, Aphaenogaster cockerelli, Argidae, beaver, bee, beetle, big-headed ant, Blepharida rhois, bobcat, Buprestidae, Coleoptera, Diacrita, Diptera, flea beetle, fly, Formicidae, globemallow, harvester ant, hog-nosed skunk, hollyhock sawfly, Lampetis drummondi, larva, leaf beetle, long-horned bee, Melissodes tristis, metallic wood-boring beetle, mountain lion, Mutillidae, narrowleaf globemallow, Neoptilia malvacearum, Pheidole, Pheidole xerophila, picture-winged fly, Pogonomyrmex, Pogonomyrmex rugosus, sawfly, skunk, Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea angustifolia, spine-waisted ant, sumac flea beetle, Texas, tracks, Ulidiidae, velvet ant, wasp | 2 Comments

Arizona Bugs, part 2

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

If I had to pick a favorite spot out of all the places we explored on our two-and-a-half-month road trip last fall, it would be Madera Canyon in southern Arizona. The scenery there isn’t particularly eye-catching; in fact, I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acmaeodera, Acmaeodera amabilis, Acrobasis, Adelpha eulalia, agave, Anthanassa texana, Arizona, Arizona sister, Asteraceae, bagworm, beetle, Brentidae, Buprestidae, butterfly, Campopleginae, Catastega, Chrysomelidae, Cicadellidae, cocoon, Coelocephalapion, Coleoptera, Cuerna, Cuerna yuccae, deer, Diptera, egg, Enchenopa, Enchenopa sericea, Eurema mexicana, Fabaceae, fox, Graphocephala ignava, Hordnia aurora, ichneumon wasp, Ichneumonidae, jumping spider, larva, leaf beetle, leafhopper, locust, Lycaenidae, Madera Canyon, Membracidae, metallic wood-boring beetle, Mexican yellow, moth, New Mexico locust, Nymphalidae, oak, parasitism, Pieridae, Psychidae, Pyralidae, Quercus, Robinia, Robinia neomexicana, Salticidae, spider, straight-snouted weevil, Tachinidae, tarantula, Texan crescent, Tortricidae, treehopper, wasp, weevil | 3 Comments

Some Sedge Bugs

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

On April 5 I wandered onto a sunny knoll to see if I could find any leafminers in the various plants with new or overwintering basal leaves. I found several, one of which was a moth larva in a woodland … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alticini, Amaurochrous cinctipes, beetle, Carex, Carex laxiflora, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Cordilura, Cosmopterigidae, Cosmopterix, Cosmopterix clemensella, Cyperaceae, Diptera, dung fly, Eulophidae, flea beetle, fly, larva, leaf beetle, leaf mine, Lupraea picta, moth, parasitoid, Pentatomidae, scale insect, Scathophagidae, sedge, stink bug, turtle bug, wasp | 7 Comments

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