Tag Archives: Membracidae

Life and Death on Mt. Greylock

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

This past weekend I attended my third Berkshire BioBlitz. At my first one in 2011, I barely left the parking lot at the summit of Mt. Greylock and photographed 166 different species of insects and arachnids. This time, Julia and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aphid, Berkshire BioBlitz, BioBlitz, blueberry, chalcid, Diptera, Fagaceae, Figitidae, fly, gall, gall midge, hover fly, ichneumon wasp, Ichneumonidae, larva, Membracidae, oak, ovipositor, parasitism, parasitoid, predation, Quercus, sawfly, Syrphidae, Torymidae, treehopper, Vaccinium, Vaccinium angustifolium, wasp | 11 Comments

Connecticut BioBlitz

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

A month ago Dave Wagner got in touch with me and Julia, saying we were needed at the 2016 Connecticut State BioBlitz on June 3 and 4. He wanted to make sure leafminers were properly represented in this attempt to break … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2016 Connecticut State BioBlitz, Agromyzidae, Aleiodes, Amelanchier, Argidae, aster, Asteraceae, bee, beetle, BioBlitz, black cherry, black locust, Braconidae, Bucculatrix, Bucculatrix angustata, caterpillar, Cerambycidae, Ceresa, Coccinellidae, cocoon, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Cydia, Cydia nigricana, Diapheromera femorata, Diapheromeridae, Erigeron, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, flea weevil, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, Hypera, Hypera rumicis, lady beetle, larva, leaf mine, leafcutter bee, leafminer, longhorned beetle, Mantura, Mantura floridana, Marmara, Mathildana newmanella, Megachile, Megachilidae, Membracidae, Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus, Miridae, Nematus, Nematus tibialis, Nemorimyza posticata, northern walkingstick, oak, Oecophoridae, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, parasitism, parasitoid, Periclista, Phasmida, Polygonaceae, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Quercus, Robinia pseudoacacia, Rosaceae, Rumex, Rumex acetosella, sawfly, shadbush, snail, Sterictiphora, Strangalepta abbreviata, Symphyotrichum, Tenthredinidae, Tortricidae, treehopper, Viburnum dentatum, walkingstick, weevil | 10 Comments

Oak Treehopper

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

I’m home from a great weekend at the Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference, and now back to the business of sorting through my photos from this spring in Florida. This snazzy Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata) looks like the sort of thing you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Membracidae, oak, Platycotis vittata, Quercus, treehopper | 8 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

Leaf-rolling Weevils

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

I love how each little discovery leads to another. Today I was walking the trail at Holland Glen in Belchertown, MA, with some members of the Kestrel Land Trust, for whom I will be leading an animal tracking walk this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Attelabidae, Attelabus bipustulatus, beetle, Cameraria, Cameraria corylisella, fly, honeydew, hover fly, leaf-rolling weevil, Membracidae, moth, nidus, oak, Quercus, Quercus rubra, red oak, Smilia camelus, Syrphidae, Syrphus, treehopper, weevil | 7 Comments

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Life and Death on Mt. Greylock

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