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Tag Archives: metallic wood-boring beetle
Introducing Brachys howdeni
The state flower of Massachusetts is mayflower, which no longer seems an appropriate name since it blooms in April these days (I even saw some flowers in March this year). Another name for this plant is trailing arbutus, and I’ve … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrena, Andrenidae, bee, bee fly, beetle, Bombyliidae, Bombylius, Bombylius major, Brachys, Brachys howdeni, Buprestidae, chalcid, Diptera, Epigaea repens, Ericaceae, Eulophidae, fly, Hymenoptera, leaf mine, metallic wood-boring beetle, mining bee, Neochrysocharis, Neochrysocharis diastatae, new species, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, wasp
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Texas Bugs
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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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
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Arizona Bugs, part 2
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 →
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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
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Adventures in Alabama
(This post turned out to be a bit more long and rambling than I intended. I won’t be offended if you just skip through and look at the pretty pictures.) It was all going so well until we pulled into … Continue reading →
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Tagged Acmaeodera, Acmaeodera tubulus, Agromyzidae, Alabama, beetle, Blennocampinae, brown elfin, Buprestidae, buttercup, Callophrys augustinus, Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve, carrion beetle, Chromatomyia, Colias, Crabronidae, egg, Erebidae, Fabaceae, fly, honeysuckle, jumping spider, leaf mine, Lonicera, lunate zale, Lycaenidae, mayapple, metallic wood-boring beetle, moth, mournful thyris, Oiceoptoma inaequale, organ pipe mud dauber, Phytomyza, Pieridae, Ptosima gibbicollis, Ranunculus, redbud borer, ridged carrion beetle, Salticidae, sawfly, Silphidae, spider, sulphur, Thyrididae, Thyris sepulchralis, Trillium, Trypoxylon, Trypoxylon politum, vetch, Vicia, Vicia caroliniana, wasp, wood vetch, Zale, Zale lunata
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