Took the dog for a walk & found these:
Jul 11, 2019 20:20:20 #
Damsel I haven't identified yet. (a good one to DDL)
Clearwing moth (not that great. There was stuff in the way)
little hopper
Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata (aptly named)
Eight-spotted Skimmer L. forensis (m)
Eight-spotted Skimmer L. forensis (f)
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum
Clearwing moth (not that great. There was stuff in the way)
little hopper
Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata (aptly named)
Eight-spotted Skimmer L. forensis (m)
Eight-spotted Skimmer L. forensis (f)
Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum
Jul 11, 2019 20:33:49 #
Jul 11, 2019 20:54:20 #
kpmac wrote:
Nice set. #2 looks like a cross between a wasp, a moth, and a dragonfly.
Thanks Ken! That's how it gets away with flying around in the daytime. I think it's got a little crayfish in it too.
Jul 11, 2019 21:04:30 #
Jul 11, 2019 21:31:05 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
👍! I think the female 8-spotted is a 12-spotted.
You're right! She's a 12-spotted. Thanks for 'spotting' that.
Jul 11, 2019 21:39:35 #
Jul 11, 2019 21:42:18 #
napabob wrote:
you got some keepers there, nice shootin
Thank you Bob!
Jul 11, 2019 22:42:07 #
Muddyvalley wrote:
You're right! She's a 12-spotted. Thanks for 'spotting' that.
Correction:
OOps! Just when I think I'm getting to know them....That is a female Common White-tail.(Plathemis lydia) Similar to the 12 spotted, but the stripes on the abdomen are different. Especially on S1 to S4. Compare the maculations on the wings and the white thoracic stripe.
Sometimes I get in too much of a hurry.
Thanks Doc for the help and corrections!!
Jul 12, 2019 17:54:29 #
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Jul 13, 2019 15:08:32 #
tinusbum wrote:
love that moth!
Thanks! Got the ID from Bugguide:
Superfamily Sesioidea (Clearwing Moths)
Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Subfamily Sesiinae
Tribe Synanthedonini
Genus Synanthedon
Species bibionipennis (Strawberry Crown Moth - Hodges#2576)
Jul 14, 2019 22:48:44 #
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