A lot of these I don't know
Jul 14, 2019 22:41:31 #
The cue of pictures from last year is now entering October. The season ends quickly here, so pretty soon I can start showing pictures from the current season.
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First up is a male long-jawed orbweaver, Tetragnatha sp.
Next is another male spider, probably another orbweaver but from the family Araneidae. That’s all I got on this one. But you can see it has done well for itself in the meal department.
Next is a male American rubyspot damselfly (Hetaerina americana).
I had spent considerable time trying to fuss with camera settings to get the small inchworm. These caterpillars often use a bit of silk to steady themselves for their “I’m a twig” pose, and there is a similar trick for using some string to steady a camera while taking pictures. The tubercles would definitely help in narrowing down its identity, but there are numerous species within a single tribe in the Geometridae that have this feature, so I could not take it further.
The stink bug shown in the next picture is in the ‘rough stink bug’ group, specifically I think it is Brochymena arbora.
The change in the season from summer to autumn is always a bummer, but one highlight is that there is drama under the apple trees in our back yard. At this time the squirrels open up many of the wind-fallen apples, and this attracts insects. My favorite visitors are generally the yellowjackets, especially since an “epic wasp battle” sometimes breaks out. This is where one wasp decides to claim an entire apple for themselves. These contests are interesting to watch, and they don't seem to result in injury.
For the past couple years the yellowjackets have been disappointingly peaceful, but I did manage this time to photograph one such battle last October. In this particular instance the hostility was possibly instantiated because the pair are different species. The one on the right (and the aggressor) is I think the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) This is a wide-spread species that had made its way to the U.S. in the 1960’s. The one on the left is the Eastern yellowjacket (V. maculifrons).
The fly in the last picture is a flesh fly (family Sarcophagidae). I’m not going to even try to identify that one any further!
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First up is a male long-jawed orbweaver, Tetragnatha sp.
Next is another male spider, probably another orbweaver but from the family Araneidae. That’s all I got on this one. But you can see it has done well for itself in the meal department.
Next is a male American rubyspot damselfly (Hetaerina americana).
I had spent considerable time trying to fuss with camera settings to get the small inchworm. These caterpillars often use a bit of silk to steady themselves for their “I’m a twig” pose, and there is a similar trick for using some string to steady a camera while taking pictures. The tubercles would definitely help in narrowing down its identity, but there are numerous species within a single tribe in the Geometridae that have this feature, so I could not take it further.
The stink bug shown in the next picture is in the ‘rough stink bug’ group, specifically I think it is Brochymena arbora.
The change in the season from summer to autumn is always a bummer, but one highlight is that there is drama under the apple trees in our back yard. At this time the squirrels open up many of the wind-fallen apples, and this attracts insects. My favorite visitors are generally the yellowjackets, especially since an “epic wasp battle” sometimes breaks out. This is where one wasp decides to claim an entire apple for themselves. These contests are interesting to watch, and they don't seem to result in injury.
For the past couple years the yellowjackets have been disappointingly peaceful, but I did manage this time to photograph one such battle last October. In this particular instance the hostility was possibly instantiated because the pair are different species. The one on the right (and the aggressor) is I think the German yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) This is a wide-spread species that had made its way to the U.S. in the 1960’s. The one on the left is the Eastern yellowjacket (V. maculifrons).
The fly in the last picture is a flesh fly (family Sarcophagidae). I’m not going to even try to identify that one any further!
Long-jawed orbweaver
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Another orbweaver
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American rubyspot damselfly
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Inchworm
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Rough stink bug
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Epic wasp battle!
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Peace! But not for long
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Jul 14, 2019 23:21:54 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
The cue of pictures from last year is now entering... (show quote)
Nice set even though I am not fond of some of the species featured.
Jul 15, 2019 07:06:00 #
An excellent set Mark. Great detail in all of them. Of course I'm partial to that wonderful shot of the Rubyspot. Fine work.
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Jul 15, 2019 13:00:36 #
napabob wrote:
nice shots, is it a pirate orb?
I don't know what that is.
Jul 15, 2019 13:13:02 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I don't know what that is.
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170608-pirate-spiders-make-a-living-by-preying-on-other-spiders
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Jul 15, 2019 14:58:00 #
napabob wrote:
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170608-pirate-spiders-make-a-living-by-preying-on-other-spiders
Woa. That looks like it! Thank you! This is way cooler than I thought it would be. Definitely going onto the Flickr page. Have one on me...
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Jul 15, 2019 15:04:32 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Woa. That looks like it! Thank you! This is way cooler than I thought it would be. Definitely going onto the Flickr page. Have one on me...
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your welcome, only reason I know, I've shot em and sent to bug guide, glad to reverse the ID trend occasionally, your ID help has been very useful for many of us
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