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Conophorus sackenii -

Mount Pinos, at ~8200 feet elevation, Kern County, California, USA
May 27, 2009
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 29 May, 2009 - 3:24pm

Conophorus sackenii -

Mount Pinos, at ~8200 feet elevation, Kern County, California, USA
May 27, 2009
2 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 29 May, 2009 - 2:49pm

Conophorus sackenii -

Mount Pinos, at ~8200 feet elevation, Kern County, California, USA
May 27, 2009
Size: 9mm + antenna 2mm
1 of 3 images of this specimen.

Found in Jeffrey pine forest, in forest duff next to a group of Sarcodes sanguinea (Snow plant). Posed for photo on other surface after brief chilling.
Keyed out from this specimen (see characters listed on INFO page), verified by Jim Hogue (CSUN).

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 29 May, 2009 - 2:49pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Hexapods(Hexapoda) » Insects(Insecta) » ButterfliesandMoths(Lepidoptera) » ErmineMothsandkin(Yponomeutoidea) » SedgeandFalseDiamondbackMoths(Glyphipterigidae) » FalseDiamondbackMoths(Acrolepiinae) » Acrolepiopsis » CarrionflowerMoth-Hodges#2490(Acrolepiopsisincertella)

Acrolepiopsis incertella

1 mile west of Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA
May 29, 2009
Size: Adult length ca. 6.6mm

This image represents three life stages of Yponomeutoidea: Acrolepiidae: Acrolepiopsis incertella. The larval host plant is Smilax tamnoides. The top panel shows a new terminal leaf that has been rolled and tied together at the edges by a larva, which lives and feeds inside the rolled leaf (collected for rearing on 7 May, 2009, 1 mile west of Charleston, Coles County, Illinois; photographed on same date). After the larva finishes feeding, it leaves its rolled-leaf shelter and spins a meshwork silken cocoon, inside which it pupates. The center panel shows the cocoon, which contains a pupa in an advanced state of development (photo taken 27 May, 2009).

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Contributed by Terry Harrison on 29 May, 2009 - 2:43pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Hexapods(Hexapoda) » Insects(Insecta) » Beetles(Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » SeriesCucujiformia » Curculionoidea » SnoutandBarkBeetles(Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Billbugs(Sphenophorus) » Sphenophorusvenatus

Teneral Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus

East Marion, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 20, 2009
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

Found on the beach at Orient Harbor, dead.

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 29 May, 2009 - 2:40pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Hexapods(Hexapoda) » Insects(Insecta) » TrueBugs,Cicadas,Hoppers,AphidsandAllies(Hemiptera) » TrueBugs(Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » PlantBugs(Miridae) » Bryocorinae » Eccritotarsini » Agaveocoris

Caulotops distanti (Miridae: Heteroptera), A potential Yucca Pest Newly Discovered In the United States

By Henry, Thomas J.
Florida Entomological Society , 1985

Florida Entomologist 68(2): pp. 320-323

Provides the key for Caulotops species as well as the description of C. distanti.

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Contributed by WonGun Kim on 29 May, 2009 - 2:39pm

Teneral Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus

East Marion, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 20, 2009
2 of 3 images of this specimen.

Found on the beach at Orient Harbor, dead.

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Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 29 May, 2009 - 2:37pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Chelicerates(Chelicerata) » Arachnids(Arachnida) » Spiders(Araneae) » TrueSpiders(Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » RunningCrabSpiders(Philodromidae) » Philodromus » Philodromusdispar

female crab spider - Philodromus dispar -

Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 28, 2009

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 May, 2009 - 2:35pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Hexapods(Hexapoda) » Insects(Insecta) » TrueBugs,Cicadas,Hoppers,AphidsandAllies(Hemiptera) » TrueBugs(Heteroptera) » AquaticBugs(Nepomorpha) » Corixoidea » WaterBoatmen(Corixidae)

nymphs - backswimmers?

Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 28, 2009

Found in the same area as

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 May, 2009 - 2:28pm

Arthropods(Arthropoda) » Hexapods(Hexapoda) » Insects(Insecta) » Beetles(Coleoptera) » Adephaga » PredaceousDivingBeetles(Dytiscidae) » Dytiscinae » Dytiscus » Larvae(DytiscusLarvae)

beetle larva - Dytiscus

Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
May 28, 2009

Eating a pollywog. Found in the same area as

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 29 May, 2009 - 2:26pm

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