Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Net-winged beetles (Lycidae)

These two are either Calopteron recitulatum or Calopteron discrepans. Found at Rockwood Park in June 2015.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Stinkbug 2.0 (Pentatomidae)

A stinkbug at Bryan Park on the same day we saw that other stinkbug at Bryan Park. I wanted to ID it, but brown stinkbugs are no fun to ID because there's tons of them and they all just look like brown stinkbugs.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Flower

A white flower of unknown origin. I think it belongs to that triplet of leaves right next to it, not to the wild grape growing directly behind it or the monocot in front of it. Maybe Fragaria sp.?

Friday, September 18, 2015

Sootywing skipper (Hesperiidae)

A Pholisora catullus on an unusual background in Chesterfield County in June 2015. That antenna shape is called "recurved hook." Check out those recurved hooks!

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Nodding flowers

Flowers with too many stamens at Rockwood Park in May 2015. They're really hard to ID because I didn't get a good enough picture of the leaves.

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Saturday, September 12, 2015

White inflorescence

A bunch of white flowers at Rockwood Park in May 2015. Not sure about the ID!

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Bee Assassin on Mint (Reduviidae)


Bees like mint flowers, and she knows it. This is Apiomerus crassipes on spearmint in Chesterfield County in August 2015. Take a closer look at that beak!

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Black and yellow beetle [Carrion Beetle)


 beetle with a bee mimic coloring and can bend its"head" down 90 degrees!  little smaller than a dime (1/2")
I looked up this beetle and it is an American Carrion Beetle Necrophila americana


Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Stink bug (Pentatomidae)

A stink bug at Bryan Park in May 2015. My best guess for an ID is Hymenarcys nervosa.