a little wild   (a small slice of wildlife)

First bug walk of the season (as opposed to the vernal pool and the wetlands). I spent a lot of time (too much time) creating many, many candidate flash diffusers. Today was the first actual trial.

Plenty of insects and spiders!

Diptera:

My guess: Hexomyza schineri in Agromyzidae. However, I’m told that it could plausibly be many others that are acalypterate.

Lonchaeidae

Bibionid

Who is this? I was about to call it Bibio longipes — and then discovered that that is found only in fall. Maybe something like Bibio femoratus?

Anthomyidae, cf Anthomyia.

Another Bibio cf femorata?

Such a striking fly, probably Agromyzidae.

Male Bibionidae?

Hymenoptera:

A mutillid wasp. Pseudomethoca simillima?

Cynipid wasp

Nomada luteoloides?

Probably Andrena.

Coleoptera:

The requisite six spotted green tiger beetle:

Notiophilus cf biguttatus

False blister beetle, Asclera ruficollis, in Oedemeridae? Or Podabrus punctatus? I *think* it’s Asclera ruficollis. But Pedilus lugubris is another possibility. Okay, now I’m going with Pedilus lugubris.

EDIT: according to BugGuide, Silinae in Cantharidae is the best starting point.

“Anthonomus, I believe, either A. suturalis or A. musculus.”

Elateridae. Maybe Dolerosomus silaceus?

Tarpela micans. For some reason, I only seem to see dead ones.

Spiders:

This beautiful Lycosid. Pardosa sp.

Naphrys pulex. Except that it might be a Pseudeuophrys erratica, which I’m just learning about — introduced from Europe. Or Habronatus?

Thanatus, in Philodromidae.

Solsticus insularis? Haplodrassus cf hiemalis? Callilepis pluto? Urozelotes isn’t confirmed in BugGuide near here, but I’ve seen it suggested (https://bugguide.net/node/view/1791543) for Massachusetts, so maybe this is that?

EDIT: Zelotinae looks good, but classifying any finer is highly questionable.

Opiliones (aka Harvestman):

Some scenery: