I promised I would be expanding my range. This is a Trustees of the Reservations area on the Charles River in Needham, and my first trip here.
First, some non bug photos. It was a bright sunny day, so many attempts at shooting towards the sun to show off the backlighting, made a little harder by the fact that the sun was still high in the sky.
Time exposure:
Diptera
Syrphid fly. Epistrophe, or perhaps Eupeodes cf americanus. Or Syrphus cf torvus. Syrphus cf ribesii? Parasyrphus, but I don’t think so. EDIT: Sphaerophoria suggested
Dolichopodidae, something like Condylostylus. I think it was a male displaying its wings to attract a female.
Hymenoptera
Looks to me like Ceratina. EDIT: also perhaps Osmia
Pteromalinae
Hemiptera
Leafhopper nymph?
Spittlebug nest? Spittlebugs are froghopper nymphs.
Odonata
Perhaps orange bluet
Coleoptera
Lucidota atra in Lampyridae?
Some gorgeous kind of weevil? Maybe Myrmex? However, the antenna doesn’t seem to match too many weevils. Trichapion? None of these match the color, either. Odontopus cf calceatus? Tanysphyrus cf lemnae? Cylindria cf prolixa?
EDIT: Eugnamptus angustatus in Attelabidae, leaf-rolling weevils.
A golden tortoise beetle!!!! Cassidinae. Deloyala guttata looks quite similar. Plagiometriona or Cassida are less likely.
Who is this? Carabidae, but I don’t know too much else.
fuzzy but head view. kind of looks like a tiger beetle from this angle
Lepidoptera (?)
Is this a monkey slug moth caterpillar? (Limacodidae)
Spiders
Castianeira. C. longipalpa and C. variata are the ones we have here: this looks closer to C. longipalpa, but I don’t know how to be certain.
Parasteatoda tepidarorium?
I know, not a spider, it’s in Opiliones. But what a face!
Noanet Woodlands is a Trustees of the Reservations site in Dover. This was my first time there.
Nearly all of my trips are to a few locations that are literally five minutes drive from my house. I love exploring those locations in depth, but am hoping to expand my range.
“This is 5451 – Parapediasia teterrellus. The white head is the give-away, with the dark sprinkling on the wing.”
(ORIGINAL COMMENT: Best guess: Mottled Grass-Veneer, Neodactria luteolellus, 5379)
“It doesn’t have the distinct darker triangle over the back which nigranum has and the color is too greenish. Possibly O. olivaceana, but these species are so variable and it would really need dissection to identify it for certain. Also, there are several undescribed species in the genus.”
Odonata
Seen but not photographed: a gorgeous Ebony Jewelwing.
Female calico pennant:
Unfortunately, no idea what this damselfly is, either.
Hymenoptera
Braconidae –> Agathidinae
Other suggestion: Braconidae –> Doryctinae –> perhaps Doryctes
Maybe yellow-faced bee, Hylaeus modestus/affinis?
Perhaps Ceratina?
Ceratina? The body looks too smooth.
Pimplinae in Ichneumonidae, perhaps Pimpla
Braconidae
Ichneumonidae, probably Odontocolon
Coleoptera
Synolabus bipustulatus, Oak leafrolling weevil, Attalebidae
Podabrus cf brevicollis in Cantharidae? There are too many similar looking species, so tough to be certain.
Sumitrosis inaequalis
Spiders
Thanatus, in Philodromidae:
Bowl and doily weaver web (Frontinella pyramitela)
Leucauge venusta. As always look at the bristles on the fourth leg.
Came home to a nice Easter Parson Spider, Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, in Gnaphosidae.
What is this?
Found sticking out of the ground. There was an ant nest outlet not that far away.
a little wild 