a little wild   (a small slice of wildlife)

Hot morning. Lots of bugs, but they were very active and I wasn’t able to take a lot of good photos. Still a wonderful morning walk.

Observations: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2025-07-05&user_id=gaurav1729&verifiable=any

Hymenoptera

Ichneumonidae, maybe Pimplinae? iNaturalist suggests Itoplectis conquisitor, but that’s very optimistic.

Poemeniinae?

Tribe Ephialtini from Pimplinae, maybe genus Dolichomitus, according to BugGuide.

Gorgeous ant, Camponotus chromaiodes, ferruginous carpenter ant.

Another Pimplinae, perhaps

And another?

Diptera

Tachinidae

Asilidae (robber fly), Laphria canis complex?

Syrphidae, Toxomerus marginatus

Hemiptera

Membracid –> Smiliinae –> Ophiderma pubescens

Coleoptera

I think it’s a ground beetle, Carabidae, but I like the photo.

iNaturalist suggests Tytthonyx
Order Coleoptera
Suborder Polyphaga
Infraorder Elateriformia
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Cantharidae
Subfamily Silinae
Tribe Tytthonyxini

Deltometopus cf amoenicornis, which is NOT in Elateridae.

Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Eucnemidae
Subfamily Macraulacinae
Tribe Macraulacini

six spotted green tiger beetle, Cicindela sexguttata

Neuroptera

There were plenty of green lacewings, but a lot fewer opportunities to get good photographs of them. Chrysopinae?

Lepidoptera

Perhaps Acleris. There are tons and tons of Acleris, and so tough to pin it down further!

Spiders

Naphrys pulex

Castianeira cf longipalpa or variata, in Corrinidae

Frogs

Pseudacris crucifer, spring peeper?

No bugs

This little bit of red in the rock was interesting to me!

Cladonia lichen