Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Insect in bird cage
Insect in bird cage
Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA
November 6, 2009
Size: ~4mm

Predatory wasp
Predatory wasp
Alameda County, California, USA
June 12, 2009
Engaged in the same activity as . This individual has more yellow on its abdomen--a different species? I think the photo shows the wasp actually eating a larva.

Spider - female
Spider - Female
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
July 22, 2009

Wasp hunting larvae
Wasp hunting larvae
Alameda County, California, USA
June 24, 2009
2 of 3 images of this specimen.
Now the wasp probes the leaf from above. Photo taken at 11:56:59 a.m.

Wasp hunting larvae
Wasp hunting larvae
Alameda County, California, USA
June 24, 2009
1 of 3 images of this specimen.
Examining a buddleia leaf damaged by a moth larva. Photo taken at 11:55:44 a.m.

Bombyliidae?
Bombyliidae?
Harshaw Creek, Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
November 7, 2009

Melipotis novanda?
Melipotis novanda?
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: Forewing Length 22 mm
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.

Protorthodes mulina 10562?
Protorthodes mulina 10562?
Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: Forewing Length 16 mm
Elevation 5,000. ft.
Oak-Juniper Woodland.

moth #3
moth #3
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: ~15 mm wingspan
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Lateral view.

moth #3
moth #3
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: ~15 mm wingspan
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Came to porch light of rural home.

 
 
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