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Species Scolopendra heros - Giant Redheaded Centipede - Scolopendra heros
Species Scolopendra heros - Giant Redheaded Centipede - Scolopendra heros
Elk River Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
May 30, 2016
Size: 5"
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
We saw two of these on the Elk River Hiking Trail.

bee on false indigo bush - Andrena
bee on false indigo bush - Andrena
Niota, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
May 31, 2016
possible Colletes sp.? Found on false indigo bush (Amorpha fruticosa) along edge of Mississippi River backwaters.

black leafhopper with yellow legs - Limotettix anthracinus
black leafhopper with yellow legs - Limotettix anthracinus
West Point, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
June 1, 2016
Found in high quality prairie remnant.

Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera eridania
Trinity River Refuge HQ building., Liberty County, Texas, USA
June 1, 2016
Adds June data point for TX.

Melanoplus on Composite - Melanoplus occidentalis - male
Melanoplus on Composite - Melanoplus occidentalis - Male
Picketwire Canyon, Otero County, Colorado, USA
May 28, 2016
Late instar.
Canyon bottom in Mesa de Maya -- a plateau of highlands stretching along NM and CO border, east from Rockies to OK's Panhandle. Steep red-rock wall with scattered junipers. Broad canyon floor well vegetated with grass, forbes, cactus. Center with stream lined by willow thickets.

soldier beetle - Polemius
soldier beetle - Polemius
West Point, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
June 1, 2016
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

soldier beetle - Polemius
soldier beetle - Polemius
West Point, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
June 1, 2016
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Found on timbered edge of high quality prairie remnant.

True Bug - Narnia snowi
True Bug - Narnia snowi
Picketwire Canyon, Otero County, Colorado, USA
May 28, 2016
Canyon bottom in Mesa de Maya -- a plateau of highlands stretching along NM and CO border, east from Rockies to OK's Panhandle. Steep red-rock wall with scattered junipers. Broad canyon floor well vegetated with grass, forbes, cactus. Center with stream lined by willow thickets. The label Assassin Bug was an assumption as I was culling; I can not find an assassin bug (nor any genus of bug) that fits this beast by my own efforts.

Rustic Shoulder-knot - Hodges#9364 - Apamea sordens
Rustic Shoulder-knot - Hodges#9364 - Apamea sordens
Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska, USA
June 1, 2016
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Not previously recorded for Nebraska on BugGuide.

Rustic Shoulder-knot - Hodges#9364 - Apamea sordens
Rustic Shoulder-knot - Hodges#9364 - Apamea sordens
Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska, USA
June 1, 2016
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Not previously recorded for Nebraska on BugGuide.