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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin (Zygaenoidea) » Slug Caterpillar Moths (Limacodidae) » Prolimacodes » Skiff Moth - Hodges#4671 (Prolimacodes badia)

Odd bug - Prolimacodes badia

Harrisville, Lewis County, New York, USA
September 14, 2016
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Anthony looker on 23 September, 2016 - 2:33pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Phidippus » cardinalis group (Phidippus cardinalis group) » Cardinal Jumper (Phidippus cardinalis)

Phidippus cardinalis

Franklin County, Missouri, USA
September 23, 2016

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Contributed by Jack Foreman on 23 September, 2016 - 2:31pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Elaphriini » Midgets (Elaphria) » Grateful Midget - Hodges#9684 (Elaphria grata)

Grateful Midget - Elaphria grata

Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
September 20, 2016

September sighting for RI

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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 23 September, 2016 - 2:24pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tussock Moths (Lymantriinae) » Orgyiini » Orgyia » White-marked Tussock Moth - Hodges#8316 (Orgyia leucostigma)

White-marked Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma -

Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
September 20, 2016

A worn or poorly marked example and a September sighting for RI.

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Contributed by Nigel Grindley on 23 September, 2016 - 2:19pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Bombyliinae » Conophorini » Sparnopolius » Sparnopolius confusus

Megachile Perhirta ? - Sparnopolius confusus

Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA
September 12, 2016
Size: size of honey bee
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Larry C Eicher Sr. on 23 September, 2016 - 2:12pm

Megachile Perhirta ? - Sparnopolius confusus

Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA
September 12, 2016
Size: size of honey bee
2 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Larry C Eicher Sr. on 23 September, 2016 - 2:12pm

Megachile Perhirta ? - Sparnopolius confusus

Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA
September 12, 2016
Size: size of honey bee
1 of 3 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by Larry C Eicher Sr. on 23 September, 2016 - 2:10pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Spotless Lady Beetles (Cycloneda) » Spotless Lady Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)

Ladybug - Cycloneda sanguinea

New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, USA
September 27, 2009
Size: 5mm

I believe it is a Cycloneda, I am guessing it is a Spotless Lady Beetle. Can you tell if I am close?

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Contributed by sam ekker on 23 September, 2016 - 2:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Nocloina » Nocloa » Nocloa nanata - Hodges#9797 (Nocloa nanata)

Nocloa nanata

Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
August 21, 2016

Found at light.

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Contributed by Donald R Riley on 23 September, 2016 - 1:55pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Eristalina » Drone Flies (Eristalis) » Subgenus Eoseristalis (Eristalis Subgenus Eoseristalis) » Eristalis dimidiata

Eristalis ? - Eristalis dimidiata

Spring Green Preserve, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
September 18, 2016
Size: 15 mm

Think its Eristalis

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Contributed by Stoil Ivanov on 23 September, 2016 - 1:49pm

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