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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Pyrausta » Fulvous-edged Pyrausta Moth - Hodges#5019 (Pyrausta nexalis)

5019 - Pyrausta nexalis

Seminole Canyon State Park, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
October 25, 2014

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Contributed by Carol Wolf on 8 January, 2015 - 6:21pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Mirinae » Mirini » Lygus Bugs (Lygus)

Tarnished plant bug? - Lygus

Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2014

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Contributed by BeeStreet on 8 January, 2015 - 6:19pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Blissidae » Ischnodemus » Ischnodemus falicus

Ischnodemus falicus: Grass feeding bug, family Blissidae - Ischnodemus falicus

Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, 5500 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL 60646, Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 30, 2010

Sitting on my hand.

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Contributed by Lloyd Davidson on 8 January, 2015 - 6:18pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Loxostege » Loxostege allectalis - Hodges#5000 (Loxostege allectalis)

5000 - Loxostege allectalis

South Llano River State Park, Kimble County, Texas, USA
October 23, 2014

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Contributed by Carol Wolf on 8 January, 2015 - 6:16pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Elaphriini » Galgula » The Wedgeling - Hodges#9688 (Galgula partita)

Noctuidae, The Wedgeling - Galgula partita

Capoli, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
July 15, 2014
Size: 13 mm length

swept in a prairie remnant adjacent to woods

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 January, 2015 - 6:16pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Striped Sweat Bees (Agapostemon)

Agapostemon virescens? - Agapostemon

Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2014
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by BeeStreet on 8 January, 2015 - 6:15pm

Agapostemon virescens? - Agapostemon -

Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
July 13, 2014
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

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Contributed by BeeStreet on 8 January, 2015 - 6:15pm

The Wedgeling - Hodges#9688 - Galgula partita -

Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
October 1, 2014
Size: Maybe around 12 mm?

Looks like Galgula partita (The Wedgeling - Hodges#9688) - female
Measured "nose" to wingtip

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 8 January, 2015 - 6:04pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Thynnoidea » Thynnid Wasps (Thynnidae) » Myzininae » Myzinum » Myzinum quinquecinctum

Thynnidae - Myzinum quinquecinctum -

Capoli, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
July 15, 2014
Size: 18 mm

swept in a prairie remnant with adjacent woods

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 January, 2015 - 6:02pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Asciodini » Psara » Obscure Psara - Hodges#5268 (Psara obscuralis)

Psara obscuralis

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Nat'l Historical Park, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
June 19, 2013

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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 8 January, 2015 - 5:49pm

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