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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Crickets (Gryllidea) » True Crickets (Gryllidae) » Ground Crickets (Nemobiinae) » Even-spurred Ground Crickets (Eunemobius) » Carolina Ground Cricket (Eunemobius carolinus)

Eunemobius carolinus -

Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 7 mm

Found under a brick.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:17pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Large Rove Beetles (Staphylininae) » Staphylinini » Staphylinina » Dinothenarus » subgenus Parabemus (Dinothenarus subgenus Parabemus) » Dinothenarus badipes

Dinothenarus badipes

Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 1.6 cm

Found under a brick.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:16pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Agrilinae » Agrilini » Agrilus » Red-necked Cane Borer (Agrilus ruficollis)

Agrilus ruficollis

Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 7 mm

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:16pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Skeletonizing Leaf Beetles and Flea Beetles (Galerucinae) » Luperini » Diabroticina » Section Diabroticites » Cucumber Beetles (Diabrotica) » Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle (Diabrotica barberi)

flower beetle - Diabrotica barberi

Liska-Stanek Prairie State Preserve, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2011

Is this something different, or just a teneral cristata? gathering_2011

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 August, 2011 - 4:15pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Tenthredininae » Tenthredinini » Tenthredo » basilaris group (Tenthredo basilaris group) » Tenthredo basilaris

Tenthredo basilaris -

Arundel, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 1.2 cm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Pretty quick runner (it actually flew off after a few shots like this)!

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:11pm

Tenthredo basilaris -

Arundel, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 1.2 cm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

Found on goldenrod.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:10pm

There were lots of Diabrotica cristata on the prairie - Diabrotica cristata -

Liska-Stanek Prairie State Preserve, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2011

All over the prairie wildflowers. gathering_2011

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 5 August, 2011 - 4:10pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Sphex » Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

Sphex pensylvanicus -

Arundel, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: about 2 cm

Found on goldenrod.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:09pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini)

Tiger moth caterpillar

Arundel, York County, Maine, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 2.6 cm

Found crossing a trail.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 5 August, 2011 - 4:08pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Pseudophyllodromiinae » Supella » Brown-banded Cockroach (Supella longipalpa)

brown banded - Supella longipalpa -

U of A , Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 2, 2011
Size: 13 mm

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 5 August, 2011 - 4:08pm

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