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Identity of the North American Adventive Abia Species (Hymenoptera: Cimbicidae)

By Henri Goulet, David R. Smith, & Tanner A. Matson
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 124(2): 362–366, 2022

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 19 April, 2024 - 2:35am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Springtails and allies (Collembola) » Elongate-bodied Springtails (Entomobryomorpha) » Entomobryoidea » Slender Springtails (Entomobryidae) » Lepidocyrtinae » Pseudosinella

violet Pseudosinella - specimen 4 - Pseudosinella

Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA
Size: 2.1mm
13 of 13 images of this specimen.

I forgot to take a full body shot before I started with this specimen. Here it is now, a little worse for the wear, from trying to manipulate it into various positions.

length: 2.1mm. The max size in my culture appears to be around 2.5-2.6mm

Contributed by Ben Gruver on 19 April, 2024 - 1:16am

violet Pseudosinella - specimen 4 - Pseudosinella

Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA
Size: 2mm
12 of 13 images of this specimen.

0 ocelli, as far as I can tell

Contributed by Ben Gruver on 19 April, 2024 - 12:49am

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crab spider

Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 18, 2024

Small crab spider in grass with distinct abdomen markings, I don't know if it's an adult.

Contributed by Brett Hondow on 19 April, 2024 - 12:37am

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Peterson creek question

Santa Rosa, Sonoma County
April 12, 2024
Size: 3mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Contributed by Envirichment on 19 April, 2024 - 12:21am

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Peterson creek question

Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA
April 12, 2024
Size: 3mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.

Found in an aquatic macro inverts sample from Peterson Creek. Is this a terrestrial insect that got mixed into the sample or is this an aquatic macro invert? Look closely at terminal end to see two tubes or broken legs? The second image shows ventral view, piercing/sucking mouth. Image from dissecting scope view

Contributed by Envirichment on 19 April, 2024 - 12:19am

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Errhomus leaf hoppers - Mating pair -

Cashmere Canyons Natural area, Chelan County, Washington, USA
April 14, 2024

I posted a similar photo 9 years ago, from not far from this location and it remains one of only a very few in situ photos of this genus... If anyone wishes to find these, this year there appears to have been quite a hatch. As of last weekend there were literally millions of them. They were covering pretty much every plant in sight.

Contributed by morpheme on 19 April, 2024 - 12:03am

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Eupithecia bolterii

Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
April 15, 2024

Contributed by AaronDriscoll on 18 April, 2024 - 11:40pm

violet Pseudosinella - specimen 4 - Pseudosinella

Pawnee County, Oklahoma, USA
Size: 2mm
11 of 13 images of this specimen.

Update: It turns out this was just a piece of debris or something. See the next image.

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It turns out there were eyes hiding under those scales after all!

I'm not sure if that would be considered 1+1 or 2+2. One larger one to the right, and one tiny one to the left?

Contributed by Ben Gruver on 18 April, 2024 - 11:31pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Dasylophia » Gray-patched Prominent - Hodges#7958 (Dasylophia thyatiroides)

Dasylophia thyatiroides

Randolph County, Alabama, USA
April 18, 2024

Contributed by Lysanders Chamberlan on 18 April, 2024 - 10:47pm

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