Black/gray spider with red legs - Steatoda borealis -  Champaign, IL USA, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
February 7, 2012
Size: about 1 inch across
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Closeup of the face of the spider. Best view I could get of the eyes.
Contributed by Jeff Bryant on 8 February, 2012 - 12:14am |
Black/gray spider with red legs - Steatoda borealis - Champaign, IL USA, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
February 7, 2012
Size: about 1 inch across
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Black spider with red legs in our bathtub. About an inch across. Found in Champaign, IL. Large pedipalps WRT body size. Curls up into a ball very easily when spooked. Almost looks like a southern house spider, but:
1) its quite small and the pedipalps look too big.
2) Champaign IL is a bit too far north for this spider's normal range as far as I can tell.
Contributed by Jeff Bryant on 8 February, 2012 - 12:11am |
Moth - P3122842 - Caenurgina crassiuscula Marshall (Ozark Mountains), Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
March 12, 2011
Attracted to light.
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Scopula quinquelinearia Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
August 6, 2011
BOLD DNA AVBC 1139-11 - species match not made - either S. quinqulinearia or S. junctaria - but most likely quinquelinearia. Had highest matches & much closer to quinquelinearia on tree. Same result for two specimens from Port Alberni and one from Williams lake.
Whistler
Lat: 50.09 N; Long 123.00 W
Elevation 597m
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Vitula serratilineella Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
June 16, 2010
BOLD DNA AVBC 126-10 - species match not made, but by far the highest matches (100% & 99.85%)for V. serratilineella. Next closest V. edmandsii at 97%. Also in middle of large number of V.serratilineella on tree. Same result for one other specimen from Port Alberni and one from Whistler.
Port Alberni
Lat: 49.29 N; Long: 124.79 W
Elevation 100m
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Vitula serratilineella Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
August 6, 2011
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
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Vitula serratilineella Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
August 6, 2011
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
BOLD DNA AVBC 1134-11 - species match not made, but by far the highest matches (100% & 99.85%)for V. serratilineella. Next closest V. edmandsii at 97%. Also in middle of large number of V.serratilineella on tree. Same result for two other specimens from Port Alberni.
Whistler
Lat: 50.09 N; Long 123.00 W
Elevation 597m
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Tanacetum Root Moth - Dichrorampha vancouverana Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
August 6, 2011
BOLD DNA species match AVBC 1150-11
Whistler
Lat: 50.09 N; Long 123.00 W
Elevation 597m
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Tanacetum Root Moth - Dichrorampha vancouverana Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
July 30, 2011
Mt Arrowsmith – Butterfly Ridge
Lat: 49.264 N; Long: 124.638 W
Elevation 1015m
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Day 113: fourth and fifth instars - Siphanta acuta Alameda County, California, USA
February 7, 2012
Size: Not measured
14 of 18 images of this specimen.
These two nymphs, in a different container than the other one photographed today, have occupied the same Pittosporum leaf for days. Top: fourth instar. Middle: very new fifth instar. Bottom: exuviae.
All the nymphs have access to rose and Pittosporum stems and leaves. They don't seem to prefer one over the other.
Twenty-four hours later, the upper nymph had molted, and it had the coloring of the lower one in this photo. The lower one had the coloring of the nymph shown for Day 111.
Contributed by R. Berg on 7 February, 2012 - 10:15pm |
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