Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Brown Butterfly - Calephelis nemesis - female
Brown Butterfly - Calephelis nemesis - Female
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
November 24, 2011
Size: approx 1 cm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.

Brown Butterfly - Calephelis nemesis - female
Brown Butterfly - Calephelis nemesis - Female
San Pedro River Valley, SE of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
November 24, 2011
Size: approx 1 cm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Small brown butterfly with silver streaks, on Desert Marigold Flower; Sonoran Desert area with Creosotes, elev 2800 feet

Ichneumonid, wasp-like - female
Ichneumonid, wasp-like - Female
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
August 24, 2009
Size: medium
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
2nd view

Ichneumonid, wasp-like - female
Ichneumonid, wasp-like - Female
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
August 24, 2009
Size: medium
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
Boldly patterned, wasp-like ichneumonid in urban garden

Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands
Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
July 20, 2006
Size: small
Urban garden - probably same as in images submitted for 9 July 2006

Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands - female
Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands - Female
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
July 9, 2006
Size: small
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
2nd view

Hexagenia limbata? - Hexagenia limbata
Hexagenia limbata? - Hexagenia limbata
South Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
June 23, 2009
Size: large

Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands - female
Ichneumonid with blue abdominal bands - Female
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
July 9, 2006
Size: small
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
urban garden

Mayfly - Leucrocuta
Mayfly - Leucrocuta
South Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
July 15, 2009
Not even certain which family for this one. Came to lights at a bank ATM.

Braconidae, Bassus sp. ovipositing in yarrow - female
Braconidae, Bassus sp. ovipositing in yarrow - Female
Edmonton, Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
August 5, 2007
Size: maybe 1 cm
Common in urban garden at flowers - sometimes ovipositing in them. Does anyone know what she is up to?