Flies « An Ozark Naturalist

What Lurks in the Night? II

Some more denizens of the night that came to the black light and stayed until daylight, starting with the moths:

Polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus)

There was also a click beetle,

a pair of mating crane flies,

another interesting looking fly (that I cannot identify)

and a wasp, probably an Ichneumonidae (Hopefully I spelled that right – I was too lazy [...]

A few minutes spent wandering about the yard turned up a freshly bloomed Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida,)

a “puddling” female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus,)

a male Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) – a new record for me at this property –

and a predatory fly (robber fly probably, but can’t really tell) with it’s lunch.

When I [...]