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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 [...] It was very warm tonight, into the 70s, which well above normal for April in the Ozarks. It had the insects out though so I decided to hang the black light and leave it out over night. These were still present this morning and I’ve labeled all of them that I have managed [...] It’s Monday, so that means I spent my lunch hour walking around Watercress. I found a few new blooms including American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia,) Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) and (Lyre-leaf Sage (Salvia lyrata.) But the find of the day came from under a log along the spring branch. A Rove Beetle for sure, I believe to be Philonthus politus. [...] I have one final insect of interest that I found on the pine tree along with the assassin bugs and firefly larvae. I thought it was a Velvet Ant until I pulled up the photo onscreen and realized something didn’t look quite right. Like there’s no third segment. And those antennae just [...] Or it would be if it were more than, y’know, an inch or so long. Do you have any idea what it is? Other than a larval insect, I didn’t. Give up yet? Believe it or not, it’s a larval firefly. That’s right, you heard me, it’s a lightning bug of the [...] |
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