tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354286502024-03-13T11:41:35.966-07:00Watching InsectsMy insect photographs are available for licensing to publishers. Prints are available for homes or businesses. Unless otherwise noted, all entries refer to mid-Missouri insects.Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-44772630836371712402013-03-29T13:41:00.001-07:002013-03-29T13:41:41.555-07:00Water Strider<p dir=ltr>Just saw my first water strider of the year in Flat Branch Creek at 4th Street.</p>
Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-25794289932010100282012-11-11T11:38:00.000-08:002012-11-11T12:09:28.083-08:00Early November Insects<br />
November 10, 2012<br />
MKT Trail<br />
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Common Buckeye<br />
3 Dainty Sulphurs<br />
1 Checkered White<br />
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I'm trying to keep records daily so I can see the species, date and location of the last butterfly of 2012. <br />
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<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-61588192449243898782012-05-06T15:37:00.001-07:002012-05-06T15:37:57.281-07:00The Crossing Church, May 6Fragile Forktail <br />Eastern Forktail<br />Common Whitetail<br /><br />Monarch<br />American Lady<br />Pearl Crescent <br />Variegated Fritillary <br />Gray Hairstreak<br />Dainty / Little Yellow<br />Orange Sulphur<br />Common Buckeye<br />Cabbage White<br />Sachem<br />Least Skipper<br />Tawny-edged Skipper<br /><br />Ladybug<br />Tumbling Flower Beetle <br />Cucumber beetle<br /><br />Leafhopper<br /><br />Bumble bees<br /><br />Great Blue Heron<br />Red-winged Blackbird<br />Canada Goose<br />Northern Mockingbird <br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-86227783265951752722012-05-05T14:28:00.001-07:002012-05-05T14:28:25.935-07:00Stephen's Lake, May 5Common Buckeye<br />unidentified Lady<br />Dainty Sulphur<br />Great Spangled Fritillary<br />Pearl Crescent<br />Eastern Tailed-Blue<br />Cabbage White<br />Orange Sulphur<br /><br />Six-spotted Tiger Beetle<br /><br />Damselfly<br />Common Whitetail<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-83257968833975632102012-05-02T13:36:00.000-07:002012-05-02T13:38:08.454-07:00Stephens Lake, May 2Variegated Fritillary<br />Orange Sulphur<br />Little Yellow<br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-83718061790510319742012-05-01T12:55:00.001-07:002012-05-01T12:55:54.955-07:00Stephens Lake, May 1While riding my StreetStrider, I saw a Mourning Cloak besides a few common butterflies. I just saw a pair of Eastern Kingbirds near the top of a tall tree after hearing their distinctive calls. <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-87343898246839670392012-04-26T10:46:00.000-07:002012-04-26T20:30:43.750-07:00Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, April 26, 2012List of insect species seen:<br />
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Butterflies and Skippers: <br />
Pearl Crescent<br />
Clouded Sulphur<br />
Eastern Tailed-Blue<br />
Orange sulphur<br />
American Lady<br />
Colias, white form females<br />
Red Admiral <br />
American Snout<br />
Anglewing, Polygonia<br />
Black Swallowtail (tentative id)<br />
Great Spangled Fritillary<br />
Cloudywing <br />
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Moths:<br />
Deep Yellow Euchlaena <br />
Celery Webworm Moth<br />
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Dragonflies<br />
Common Whitetail<br />
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Birds noticed:<br />
Northern Parula<br />
Blue-winged WarblerDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-45773534687130894012012-04-18T20:42:00.001-07:002012-04-18T20:42:56.373-07:00Runge Nature Center, Cole County, MissouriTuesday, April 17, 2012<br />
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Highlight of the day: dozens of Red Admirals; late afternoon there were at least 20 on a single bush <br />
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail<br />
Spicebush Swallowtail<br />
Red Admiral<br />
Monarch<br />
Eastern Tailed-Blue<br />
Juniper Hairstreak<br />
Red-banded Hairstreak<br />
Eastern Tent Caterpillars<br />
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle<br />
Milkweed Longhorn<br />
Rove Beetle<br />
Whirligig Beetles <br />
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Common Green Darner (ovipositing)<br />
Common Whitetails (ovipositing)<br />
Spreadwing Damselfly<br />
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Flower Flies<br />
Bumble Bee<br />
<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-79060501820841317862011-05-19T18:03:00.001-07:002011-12-23T05:58:46.137-08:00First periodical <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/homoptera/">cicadas </a>today in Boone county!<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-83929186637045496672011-05-09T10:33:00.001-07:002011-12-23T05:58:16.206-08:00A carpenter bee (<a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/hymenoptera/">Xylocopa </a>sp.) just flew across the yard chasing a Monarch then spun around after a bird flying the opposite direction.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-55928364200305641942010-07-13T09:55:00.000-07:002010-07-13T09:56:39.809-07:00Iliniwek Village State Historic Site, July 13Mosquitoes!<br />Unidentified Syrphid<br /><br />Red-spotted purple<br />Little yellow<br />Dainty sulphur<br />Monarch<br />Eastern tiger swallowtail<br />Hackberry emperor<br /><br />Blue dasher<br />Wandering glider<br />Unidentified damselfly<br /><br />Gray catbird<br />Mourning dove<br />Carolina wren<br />Northern flicker<br /><br />There for about 1 hour. Hiked to the long house with a stop to follow the damselfly for photos. And a stop for mosquito photos which was harder than expected. I collected 3 to key out - with 1 ant as bycatch. <br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-32906193369047965712010-07-12T03:30:00.001-07:002010-07-12T04:01:36.405-07:00Eastern amberwing<br />Baskettail<br />Common whitetail<br />Widow skimmer<br />Eastern pondhawk<br />Fragile forktail<br /><br />Silver-spotted skipper<br />Pipevine swallowtail<br />Dainty Sulphur<br />Little yellow<br />Orange Sulphur<br />Hackberry Emperor<br />Red admiral<br />Common Buckeye<br />Cloudless Sulphur<br />Monarch<br />Azure<br />Variegated Fritillary<br />Duskywing<br />Pearl crescent<br />Least skipper<br />Eastern tailed-blue<br /><br />Velvet ant<br />Robber flies - <span style="font-style: italic;">Proctacanthus hinei, Efferia</span><br />Moth fly<br />Mydas fly<br />Bee fly<br />Whirlygig beetles<br />Planthoppers - <span style="font-style: italic;">Metcalfa pruinosa</span> (Citrus Flatid Planthopper)<br />Treehopper<br />Water striders<br /><br />Robin<br />Eastern kingbird<br />Indigo bunting<br />Baltimore oriole<br />Cardinal<br />Bobwhite<br />Red-headed woodpecker<br />Mourning dove<br />Flicker<br />Canada goose<br />Catbird<br />Mockingbird<br />Orchard oriole<br />Chipping sparrow<br />Downy woodpecker<br />Blue jay<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-5452636430179965912010-07-01T10:55:00.001-07:002010-07-01T10:55:46.257-07:00Cuivre River, June 29We headed here hoping for a Striped Hairstreak, but none so far. Probably at least 50 Pipevine Swallowtails nectaring at purple coneflowers. <br /><br />Pipevine swallowtails<br />Eastern Tiger swallowtail & black female<br />Cloudless sulphur <br />Little yellow<br />Snout<br />Pearl cresent<br />Azure<br />Wood satyr<br />Painted Lichen moth<br />Eastern tailed-blue<br />Least skipper<br />Silver spotted skipper <br />Great spangled fritillary <br />Monarch<br />Question mark<br />Silvery checkerspot<br />Celery webworms<br /><br />Clubtails<br />Pondhawk<br />Widow skimmer<br />Eastern Amberwing<br />Slaty skimmer <br />Common whitetail <br />Baskettail<br />Blue dasher<br /><br />Damselflies - several species unidentified right now. <br />Moesta<br /><br />Louisiana waterthrush <br />Carolina wren<br />Turkey vulture <br />Nuthatch<br />Flicker<br />Yellow-billed Cuckoo<br />Great crested flycatcher<br />Robin<br />Phoebe<br />Catbird<br />Bobwhite <br />Pewee<br />Chat<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-63471597011233653902010-05-28T09:24:00.001-07:002010-05-28T09:24:40.443-07:00Cole County, May 27Hackberry emperor<br />Least skipper<br />Orange sulphur<br />Red admiral<br />Azure<br />Monarch<br />Monarch caterpillar<br />Little wood-satyr<br />Polygonia<br />Dainty sulphur<br />Gray hairstreak<br />Great spangled fritillary<br />Giant swallowtail<br />Spicebush swallowtail<br /><br />Dun skipper<br />Zabulon skipper<br /><br />Bird-dropping moth <br />Moon-lined moth<br />Geometrid<br /><br />Eastern pondhawk <br />Green darner <br />Black saddlebags<br />Spangled skimmer<br />Common whitetail<br />Twelve-spotted skimmer<br />Blue dasher<br /><br />Lestes<br />Bluet<br />Citrine forktail<br />Eastern forktail<br /><br />Bee fly<br />Crane fly<br />Syrphid fly<br /><br />Spittle bugs<br />Giant water bug<br /><br />Six-spotted tiger beetle<br />Firefly<br />Checkered beetle<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-40164769345595744022010-05-24T09:09:00.001-07:002010-05-31T13:34:08.803-07:00Orange sulphur<br />Common buckeye<br />Azure<br />Dainty sulphur<br />Little wood-satyr<br />Polygonia sp.<br />Monarch<br /><br />Twelve-spotted skimmer<br />Common whitetail<br />Green darner<br />Eastern pondhawk<br />Possible Comet darner<br />Forktail<br />Black saddlebags<br />Blue dasher<br />Widow skimmer<br />Spangled skimmer<br />Slaty skimmer<br />Gomphidae<br />Baskettail<br /><br />Lixus<br />Click beetle<br />Firefly<br /><br />Spittlebugs<br />Bee fly<br /><br />I also saw a Brown Thrasher bring nestling droppings from the nest and drop them into a pond.<br /><br />White-eyed vireo<br />Baltimore oriole<br />Eastern kingbird<br /><br />Chipmunk <br /><br />On Saturday, I saw a <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/pages/blog/2010/05may/20100522.html">Brenthia </a>in Boone County. <br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-46656762439116300062010-05-08T12:03:00.001-07:002011-12-23T05:57:07.622-08:00I watched what I think was a <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/odonata/dragonflies/libellulidae/plathemis_lydia/">Common Whitetail</a> emerge just after noon on a somewhat cooler day than we've been having. I'll edit this post later to add details and a photo.<br /><br />Sightings:<br />Red-banded hairstreak<br />Common whitetail<br />Backswimmers<br />Water striders<br />Fragile forktail<br />Eastern forktail<br />Springwater dancer?<br />Zabulon Skipper<br />Painted lady<br />Red admiral<br />Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle<br />Cucumber Beetle<br />Publilia concava with ants<br />Carpenter Bee<br />Syrphid<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-43611654267420030242010-05-06T12:06:00.001-07:002010-05-06T15:42:15.026-07:00SightingsCitrine forktail<br />Green darner<br />Black saddlebags<br />Eastern forktail<br />Lestes<br />Baskettail<br />Common whitetail<br />springwater dancer<br />Blue corporal<br />Monarch<br />Question mark<br />Red hairstreak<br />Red-spotted purple<br />Painted lady<br />Red admiral <br />Peck's skipper<br />Juvenal's duskywing<br />Orange sulphur<br />Backswimmer<br />Giant water bug<br />Whirlygig beetles<br />Water striders<br />Ants & aphids<br />Six-spotted tiger beetle<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-57079300144051290832010-05-04T09:14:00.001-07:002011-12-23T05:56:31.711-08:00Taking photos of a female <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/lepidoptera/butterflies/">Pipevine Swallowtail</a> laying eggs on the pipevines growing in our yard. Pipevines in bloom.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-27265162737396084372010-03-23T15:17:00.001-07:002011-12-23T06:39:35.711-08:00Lots of green <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/neuroptera/">lacewings </a>flying around on this warm, sunny day.<br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-37499236880902248822010-03-23T13:48:00.001-07:002010-03-23T13:48:18.760-07:00Spring SightingsWater Striders, Eastern Comma, and plasterer bees in cental Missouri on 3/18. Flies at bait on 3/19. Forsythia blooming on 3/23. Dung fly (Scathophagidae) photo from 3/19 at http://donnabrunet.com/pages/stock/flies/scathophagidae.html<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-6301431459282463972010-03-01T19:11:00.000-08:002010-03-01T19:23:16.271-08:00AntlionOn February 23rd, I noticed what appeared to be a freshly dug antlion pit in the colony by our front door. It was very small - only about 1/2" across. I'm guessing that it was formed on either the 18th or 19th when it warmed up to the low 40s.<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/01/1197.jpg'><img src='http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/03/01/s_1197.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /> <br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-65765448120148021432010-02-21T09:02:00.000-08:002011-12-23T05:55:22.828-08:00I photographed a blooming <a href="http://donnabrunet.com/images/stock/plants/">Ozark Witch Hazel </a>shrub on Thursday.<br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-54661250985442846362009-11-20T15:48:00.000-08:002009-11-20T15:51:46.035-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">November 20, 2009<br />Columbia</span><br /><br />Sunny for a change and a high in the upper 50s. An unidentified anglewing (<span style="font-style:italic;">Polygonia</span>) at home. Last week (can't remember the exact date) I saw a Cloudless Sulphur (<span style="font-style:italic;">Phoebis sennae</span>).Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-85345429440919939572009-11-08T20:04:00.000-08:002009-11-08T20:05:26.060-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">November 8, 2009<br />(Boone County)</span><br /><br />On a day with a high of 76 F and lots of sunshine, I saw a Cloudless Sulphur (<span style="font-style:italic;">Phoebis sennae</span>) pass through our front yard while I was sitting outside reading <span style="font-style:italic;">Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image</span> by Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant. Later, a Red Admiral (<span style="font-style:italic;">Vanessa atalanta</span>) found bait in the backyard. No photos because it was on the rim of a bait jar. I almost successfully moved it to a tree trunk and probably would have been successful if I had used my finger instead of trying to move it with the paintbrush.Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428650.post-58394514729494122832009-11-03T20:10:00.001-08:002009-11-03T20:10:45.298-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">November 2, 2009<br />(Boone County)</span><br /><br />Butterflies: Cloudless Sulphur<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">November 1, 2009<br />(Boone County)</span><br /><br />Butterflies: Cabbage White, unidentified Comma, Orange Sulphur, MonarchDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621220717041262007noreply@blogger.com0