Friday, March 29, 2013

Water Strider

Just saw my first water strider of the year in Flat Branch Creek at 4th Street.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Early November Insects


November 10, 2012
MKT Trail

Common Buckeye
3 Dainty Sulphurs
1 Checkered White

I'm trying to keep records daily so I can see the species, date and location of the last butterfly of 2012.


Sunday, May 06, 2012

The Crossing Church, May 6

Fragile Forktail
Eastern Forktail
Common Whitetail

Monarch
American Lady
Pearl Crescent
Variegated Fritillary
Gray Hairstreak
Dainty / Little Yellow
Orange Sulphur
Common Buckeye
Cabbage White
Sachem
Least Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper

Ladybug
Tumbling Flower Beetle
Cucumber beetle

Leafhopper

Bumble bees

Great Blue Heron
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
Northern Mockingbird

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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Stephen's Lake, May 5

Common Buckeye
unidentified Lady
Dainty Sulphur
Great Spangled Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle

Damselfly
Common Whitetail


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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Stephens Lake, May 2

Variegated Fritillary
Orange Sulphur
Little Yellow



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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Stephens Lake, May 1

While 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.


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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Rock Bridge Memorial State Park, April 26, 2012

List of insect species seen:

Butterflies and Skippers:
Pearl Crescent
Clouded Sulphur
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Orange sulphur
American Lady
Colias, white form females
Red Admiral
American Snout
Anglewing, Polygonia
Black Swallowtail (tentative id)
Great Spangled Fritillary
Cloudywing

Moths:
Deep Yellow Euchlaena
Celery Webworm Moth


Dragonflies
Common Whitetail




Birds noticed:
Northern Parula
Blue-winged Warbler