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What on Earth is this Thing?
What on Earth is this Thing?
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
April 12, 2024
Size: 15 mm
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
Top view. Interesting pattern. Tuft on thorax still pretty evident.
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Contributed by cwhit1 on 24 April, 2024 - 7:00am

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What on Earth is this Thing?
What on Earth is this Thing?
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA
April 12, 2024
Size: 15 mm
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
At light. Looks like it belongs in Gelechiidae. I have tried several genera, wondered about Gnorimoschema sp., but this thing is freaky. It was huge for a Gelechiidae though. Size was measured, nearly exact, from head to tip of wings, antennae not included.
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Contributed by cwhit1 on 24 April, 2024 - 7:00am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Calligrapha » subgenus Bidensomela (Calligrapha subgenus Bidensomela) » Calligrapha californica
Calligraphy californica - Calligrapha californica
Calligraphy californica - Calligrapha californica
Greenacres, Saltese Wetlands, Spokane County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2024
2 of 2 images of this specimen.
High population of this beetle throughout the wetland area
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Contributed by Michelle Bos on 24 April, 2024 - 6:55am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Chrysomelinae » Chrysomelini » Doryphorina » Calligrapha » subgenus Bidensomela (Calligrapha subgenus Bidensomela) » Calligrapha californica
Calligraphy californica - Calligrapha californica
Calligraphy californica - Calligrapha californica
Greenacres, Saltese Wetlands, Spokane County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2024
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
High population of this beetle throughout the wetland area
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Contributed by Michelle Bos on 24 April, 2024 - 6:53am

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Tarantula
Tarantula
West Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas, USA
March 31, 2024
Photographed along a highway by Brittany Crase. Used with permission.
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 24 April, 2024 - 6:29am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Dendrometrina » Gambrinus » Gambrinus venablesi
Gambrinus venablesi
Gambrinus venablesi
Greenacres, Saltese Wetlands, Spokane County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2024
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Contributed by Michelle Bos on 24 April, 2024 - 6:28am

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?Nursery Web Spider
?Nursery Web Spider
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
April 23, 2024
Photographed by Carlos Zambrano. Used with permission.
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 24 April, 2024 - 6:11am

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Caterpillar
Caterpillar
Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas, USA
April 23, 2024
Photographed by Terry Mullinix. Used with permission.
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Contributed by Clay Nichols on 24 April, 2024 - 6:03am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae)
Unknown adult or nymph? - female
Unknown adult or nymph? - Female
Packwood, Lewis County, Washington, USA
April 22, 2024
Size: 3-4mm
On a lit cloth at night. It would move a short distance, stop for a second or two, then move a short distance again, repreated.
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Contributed by OwlBob on 24 April, 2024 - 5:55am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Tortricini » Acleris » Bent-wing Acleris - Hodges#3517 (Acleris subnivana)
Pennsylvania Moth - Acleris subnivana
Pennsylvania Moth - Acleris subnivana
Northkill Road north of Shartlesville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 15, 2024
3 of 3 images of this specimen.
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Contributed by Jim Eckert on 24 April, 2024 - 2:12am

 
 
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