The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 6, 2006.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Let everyone mind his own business, and the cows will be well tended. (from Old Farmer's Almanac Proverbs, 1898) "

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The BugFiles Photo of the Day

Cicada Killer (Specius speciosus)
By justdeb

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

91 new bugs were added to the database.
1 new comment was added.
33 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Definite Patch (Chlosyne definita)
Gabb's Checkerspot (Chlosyne gabbii)
Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)
Hoffmann's Checkerspot (Chlosyne hoffmanni)
Crimson Patch (Chlosyne janais)
Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Rosita Patch (Chlosyne rosita)
Rockslide Checkerspot (Chlosyne whitneyi)
Greater Arid-Land Katydid (Neobarrettia spinosa)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)
Coprosma Hawk-moth (Hippotion scrofa)
Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus)
Hayden's Ringlet (Coenonympha haydenii)
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma)
Spot-celled Sister (Adelpha basiloides)
California Sister (Adelpha bredowii)
Canyonland Satyr (Cyllopsis pertepida)
Nabokov's Satyr (Cyllopsis pyracmon)
Cramer's Eighty-eight (Diaethria clymena)
Mexican Silverspot (Dione moneta)
Klug's Clearwing (Dircenna klugii)
Silver Emperor (Doxocopa laure)
Tiny Checkerspot (Dymasia dymas)
Blue-eyed Sailor (Dynamine dyonis)
Creole Pearly Eye (Enodia creola)
Common Banner (Epiphile adrasta)
Colorado Alpine (Erebia callias)
Disa Alpine (Erebia disa)
Red-disked Alpine (Erebia discoidalis)
Banded Alpine (Erebia fasciata)
Reddish Alpine (Erebia kozhantshikovi)
Mt. McKinley Alpine (Erebia mackinleyensis)
Magdalena Alpine (Erebia magdalena)
Yellow-dotted Alpine (Erebia pawlowskii)
Ross' Alpine (Erebia rossii)
Isabella's Heliconian (Eueides isabella)
Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima)
Florida Purplewing (Eunica tatila)
Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
Gillette's Checkerspot (Euphydryas gillettii)
Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton)
Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
Red-bordered Satyr (Gyrocheilus patrobas)
Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)
Guatemalan Cracker (Hamadryas guatemalena)
Erato Heliconian (Heliconius erato)
Tailed Cecropian (Historis acheronta)
Mangrove Buckeye (Junonia evarete)
Tropical Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius)
Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii)
Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)
Common Mestra (Mestra amymone)
Elf (Microtia elva)
White Morpho (Morpho polyphemus)
Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa)
Ridings' Satyr (Neominois ridingsii)
Wyoming Satyr (Neominois wyomingo)
Mitchell's Satyr (Neonympha mitchellii)
California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica)
Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
Alberta Arctic (Oeneis alberta)
Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta)
Macoun's Arctic (Oeneis macounii)
Melissa Arctic (Oeneis melissa)
Polixenes Arctic (Oeneis polixenes)
Uhler's Arctic (Oeneis uhleri)
Pine Satyr (Paramacera allyni)
Chestnut Crescent (Phyciodes argentea)
Tawny Crescent (Phyciodes batesii)
Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta)
Cuban Crescent (Phyciodes frisia)
Graphic Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
California Crescent (Phyciodes orseis)
Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida)
Painted Crescent (Phyciodes picta)
Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana)
Chequered Skipper, Arctic Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Tulcis Crescent (Phyciodes tulcis)
Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)
European Skipper, Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata)

Images added yesterday:

Image Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
Image Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
Image Basilica Orb Weaver (Mecynogea lemniscata)
Image Greater Arid-Land Katydid (Neobarrettia spinosa)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
Image Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)
Image Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)
Image Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)
Image Coprosma Hawk-moth (Hippotion scrofa)
Image Coprosma Hawk-moth (Hippotion scrofa)
Image Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus)
Image Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus)
Image Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Image Leaf footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
Image Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Image Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
Image Golden Silk Spider, Banana Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Image Golden Silk Spider, Banana Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Chequered Skipper, Arctic Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
Image Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius)
Image Sandhill Skipper (Polites sabuleti)
Image European Skipper, Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Image European Skipper, Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Image European Skipper, Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
Image Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
Image Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
Sheila965 Golden Silk Spider, Banana Spider, Golden Silk Orbweaver (Nephila clavipes)

Final Notes

Thank you for reading the BugFiles Newsletter.

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... August 6, 2006