The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 14, 2006.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Eventually, a gardener becomes a philosopher."

(Barbara Dodge Borland, American author)

The BugFiles Photo of the Day

Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
By melody

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

18 new bugs were added to the database.
6 new comments were added.
44 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera oxleyi)
Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera pinguis)
Mottled Cup Moth (Doratifera vulnerans)
(Iropoca rotundata)
Painted Apple Moth (Teia anartoides)
Two-spotted Stink Bug, Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla bimaculata)
Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Common Hover Fly (Melangyna viridiceps)
Drone Fly, Rat-tailed Maggot (Eristalis tenax)
Dark Dagger Moth (Acronicta tridens)
Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis)
Crab Spider (Misumenops celer)
Grey Dagger Moth (Acronicta psi)
St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Mistletoe Moth (Comocrus behri)
Clouded Crimson (Schinia gaurae)
Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Drone Fly, Syrphid Fly (Helophilus hybridus)

Images added yesterday:

Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera oxleyi)
Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera oxleyi)
Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera oxleyi)
Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera pinguis)
Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera pinguis)
Image Painted Cup Moth (Doratifera pinguis)
Image Mottled Cup Moth (Doratifera vulnerans)
Image Mottled Cup Moth (Doratifera vulnerans)
Image (Iropoca rotundata)
Image (Iropoca rotundata)
Image Painted Apple Moth (Teia anartoides)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Two-spotted Stink Bug, Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla bimaculata)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
Image Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
Image Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Image Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Image Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Image Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Image Common Hover Fly (Melangyna viridiceps)
Image Drone Fly, Rat-tailed Maggot (Eristalis tenax)
Image Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis)
Image Dark Dagger Moth (Acronicta tridens)
Image Crab Spider (Misumenops celer)
Image Grey Dagger Moth (Acronicta psi)
Image St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Image St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Image St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Image Mistletoe Moth (Comocrus behri)
Image Mistletoe Moth (Comocrus behri)
Image Mistletoe Moth (Comocrus behri)
Image Clouded Crimson (Schinia gaurae)
Image Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Image Drone Fly, Rat-tailed Maggot (Eristalis tenax)
Image Drone Fly, Syrphid Fly (Helophilus hybridus)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Duckweed Firetail (Telebasis byersi)
Image Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
Terry Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
sligo Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
rathkyle Japanese Beetle (Popilla japonica)
wallaby1 Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Todd_Boland Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Todd_Boland Drone Fly, Syrphid Fly (Helophilus hybridus)

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 14, 2006