The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 23, 2006. 		BugFiles Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"You reap what you sow. But there will be surprises."

(Emilie Barnes, American author)

The BugFiles Photo of the Day

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

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

194 new bugs were added to the database.
5 new comments were added.
18 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

(Aulacocyclus edentulus)
Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)
Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata)
Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)
Lesser Maple Leafroller (Acleris chalybeana)
Blackheaded Birch Leaffolder (Acleris logiana)
Yellowheaded Fireworm (Acleris minuta)
Eastern Blackheaded Budworm (Acleris variana)
Strawberry Tortrix (Acleris comariana)
Bean Weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus)
Blueberry Bud Mite (Acalitus vaccinii)
Redberry mite (Acalitus essigi)
American Dagger Moth (Acronicta americana)
Fragile Dagger Moth (Acronicta fragilis)
Forked Dagger Moth (Acronicta furcifera)
Gray Dagger Moth (Acronicta grisea)
Cherry Dagger Moth (Acronicta hasta)
Willow Dagger Moth (Acronicta impressa)
Black Army Cutworm (Actebia fennica)
Smeared Dagger Moth (Acronicta oblinita)
Rose Stem Girdler (Agrilus aurichalceus)
Two-lined Chestnut Borer (Agrilus bilineatus)
Lined Click Beetle (Agriotes lineatus)
Little Brown Click Beetle (Agriotes limosus)
Pink-spotted Hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata)
Small-eyed Click Beetle (Alaus myops)
Lesser Mealworm (Alphitobius diaperinus)
Black Fungus Beetle (Alphitobius laevigatus)
Two-banded Fungus Beetle (Alphitophagus bifasciatus)
Fall Cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria)
Roadside Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis)
Rear-humped Caterpillar (Amphipyra pyramidoides)
Green Stinkbug (Acrosternum hilare)
Weevil (Leptopius sp.)
Potato Wireworm (Hapatesus hirtus)
Click Beetle (Pseudotetralobus australasiae)
Whirligig Beetle (Macrogyrus australis)
Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)
Painted Leafhopper (Amplicephalus inimicus)
Mormon Cricket (Anabrus simplex)
Pale-headed Aspen Leafroller (Anacampsis niveopulvella)
Dark-headed Aspen Leafroller (Anacampsis innocuella)
Celery Looper (Anagrapha falcifera)
Peach Twig Borer (Anarsia lineatella)
Poplar Catkin Moth (Anathix puta)
Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Anatis labiculata)
Eye-spotted Lady Beetle (Anatis mali)
Two-lined Cantharid (Ancistronycha bilineata)
Oak Leaf-folder (Ancylis burgessiana)
Hickory Twig Pruner (Anelaphus parallelus)
Twig Pruner (Anelaphus villosus)
Short-horned Oak worm (Anisota finlaysoni)
Orange-striped Oak Worm (Anisota senatoria)
Spiny Oak Worm (Anisota stigma)
Pink-striped Oak Worm (Anisota virginiensis)
One-lined Larch Sawfly (Anoplonyx canadensis)
Three-lined Larch Sawfly (Anoplonyx luteipes)
Mottled Long-horned Beetle (Anthophylax attenuatus)
Museum Beetle (Anthrenus museorum)
Tupelo Leaf Miner (Antispila nysaefoliella)
Yellow-headed Cutworm (Apamea amputatrix)
Glassy Cutworm (Apamea devastator)
Stored Nut Moth (Aphomia gularis)
Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora cribrata)
Western Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora fulva)
Spruce Spittlebug (Aphrophora parallela)
Douglas-Fir Spittlebug (Aphrophora permutata)
Hollyhock Weevil (Apion longirostre)
Coffee Bean Weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus)
Great Tiger Moth (Arctia caja)
Fowl Tick (Argas persicus)
Apple Fruit Moth (Argyresthia conjugella)
Larch Shoot Moth (Argyresthia laricella)
Cherry Shoot Borer (Argyresthia oreasella)
Arborvitae Leafminer (Argyresthia thuiella)
Jack Pine Tube Moth (Argyrotaenia tabulana)
Pitted Long-horned Beetle (Arhopalus foveicollis)
Red-striped Fireworm (Aroga trialbamaculella)
Oak Timber Worm (Arrhenodes minutus)
Opaque Sawyer (Asemum striatum)
Cone Resin Midge (Asynapta hopkinsi)
Fuller Rose Beetle (Asynonychus cervinus)
Foxglove Aphid (Aulacorthum solani)
Big-headed Grasshopper (Aulocara elliotti)
Bilobed Looper (Autographa biloba)
Alfalfa Looper (Autographa californica)
Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae)
Basswood Leafminer (Baliosus nervosus)
Banasa Stink Bug (Banasa dimiata)
Sweet-potato Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
Pepper-and-Salt Moth (Biston betularia cognataria)
Acorn Moth (Blastobasis glandulella)
Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)
Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus leucopterus)
Hairy Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus hirtus)
Western Chinch Bug (Blissus occiduus)
Basswood Owlet Moth (Bomolocha deceptalis)
Garden Springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
Four-humped Stink Bug (Brochymena quadripustulata)
Western Grape Rootworm (Bromius obscurus)
Clover Seed Chalcid (Bruchophagus platypterus)
Alfalfa Seed Chalcid (Bruchophagus roddi)
Pea Weevil (Bruchus pisorum)
Broad-bean Weevil (Bruchus rufimanus)
Dogwood Leaf Beetle (Calligrapha philadelphica)
Elm Calligrapha (Calligrapha scalaris)
Horned Oak Gall Wasp (Callirhytis cornigera)
Gouty Oak Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercuspunctata)
Lilac Leafminer (Caloptilia syringella)
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle (Calvia quatuordecimguttata)
Clear-winged Grasshopper (Camnula pellucida)
Red Carpenter Ant (Camponotus ferrugineus)
Boreal Carpenter Ant (Camponotus herculeanus)
Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)
Mullein Bug (Campylomma verbasci)
Dried-fruit Mite (Carpoglyphus lactis)
Dried-fruit Beetle (Carpophilus hemipterus)
Plaster Beetle (Cartodere constricta)
Maple Trumpet Skeletonizer (Catastega aceriella)
Gray-blue Underwing (Catocala blandula)
Briseis Underwing (Catocala briseis)
Yellow-banded Underwing (Catocala cerogama)
Pink Underwing (Catocala concumbens)
Graceful Underwing (Catocala gracilis)
Hickory Underwing (Catocala habilis)
Ilia Underwing (Catocala ilia)
White Underwing (Catocala relicta)
Blueberry Underwing (Catocala sordida)
Plum Tree Underwing (Catocala ultronia)
Once-married Underwing (Catocala unijuga)
Maple Petiole Borer (Caulocampus acericaulis)
Carrot-Willow Aphid (Cavariella aegopodii)
Ash Bullet-gall Midge (Cecidomyia pellex)
Jack Pine Midge (Cecidomyia piniinopis)
Linden Wart Gall Midge (Cecidomyia verrucicola)
False Leptura Beetle (Cephaloon lepturoides)
Spruce Webspinning Sawfly (Cephalcia fascipennis)
Red Pine Webspinning Wawfly (Cephalcia marginata)
Wheat Stem Sawfly (Cephus cinctus)
European Wheat Stem Wawfly (Cephus pygmaeus)
Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis)
Elm Sphinx (Ceratomia amyntor)
Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa)
Cabbage Seed-pod Weevil (Ceutorhynchus assimilis)
Cabbage Curculio (Ceutorhynchus rapae)
Corn Flea Beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria)
Mountain Mahogany Bark Beetle (Chaetophloeus heterodoxus)
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)
Golden-eyed Lacewing (Chrysopa oculata)
Balsam Poplar Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela walshi)
Flat-headed Apple Tree Borer (Chrysobothris femorata)
Chrysanthemum Leafminer (Chromatomyia syngenesiae)
Marsh Meadow Grasshopper (Chortippus curtipennis)
Chain-spotted Geometer (Cingilia catenaria)
Beet Leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus)
Purple Lesser Fritillary (Clossiana titania grandis)
Chokecherry Midge (Contarinia virginianae)
Rice Moth (Corcyra cephalonica)
Pitted Ambrosia Beetle (Corthylus punctatissimus)
Goldsmith Beetle (Cotalpa lanigera)
Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi)
Spotted Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris duodecimpunctata)
Catocaline dart (Cryptocala acadiensis)
Dusky Birch Sawfly (Croesus latitarsus)
Three-spotted Click Beetle (Ctenicera triundulata)
Green Click Beetle (Ctenicera resplendens)
Goldenrod Cut Worm (Cucullia intermedia)
Northern House Mosquito (Culex pipiens)
Filbert Weevil (Curculio uniformis)
Rodent Bot Fly (Cuterebra tenebrosa)
Hickory Shuck worm (Cydia caryana)
Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)
Virginia Creeper Sphinx (Darapsa myron)
Hydrangea Sphinx (Darapsa versicolor)
Hardwood Tussock Moth (Dasychira dorsipennata)
Pine Tussock Moth (Dasychira pinicola)
Northern Pine Tussock Moth (Dasychira plagiata)
Beech Caterpillar (Dasylophia thyatiroides)
Walnut Caterpillar (Datana integerrima)
Lettered Sphinx (Deidamia inscripta)
Southern Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis)
Lodgepole Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus murrayanae)
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni)
American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)
Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
Aerial Yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria)
Saddleback Looper (Ectropis crepuscularia)
Fir Harlequin (Elaphria versicolor)
Red-crossed Stink Bug (Elasmostethus cruciatus)
Ashgray Blister Beetle (Epicauta fabricii)
Spotted Blister Beetle (Epicauta maculata)
Dark Blister Beetle (Epicauta murina)
Margined Blister Beetle (Epicauta pestifera)
Caragana Blister Beetle (Epicauta subglabra)

Images added yesterday:

Image (Aulacocyclus edentulus)
Image (Aulacocyclus edentulus)
Image (Aulacocyclus edentulus)
Image Florida Apple Snail (Pomacea paludosa)
Image Pennsylvania Leatherwing (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
Image Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)
Image Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)
Image Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)
Image Green Stinkbug (Acrosternum hilare)
Image Weevil (Leptopius sp.)
Image Potato Wireworm (Hapatesus hirtus)
Image Potato Wireworm (Hapatesus hirtus)
Image Click Beetle (Pseudotetralobus australasiae)
Image Whirligig Beetle (Macrogyrus australis)
Image Whirligig Beetle (Macrogyrus australis)
Image Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata)
Image Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)
Image Two-Striped Walkingstick, Palmetto Walkingstick, Devil Rider, Musk Mare (Anisomorpha buprestoides)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
Magpye Rear-humped Caterpillar (Amphipyra pyramidoides)
shudhave Green Stinkbug (Acrosternum hilare)
lizren Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)
Magpye Spittle Bug (Aphrophora saratogensis)
mummu Five-spotted hawkmoth, Tomato Hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata)

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 23, 2006