The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 2, 2006. 		BugFiles Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig."

(Lazarus Long, character in "Time Enough for Love" (1973))

The BugFiles Photo of the Day

Leaf Footed Bug (Leptoglossus sp.)
By jnana

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

25 new bugs were added to the database.
8 new comments were added.
46 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Leaf Footed Bug (Leptoglossus sp.)
Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona arabesca)
Swordgrass Brown (Tisiphone abeona)
Common 3-ring Butterfly (Ypthima pandocus)
Correa Brown (Oreixenica correae)
Two-Striped Walkingstick, Palmetto Walkingstick, Devil Rider, Musk Mare (Anisomorpha buprestoides)
Field Cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
Kershaw’s Brown (Oreixenica kershawi)
Mole Cricket, Northern Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla)
Water Strider (Aquarius remigis)
Ant Lion, Antlion, Ant-Lion (Myrmeleon mobilis)
Florida Leaf-footed Bug, Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala femorata)
Firefly, Lightning Bug (Photinus pyralis)
Striped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata)
Gray Wall Jumper, Gray Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Dark Night Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa monanka)
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis)
Green-spotted Triangle (Graphium agamemnon)
Macleay’s Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus)
Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)
Leaf footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)
Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)
Joro Spider (Nephila clavata)

Images added yesterday:

Image Leaf Footed Bug (Leptoglossus sp.)
Image California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)
Image California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)
Image California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)
Image Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona arabesca)
Image Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona arabesca)
Image Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona arabesca)
Image Swordgrass Brown (Tisiphone abeona)
Image Swordgrass Brown (Tisiphone abeona)
Image Swordgrass Brown (Tisiphone abeona)
Image Swordgrass Brown (Tisiphone abeona)
Image Common 3-ring Butterfly (Ypthima pandocus)
Image Correa Brown (Oreixenica correae)
Image Correa Brown (Oreixenica correae)
Image Correa Brown (Oreixenica correae)
Image Correa Brown (Oreixenica correae)
Image Kershaw’s Brown (Oreixenica kershawi)
Image Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
Image Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Pseudolucanus capreolus)
Image Striped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata)
Image Devil Horse, Southeastern Lubber (Romalea guttata)
Image Devil Horse, Southeastern Lubber (Romalea guttata)
Image Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Image Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Image Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Image Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Image Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Image Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Image Devil Horse, Southeastern Lubber (Romalea guttata)
Image Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Image Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Image Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
Image Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Image Dark Night Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa monanka)
Image Dark Night Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa monanka)
Image Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis)
Image Green-spotted Triangle (Graphium agamemnon)
Image Macleay’s Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanus)
Image Leaf footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
Image Blue Triangle (Graphium sarpedon)
Image American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)
Image American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)
Image Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)
Image Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)
Image Joro Spider (Nephila clavata)
Image Joro Spider (Nephila clavata)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
palmbob Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona arabesca)
UziMike Japanese Beetle (Popilla japonica)
melody Striped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata)
NematanthusNut Devil Horse, Southeastern Lubber (Romalea guttata)
DonnaA2Z Devil Horse, Southeastern Lubber (Romalea guttata)
rjuddharrison Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)
rjuddharrison Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
melody American Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum)

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 2, 2006