The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of August 12, 2006. 		BugFiles Logo

Gardening Quote of the Day

"Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's field of activities demands an audience. No one wants flowers to blush unseen or waste their sweetness."

(Barbara Cheney, Atlantic Monthly (June 1936))

The BugFiles Photo of the Day

Five-spotted hawkmoth, Tomato Hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata)
By melody

BF Photo of the Day

Activity Report:

15 new bugs were added to the database.
3 new comments were added.
54 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

(Hednota grammellus)
(Hednota opulentellus)
(Tipanaea patulella)
Tree-lucerne Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)
Mydas fly (Mydas clavatus)
Yellow Patch Skipper, Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)
Scudders Bush Katydid (Scudderia sp.)
Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Swift Moth (Abantiades hyalinatus)
Swift Moth (Abantiades labyrinthicus)
(Elhamma australasiae)
Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Oxycanus Grub (Oxycanus antipoda)
(Oxycanus dirempta)
Rain Moth, Australian Ghost Moth, Bardee Grub (Trictena atripalpis)

Images added yesterday:

Image (Hednota grammellus)
Image (Hednota grammellus)
Image (Hednota opulentellus)
Image (Tipanaea patulella)
Image Tree-lucerne Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)
Image Tree-lucerne Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)
Image Tree-lucerne Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)
Image Tree-lucerne Moth (Uresiphita ornithopteralis)
Image Orchard OrbWeaver, Venusta OrbWeaver (Leucauge venusta)
Image Green Metallic Bee (Agapostemon cockerelli)
Image Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Image Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)
Image Mydas fly (Mydas clavatus)
Image Mydas fly (Mydas clavatus)
Image Mydas fly (Mydas clavatus)
Image Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
Image Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Yellow Patch Skipper, Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)
Image Scudders Bush Katydid (Scudderia sp.)
Image Scudders Bush Katydid (Scudderia sp.)
Image Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Image Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Image Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Image Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Image Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia)
Image Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)
Image Small Copper, American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Image Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Image Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Image Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Honeybee (Apis mellifera)
Image Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Image Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Image Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Image Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)
Image Swift Moth (Abantiades hyalinatus)
Image Swift Moth (Abantiades hyalinatus)
Image Swift Moth (Abantiades labyrinthicus)
Image Swift Moth (Abantiades labyrinthicus)
Image (Elhamma australasiae)
Image (Elhamma australasiae)
Image Oxycanus Grub (Oxycanus antipoda)
Image Oxycanus Grub (Oxycanus antipoda)
Image Oxycanus Grub (Oxycanus antipoda)
Image Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Image (Oxycanus dirempta)
Image (Oxycanus dirempta)
Image Rain Moth, Australian Ghost Moth, Bardee Grub (Trictena atripalpis)
Image Large Milkweed Bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus)
Image Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus)
Image Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
Magpye Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)
Magpye Harris' Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii)
Magpye Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus)

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 12, 2006