The BugFiles Newsletter

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Gardening Quote of the Day

"I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. "

(Ogden Nash, "Song of the Open Road," (1933))

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:

66 new bugs were added to the database.
20 new comments were added.
30 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Beelzebub Bee-Eater (Mallophora leschenaulti)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon culiciformis)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon sapygaeformis)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon proxima)
Clearwing Moth (Carmenta texana)
Clearwing Moth (Melittia cucurbitae)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon exitiosa)
Clearwing Moth (Paranthrene tabaniformis)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon resplendens)
Clearwing Moth (Alcathoe caudata)
Clearwing Moth (Carmenta giliae)
Clearwing Moth (Pennisetia marginata)
Clearwing Moth (Albuna fraxini)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon pyri)
Clearwing Moth (Zenodoxus palmii)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon acerni)
Clearwing Moth (Paranthrene asilipennis)
Clearwing Moth (Paranthrene dollii)
Clearwing Moth (Paranthrene simulans)
Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon scitula)
Clearwing Moth (Euhagena nebraskae)
Moth (Bulia deducta)
Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo)
Desert Spider Beetle (Cysteodemus armatus)
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Elegant Sheep Moth (Hemileuca eglanterina)
Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
Twin-spotted Sphinx Moth (Smerinthus jamaicensis)
Abbott's Sphinx Moth (Sphecodina abbottii)
Tersa Sphinx Moth (Xylophanes tersa)
Pine Sphinx Moth (Lapara coniferarum)
Royal Moth (Anisota sp.)
Mayfly (Hexagenia limbata)
Silkworm Moth (Olceclostera angelica)
Northern Apple Sphinx Moth (Sphinx poecila)
Pandorus Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha pandorus)
Achemon Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha achemon)
Regal Moth (Citheronia regalis)
Walnut Sphinx Moth (Amorpha juglandis)
New England Buck Moth (Hemileuca lucina)
Great Ash Sphinx Moth (Sphinx chersis)
Ello Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis ello)
Laurel Sphinx Moth (Sphinx kalmiae)
Gallium Sphinx Moth (Hyles gallii)
Spotted Apatelodes Moth (Apatelodes torrefacta)
Fig Sphinx Moth (Pachylia ficus)
Obscure Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis obscura)
Ash Sphinx Moth (Manduca jasminearum)
Canadian Sphinx Moth (Sphinx canadensis)
Modest Sphinx Moth (Pachysphinx modesta)
Pluto Sphinx Moth (Xylophanes pluto)
Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha labruscae)
Azalea Sphinx Moth (Darapsa choerilus)
Blinded Sphinx Moth (Paonias excaecatus)
Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia)
Pawpaw Sphinx Moth (Dolba hyloeus)
Tetrio Sphinx Moth (Pseudosphinx tetrio)
Alope Sphinx Moth (Erinnyis alope)
Tulip-tree Silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera)
Yellow-Banded Day Sphinx Moth (Proserpinus flavofasciata)
Royal Moth (Syssphinx heiligbrodti)
Western Poplar Sphinx Moth (Pachysphinx occidentalis)
Bee Fly (Exoprosopa sp.)
Lesser Brown Blowfly, Bluebodied Blowfly (Calliphora augur)
Green Long-legged Fly (Heteropsilopus cingulipes)
Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.)

Images added yesterday:

Image Beelzebub Bee-Eater (Mallophora leschenaulti)
Image Beelzebub Bee-Eater (Mallophora leschenaulti)
Image Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes)
Image Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Image Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
Image Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
Image Atala (Eumaeus atala)
Image Atala (Eumaeus atala)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Moth (Bulia deducta)
Image Polka Dot Wasp Moth, Oleander Moth (Syntomeida epilais)
Image Polka Dot Wasp Moth, Oleander Moth (Syntomeida epilais)
Image Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo)
Image Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo)
Image Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo)
Image Desert Spider Beetle (Cysteodemus armatus)
Image Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Image Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
Image Bee Fly (Exoprosopa sp.)
Image Lesser Brown Blowfly, Bluebodied Blowfly (Calliphora augur)
Image Lesser Brown Blowfly, Bluebodied Blowfly (Calliphora augur)
Image Green Long-legged Fly (Heteropsilopus cingulipes)
Image Green Long-legged Fly (Heteropsilopus cingulipes)
Image Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga sp.)
Image Mayfly (Hexagenia limbata)
Image California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)
Image California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis)
Image Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
raydio Euonymous scale. (Unaspis euonymi)
TxTurqoize Beelzebub Bee-Eater (Mallophora leschenaulti)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Melittia cucurbitae)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon exitiosa)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon resplendens)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Alcathoe caudata)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Pennisetia marginata)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Albuna fraxini)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon pyri)
artcons Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon acerni)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Paranthrene asilipennis)
artcons Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
Magpye Clearwing Moth (Synanthedon scitula)
sallyg Euonymous scale. (Unaspis euonymi)
artcons Atala (Eumaeus atala)
artcons Polka Dot Wasp Moth, Oleander Moth (Syntomeida epilais)
melody Virgin Tiger Moth (Apantesis virgo)
shorelady Bag Worm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
palmbob California Mantis (Stagmomantis californica)

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 28, 2006