The BugFiles Newsletter

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Gardening Quote of the Day

"...such gardens are not made by singing:- Oh how beautiful! and sitting in the shade while better men than we go out and start their working lives at grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner knives."

(Rudyard Kipling, British poet, Nobel laureate writer)

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:

11 new bugs were added to the database.
6 new comments were added.
46 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Horned Powder-post Beetle (Apatides fortis)
Moth (Melipotis perpendicularis)
Forsebia Moth (Forsebia perlaeta)
Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwinii)
Braconid Wasp (Callibracon sp.)
Leaf-cutter Ants (Atta sp.)
Jack Jumper, Jumping Jack (Myrmecia croslandi)
Bulldog Ant, Bull Ant, Inchman (Myrmecia forficata)
Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus)
Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)

Images added yesterday:

Image Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes)
Image Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Image Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)
Image Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
Image Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Image Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Image Hoary Edge Skipper (Achalarus lyciades)
Image Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia)
Image Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
Image Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
Image Horned Powder-post Beetle (Apatides fortis)
Image Horned Powder-post Beetle (Apatides fortis)
Image Moth (Melipotis perpendicularis)
Image Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
Image Forsebia Moth (Forsebia perlaeta)
Image Forsebia Moth (Forsebia perlaeta)
Image Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Worm (Trichoplusia ni)
Image Cabbage Looper, Cabbage Worm (Trichoplusia ni)
Image Galapagos Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa darwinii)
Image Braconid Wasp (Callibracon sp.)
Image Braconid Wasp (Callibracon sp.)
Image Braconid Wasp (Callibracon sp.)
Image Leaf-cutter Ants (Atta sp.)
Image Jack Jumper, Jumping Jack (Myrmecia croslandi)
Image Jack Jumper, Jumping Jack (Myrmecia croslandi)
Image Bulldog Ant, Bull Ant, Inchman (Myrmecia forficata)
Image Bulldog Ant, Bull Ant, Inchman (Myrmecia forficata)
Image Bulldog Ant, Bull Ant, Inchman (Myrmecia forficata)
Image Red Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Writing Spider, Scribbler, Black and Yellow Argiope, Charlotte's Web Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Image Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Image Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Image Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Image Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Image Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Image Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Image Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Image Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
Image Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus)
Image Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus)
Image Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)
Image Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
dmj1218 Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)
GD_Rankin Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea)
melody Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
palmbob Greenhouse White Fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
melody Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus)
melody Thread Waisted Wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata)

Final Notes

Thank you for reading the BugFiles Newsletter.

Have a good day, and happy gardening!

Dave

 

And that's the way it was... September 2, 2006