The BugFiles Newsletter

Covering the events of September 12, 2006.
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Gardening Quote of the Day

"Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest."

(Douglas Jerrold, British playright, humorist)

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:

129 new bugs were added to the database.
5 new comments were added.
25 new images were added.

Bugs added yesterday:

Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
Calligrapha beetle (Calligrapha multipunctata)
Blister beetle (Meloe proscarabeus)
Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sp.)
Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella)
Dame's Rocket Moth (Plutella porrectella)
Honeysuckle Moth (Ypsolopha dentella)
Five-barred Sedge Moth (Diploschizia impigritella)
Ermine Moth (Lactura pupula)
Bronze Alder Moth, Ermine Moth (Argyresthia goedartella)
Ermine Moth (Argyresthia calliphanes)
Ermine Moth (Argyresthia austerella)
Sedge Moth (Glyphipterix circumscriptella)
Forest Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus unicolor)
Soybean Looper (Pseudoplusia includens)
Pale-banded Dart Moth (Agnorisma badinodis)
Black-dashed Apamea Moth (Apamea nigrior)
Moth (Lithophane dilatocula)
One-spotted Variant Moth (Hypagyrtis unipunctata)
Moth (Lithacodia muscosula)
Dagger Moth (Acronicta marmorata)
Purple Arches Moth (Polia purpurissata)
Maple Zale Moth (Zale galbanata)
Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)
Lappet Moth (Phyllodesma americana)
Black Field-cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
Red-washed Prominent Moth (Oligocentria semirufescens)
Common Idia Moth (Idia aemula)
Painted Tiger Moth (Arachnis picta)
Moth (Perizoma grandis)
Voluble Dart Moth (Agrotis volubilis)
Melipotis Moth (Melipotis jucunda)
Lobelia Dagger Moth (Acronicta lobeliae)
The Brother Moth (Raphia frater)
Pygmy Cricket (Bobilla sp.)
White-spotted Sable Moth (Anania funebris)
Straight-lined Snout Moth (Argyria critica)
Schinia Owlet Moth (Schinia volupia)
Sparganothis Fruitworm Moth (Sparganothis sulfureana)
Locust Underwing Moth (Euparthenos nubilis)
Splendid Palpita Snout Moth (Palpita magniferalis)
False Crocus Geometer Moth (Xanthotype urticaria)
Eastern Grass-tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus plumifrontella)
False Stick Insect (Prosarthria teretrirostris)
Moth (Zanclognatha pedipilalis)
Master's Dart Moth (Feltia herilis)
Wheat-Head Armyworm Moth (Faronta diffusa)
Widow Underwing Moth (Catocala vidua)
Gray Furcula Moth (Furcula cinerea)
Moth (Zanclognatha ochreipennis)
Lesser Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth (Agriphila ruricolella)
Yellow-shouldered Slug Moth (Lithacodes fasciola)
Ragweed Flower Moth (Schinia rivulosa)
Kent's Geometer Moth (Selenia kentaria)
Cuneate Arches Moth (Lacinipolia cuneata)
Juniper Geometer Moth (Patalene olyzonaria)
Australian Grass Pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha australis)
House Cricket (Acheta domesticus)
Moth (Hypena baltimoralis)
Double-humped Pococera Moth (Pococera expandens)
Ceanothus Silk Moth (Hyalophora euryalus)
Carlotta's Tiger Moth (Apantesis carlotta)
Looper Moth (Allagrapha aerea)
Black-banded Brocade Moth (Oligia modica)
Bicolored Sallow Moth (Sunira bicolorago)
Yellow-spotted Webworm Moth (Anageshna primordialis)
Dingy Cutworm Moth (Feltia jaculifera)
Smoky Arches Moth (Drasteria fumosa)
Apoda Moth (Apoda biguttata)
Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Snout Moth (Blepharomastix ranalis)
Mottled Prominent Moth (Macrurocampa marthesia)
Grateful Midget Moth (Elaphria grata)
Black Zale Moth (Zale undularis)
Distinct Quaker Moth (Achatia distincta)
Goldenrod Stowaway Moth (Cirrhophanus triangulifer)
Toadflax Brocade Moth (Calophasia lunula)
Brown Angle Shades Moth (Phlogophora periculosa)
Moth (Gabriola dyari)
Leconte's Haploa Moth (Haploa lecontei)
Hickory Leaf-stem Borer Moth (Acrobasis angusella)
Plume Moth (Hellinsia sulphureodactylus)
Snout Moth (Pyrausta volupialis)
Harnessed Tiger Moth (Apantesis phalerata)
Pink-patched Looper Moth (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides)
Scolia Wasp (Scolia nobilitata)
Double-banded Scolia Wasp (Scolia bicincta)
Wasp (Campsomeris tolteca)
Wasp (Campsomeris plumipes)
Wasp (Campsomeris quadrimaculata)
Digger Wasp (Philanthus multimaculatus)
Digger Wasp (Philanthus bicinctus)
Digger Wasp (Philanthus gibbosus)
Digger Wasp (Cerceris fumipennis)
Digger Wasp (Cerceris bicornuta)
Thread-waisted Digger Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis)
Katydid Wasp (Sphex nudus)
Bean Leaf Beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata)
Stink Bug (Perillus exaptus)
Connected Looper Moth (Plusia contexta)
Common Pinkband Moth (Ogdoconta cinereola)
Bug (Amalopota uhleri)
Bug (Otiocerus degeeri)
Bug (Anotia bonnetii)
Bug (Cedusa maculata)
Bug (Otiocerus wolfei)
Bug (Otiocerus amyotii)
Plant Hopper (Ormenaria rufifascia)
Plant Hopper (Nersia florens)
Plant Hopper (Cixius basalis)
Plant Hopper (Oliarus vicarius)
Plant Hopper (Cyrpoptus belfragei)
Plant Hopper (Cyrpoptus vanduzeei)
Citrus Flatid Plant Hopper (Metcalfa pruinosa)
Plant Hopper (Stenocranus unipunctatus)
Plant Hopper (Bothriocera cognita)
Plant Hopper (Megamelus davisi)
Plant Hopper (Oecleus borealis)
Piglet Plant Hopper (Bruchomorpha oculata)
Leaf Hopper (Myndus pictifrons)
Leaf Hopper (Ormenoides venusta)
Leaf Hopper (Pintalia delicata)
Leaf Hopper (Epiptera floridae)
Partridge Bug, Leaf Hopper (Scolops sulcipes)
Leaf Hopper (Liburniella ornata)
Leaf Hopper (Synecdoche dimidiata)
Leaf Hopper (Bothriocera maculata)
Leaf Hopper (Delphacodes fulvidorsum)
Leaf Hopper (Thionia elliptica)

Images added yesterday:

Image Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
Image Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Ladybug, Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Image Seven-spotted Lady Beetle, Ladybug, Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Image Calligrapha beetle (Calligrapha multipunctata)
Image Carolina Sphinx Moth, Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca sexta)
Image Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sp.)
Image Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sp.)
Image Blister beetle (Meloe proscarabeus)
Image Blister beetle (Meloe proscarabeus)
Image Forest Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus unicolor)
Image Forest Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus unicolor)
Image Forest Raspy Cricket (Apotrechus unicolor)
Image Black Field-cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
Image Pygmy Cricket (Bobilla sp.)
Image False Stick Insect (Prosarthria teretrirostris)
Image Australian Grass Pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha australis)
Image Australian Grass Pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha australis)
Image Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Image Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Image Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Image Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Image Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Image Humming-bird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Image Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)
Image Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia)

Comments added yesterday:

Rating Member Bug
saya Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
FishMang Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)
FishMang Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sp.)
plantladyhou Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
sallyg Mole Cricket, Northern Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa hexadactyla)

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 12, 2006