Found underneath a rock at midday at Three Island Crossing Park. Warm day in the low 70s. No cloud coverage. Breezy.
Found in a garden bed.
We were asked by local guides not to share the precise location of any photos from the trip since we were going to some private/secret/sacred locations throughout the week that see trespassers often. I figured it would be better to be overprotective rather than accidentally share something I shouldn't have, so I have edited the accuracy to cover the entire island.
in a sample of this lichen: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195530303
MBL Director requested that we try to locate specimens. I purchased the Pennak/Zinn paper describing the group which identified Nobska Beach as a known location from June/July 1939 and a source for the cotypes.
On Sep 20, Bill Grossman made a series of samples at Nobska Beach. He made a series of samples from high to low water at four locations running west to east more or less evenly spaced along the beach. At each location he took three to five samples from the high water mark down by 2-2.5 meter increments. Based on the paper's details he took a vertical shovelful of sand and sampled between 12-15 cm from the surface.
The resultant 16 or so jars were examined by MBLs Carsten Wolff. He found two specimens in the lowest (wettest) sample of the middle two sampling locations. He will look for additional specimens in the samples.
ID is probably wrong; I just put in the suggested ID even though there aren't other sightings in the state. I'll try and figure it out later.
Host: Picea sp. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155281342
Resource - See Spruce Bud Midge pg 54: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwieksfY0a_-AhUgMDQIHehvC60QFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.usda.gov%2FInternet%2FFSE_DOCUMENTS%2Fstelprdb5315942.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0Y5WoWZJ0VPWWojcIsu_b7
Keyed to Lenarchus with Ruiter 2000, but highly doubt this is what it is. Probably Limnephilus
Flatspine stickseed (var. redowskii) is common along roadsides and road cuts in the sagebrush steppe of the Idaho side of Bannack Pass, Lemhi County, Idaho.
Beneath rock. Sage steppe habitat.
On Artemesia sp. foliage. Sage steppe habitat.
4 pupae found on underside of piece of wood, held in place by loose webbing. Pupae removed and placed in plastic vial. On Apr-2 adult flies emerged from 3 of the pupae. Forest/riparian habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.
On mud at bank of irrigation ditch. Riparian habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.
Found under rocks surrounding cabin
Pictures of wing venation here - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1966446
Picture 1- Habitus, Picture 2 - Forecoxae, Picture 3- Fore femur, Picture 4- Thorax
This appears to have some characteristics of the Plecoptera so this possibility is just a tentative start. I welcome advice about its i.d.!
along Stawamus FSR
Observed active at 8am, despite flash
Found this species up at the Nature Center at Devil's Lake State Park.
At up to 2 inches long, it is one of the largest known "click" beetles in the family Elateridae. The huge false eyespots make it readily identifiable; it is thought these startle predators into thinking they are confronting an animal much larger than it really is. The true eyes are located behind the base of the saw-toothed antennae. Most click beetles are considerably smaller and not as conspicuously marked.
Approx 4cm long. Curled into a ball. Pill Millipede?