4.5 mm
Definite and distinctive black spots on the wings. White knees.Yellow markings on head. Found while splitting wood in mostly balsam poplar forest clearing.
Host is balsam poplar .LifeScanner returned Phyllocolpa excavata as ID. BOLD-C48, DNA barcode: COI-5P
AACATTATATTTTATTTTAGGATTTTGATCAGGAATACTAGGATTATCATTTAGAATATTAATCCGAACAGAATTAGGAATACCCGGATCAATAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATGTAATTGTAACATCTCATGCATTTTTAATAATTTTCTTCATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAATTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCTGATATAGCATTTCCCCGACTAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTTCTACCACCTTCATTAATTTTATTATTATCTAGAAGAATAGTAAATTCAGGATCAGGAACTGGATGAACTGTATACCCACCTTTATCAAGAAGAATCTCCCATTCAGGAGCATCAGTAGATTTAACTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCATCAATCCTGGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTTCAACAATAATTAATATAAAATTAAAAGGAATAAAATTTGAACAAATACCTTTATTTGTATGAGCAGTATCATTAACTGCACTATTATTACTTCTATCATTACCCGTATTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATACTTCTCACAGATCGTAACTTAAATACATCTTTTTTTG-
On Colorado blue spruce
Gooseberry Sawfly being eaten
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50797181
Eats lily pads, flies with hind legs on water, and walks on water. Found in lake/bog. Looks related to willow leaf beetles
Atrracted to 100 W black light set up along a ski trail in black spruce forest.
Thanks to V. Belov for identification - https://bugguide.net/node/view/1880406
On ground in mixed aspen stand, some willow and other woody shrubs
DNA barcode by LifeScanner: COI-5P
TTTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTCTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGTTTTGGAAATTGACTTGTTCCCCTAATGTTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCATTCCCTCGATTAAATAATATAAGTTTCTGATTATTGCCCCCTTCTTTAACTTTATTAATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTATACCCCCCTCTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCATGGTGGAAGATCTGTAGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCATTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGATTAAATAGTTTATCTTTTGATCAAATACCTCTATTTATTTGAGCTGTAGGAATTACAGCATTCCTACTATTATTATCACTGCCTGTTTTAGCTGGGGCTATTACCATATTATTAACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCTTTTTTT-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Barcode from LifeScanner: COI-5P
AACTCTTTATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTGGGATCTTCTTTAAGAATTATAATTCGAGCAGAATTAGGAAATCCCGGATCTTTAATTGGGGACGATCAAATTTATAATACAATTGTAACCGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCACCTGATATGGCTTTCCCACGACTTAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCACCTTCTATCTTACTTTTAATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTTGAAAATGGGGCTGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCACCATTATCCTCTAATGTAGCTCATGGGGGCAGATCTGTAGATTTAGCAATTTTCTCTTTACACTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATCATTAATATACGAGCTAATGGAATAATATTTGATAATATACCCTTATTTGTTTGAGCTGTAGGTATTACAGCTTTACTTCTTCTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCGGGAGCAATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGACCCAGCNGGAGGAGGAG
Dead beetle, noticed in the folds of raingear. I'm locating the observation on the map where I found it, and it is possible/likely that the live beetle was first encountered here because the raingear was last used at the same location, one year ago. However, the possibility exists that the beetle found its way into the raingear in Anchorage and its body was transported down to Kenai.