2020 August 25

 

   A nice miscellany of insects from Ian Cooper.   Thanks to Claudia Copley and Annie Pang for help with some of the identifications.

 

Syritta pipiens (Dip.: Syrphidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Bark louse Graphopsocus cruciatus (Pso.: Stenopsocidae) Ian Cooper

 

Pacific Coast Dampwood Termite Zootermopsis angusticollis) (Blattoidea: Archotermopsidae)

 

Vespula (probably vulgaris) (Hym.: Vespidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Vespula vulgaris (Hym.: Vespidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Bombus sp. (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

Honey Bee Apis mellifera (Hym.: Apidae)  Ian Cooper

 

   There are so few butterflies around that it is a pleasure to see a Grey Hairstreak (even if slightly worn) in the Royal Oak area, photographed today by Ron Flower:

 

Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus (Lep.: Lycaenidae)  Ron Flower

 

    Also a two-in-one photograph by Ron of a Woodland Skipper and a harvestman:

 

Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Lep.: Hesperiidae)

Harvestman Phalangium opilio (Opi.: Phalangiidae)

Ron Flower