2016 September 28

Jeremy Tatum shows a caterpillar of Lophocampa maculata from Aylard Farm, September 28.  They are usually black at each end and brown in the middle, but this one is slightly different – black at just the head end.

Lophocampa maculata (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)   Jeremy Tatum

   Rosemary Jorna went searching for the tiny snail Vertigo on the bark of maple trees at Kemp Lake today.  She writes:  I found 9,  6 on one tree, 3 on the one next to it . Today’s bright sunshine made them possible to see (these are 3mm or less)  in the rough bark. An hour later when I tried to show them off the light had changed , we could only spot 3.

Threaded Vertigo snail Nearctula sp. (Pul.: Vertiginidae)   Rosemary Jorna

   Rosemary writes:  I saw this Western Conifer Seed Bug at  Kemp Lake Road, September 28 2016 at my feet when I sat down for dinner. There was a slight delay while it got its photo taken and escorted outside.

Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hem.: Coreidae)  Rosemary Jorna

Mike McGrenere writes:  Barb and I were at McIntyre reservoir yesterday and had this Yellow Woolly Bear cross a farm road.

Yellow Woolly Bear Spilosoma virginica (Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)
Mike McGrenere