2017 September 2 evening

 

   Scott Gilmore sends a picture of a soldier fly that he found in Upper Lantzville yesterday.  He writes:  It was identified as Exaireta spinigera by Katja Schulz on iNaturalist. It is an Australia native that has been in North American since 1985 and was first collected on this island in 2006. Some interesting reading on the species can be found here (Swann J.E., R.D. Kenner, R.A. Cannings, C.R. Copley (2006) Exaireta spinigera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): the first published North American records of an Australian soldier fly. J. Entomol. Soc. Brit. Columbia 103: 71-72)

 

  This soldier fly was also featured on this site on 2016 November 10 – one was photographed on November 8 by Annie Pang in Gorge Park.

 

Exaireta spinigera (Dip.: Stratiomyidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

   Annie Pang sends photograph of two bees.  One was identified by Lincoln Best as Lasioglossum sp.   The other by Cory Sheffield as probably a male Bombus fervidus.

 

Lasioglossum sp. (Hym.:  Halictidae)  Annie Pang

 

Bombus fervidus (Hym.: Apidae)   Annie Pang 

 

   Lots more in the queue – to appear tomorrow.  Jeremy