2018 May 27 morning

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes:  The Astronomy Conference is now over, so Invert Alert is now back to normal!   Thanks for your patience last week.

   Scott Gilmore sends some interesting photographs from Lantzville, May 26:

   First, a beetle hitchhiking on a bee. The beetle is Antherophagus ochraceus. I am not sure about the bee but I am seeking an identification. The beetle develops/ lives in bee hives. I have seen the beetle on thimbleberry flowers… maybe waiting for a lift!

   There are also pictures of a fly –  a male and female Dolichopus. The male has large pads on the front feet.

   Last is a water strider, Aquarius remigis.

Antherophagus ochraceus (Col.: Cryptophagidae)

On Bombus sp. (Hym.: Apidae)

Scott Gilmore

Male Dolichopus sp. (Dip.: Dolichopodidae)  Scott Gilmore

Female Dolichopus sp. (Dip.: Dolichopodidae)  Scott Gilmore

Water Strider Aquarius remigis (Hem.:  Gerridae)  Scott Gilmore