2019 March 26

 

   Kirsten Mills writes:  I was at Swan Lake at 3 pm today, March 26, between the parking lot and the nature house. I saw two Satyr Commas.

Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)

Kirsten Mills

 

   Scott Gilmore sends remarkable photographs of some quite tiny arthropods from Lantzville.

Trigonurus sharpi (Col.: Staphylinidae)  Scott Gilmore

Clinidium calcaratum (Col.: Rhysodidae)  Scott Gilmore

Vescicephalus occidentalis (Collembola: Katiannidae)  Scott Gilmore

 

   Jeremy Tatum writes: The classiification of the springtails is a “work in progress”.  They used to be Order Collembola, but nowadays Collembola is treated as a Subclass, which includes several Orders.  Until the dust has settled, I think I’ll just list them under “Collembola”.  The “Col.” under the beetle photographs is short, of course, for the beetle Order Coleoptera.