Sunday, September 30, 2012

Adventures in Spider Misidentification: Agelenopsis

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Albertan Funnelweb Spider:  Agelenopsis cf utahana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933)  In Australia, a funnel-web spider is something to r...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Friday Bug: Broad heads, thin necks, and ant mimics

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Reaching for the sky, getting it in the neck I don't suppose anyone ever asked General Sherman his opinion on good bugs, but he may...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Flyblown Thursday: Picture-winged Flies

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Pseudotephritis corticalis (Loew, 1873) - a pretty fly with no common name The world is full of attractive and harmless flies, although...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesday Flutterby: a Mourning Cloak for BugGirl

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Portrait of a Mourning Cloak  Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) The Home Bug Garden sputtered to a start on Monday 13 April 2009  for a...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Sun-loving Marsh Flies, Frost, Tomatoes & Bulbs

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Marsh-loving Helophilus Flower Fly on Thistle When the bees start to go and it's mostly flies at flowers, frost is on the way. One ...
Friday, September 14, 2012

The Good Bugs, the Bad, and the Not as bad as you might think

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Bumble Bee queen at Canada Thistle Even after having been stung by bumble bee a few weeks ago in a misguided attempt to be a bumble bee...
Saturday, September 8, 2012

Katy Didn't: The silence of the summer nights

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Broad-winged Bush Katydid  Scudderia pistillata Brunner, 1878 Summer nights in central Alberta aren't really silent, the coyotes, f...
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