A "field book" of day (or occasional weekend)sightings of previous field trips led by skilled leaders to various habitats and locales within and beyond Brooklyn and NYC boundaries. Founded in 1909 , BBC Birding has provided enjoyment for over 100 years!
Sunday, July 25, 2021
New York Breeding Bird Atlas Checklist - 24 Jul 2021 - Plumb Beach - 27 species
Saturday, July 24, 2021
2nd Friday BBC Insect Walk
Hi Peter,
Here's my list for yesterday's walk
Bug List 7/23
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
Pantala rainpool gliders (Spot-winged Glider and/or Wandering Glider)
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus)—all crushed dead, as last week
Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber (Trypoxylon politum) nest only
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Philonix nigra oak gall wasp, no common name
Ichneumonidae wasp, possible tribe Atrophini
Bombus bumblebee species
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Megachile genus leaf-cutter bee
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis)
Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)
Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata)
Long-legged flies, including Condylostylus genus
Holcocephala giant ogre fly
Liriomyza leaf-miner (on white snakeroot)
Efferia aestuans robber fly, no common name
Papilio swallowtail, either P. polyxenes or P, troilus
Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra)
Habilis Underwing (Catocala habilis)—awaiting confirmation on this ID
Swamp cicada (Neotibicen tibicen ssp. tibicen)
Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma)
Witch-hazel Cone Gall Aphid (Hormaphis hamamelidis)
Elm Sack Gall Aphid (Tetraneura ulmi)
Mediterranean Katydid (Phaneroptera nana)
Greenhouse millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
Green Lacewing (Family Chrysopidae) cocoon on underside of oak leaf
Unknown orb-weaving spider
Agelenidae family funnel-weaver
Pityohyphantes (?) sheetweb spider
Assorted tiny spiders, flies, wasps, true bugs, etc.