Observaciones de pcastrovillo

At UV light trap. Sage steppe habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

On web stretched between dead sunflower stalks. Sage steppe habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

Beneath log on soil. Looked like tiny dermestid beetle larva at first - but way too many legs! Riparian/sage steppe habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

On Ulmus sp. foliage. Several adults were found, along with larvae and pupae which are found within mines on leaves. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

Sweeping in foliage near edge of forest. Riparian habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

Sweeping in foliage near Visitor Center. Urban habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

On Helianthus sp. foliage. Sage steppe habitat. Attempted to collect a voucher specimen after photographing it - but it was too quick for me and it escaped! The literature says this moth is non-native, but was released in the US as a potential biocontrol agent for Convolvulus arvensis.

Sweeping in foliage. Riparian habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

On Artemesia sp. foliage. Sage steppe habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

Caterpillar feeding on flower of Grindelia sp. I was pretty sure it was some type of noctuid larva, but did not know what species, so attempted to rear it to the adult stage - which was successful and appears in the following photo. In sage steppe habitat.

On water surface near forest edge. Riparian habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

On Helianthus sp. foliage. Sage steppe habitat. Voucher specimen placed in Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History (as part of the Deer Flat NWR Insect Biodiversity Survey) at The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.