Bio-Blitz

Draeculacephala – Also known as a sharpshooter, this tiny leafhopper was plentiful at the bioblitz. Hadel Go

Pretty flowers. Hadel Go

Midge. Warinanco Park. This colorful male midge belongs to the tribe Chironomini in the Chironomus group. Hadel Go

Toxomerus geminatus. Warinanco Park. These syrphid flies are common around flowers and often mistaken for bees. Hadel Go

Yellow clover. Warinanco Park. Unsure about the identity of this flower but it’s pretty! Hadel Go

Pardosa sp. Warinanco Park. This is a thinlegged wolf spider, several of these were found in leaf litter near the water. Hadel Go

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a fourteen-spotted lady beetle larva. These guys are non native and used for aphid control. Hadel Go

Loxocera sp. Warinanco Park. A bright colorful rust fly. Hadel Go

Yellow flower. Hadel Go

Erioptera caliptera. Warinanco Park. A limoniid crane fly. Hadel Go

Melanoplus sp. Warinanco Park. Spur-throated grasshopper nymph. Hadel Go

hilaenus spumarius. Warinanco Park. Meadow spittlebug aka froghopper. Hadel Go

Odontocorynus umbellae or salebrosus. Warinanco Park. A flower weevil feeding on a daisy. Hadel Go

Oulema melanopus. Warinanco Park. The cereal leaf beetle larva protects itself by covering its soft body with mucus and imbedding its poop in the mucus. It’s a serious grain pest. Hadel Go

Corythucha marmorata. Warinanco Park. These chrysanthemum lace bugs are some of the weirdest looking insects you’ll encounter in NJ. Hadel Go

Coccinella septempunctata. Warinanco Park. This is a seven-spotted lady beetle, this species was introduced to control aphids. Hadel Go

Pink flowers. Hadel Go

phrodes sp. Warinanco Park. A leafhopper nymph. Hadel Go

Stenopterapion meliloti. Warinanco park. Pear-shaped weevil. Hadel Go

Ancyloxypha numitor. Warinanco Park. Least skipper on a daisy. Hadel Go

Lonchoptera sp. Warinanco Park. Pointed-winged fly. Hadel Go

Lopidea sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go

. Athysanus argentarius. Warinanco Park. A silver leafhopper. Hadel Go

Theridion sp. Warinanco Park. Cob-web spider. Hadel Go

Acanalonia sp. Warinanco park. Planthopper nymph. Hadel Go

Plagiognathus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug. Hadel Go

Syrphid larvae eating aphids. Warinanco Park. Hadel Go

Neurocolpus sp. Warinanco Park. A plant bug.

A plant bug. Hadel Go

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