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Raptor Wednesday
Red-tailed Hawk over Montauk. And back in Brooklyn… note that wasp on the lower right. She did not seem happy to find this male Kestrel up on her corner. Tickets still available at my Raptors of Green-Wood presentation this Saturday.
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Notable Book
This is impressive. Peter Kuper’s exploration of the history of entomology and the history of insects is definitely worth your perusal. The latter, at 400 million years, is a bit older than the several centuries of the former, of course. It’s a great offering for the insectophobes in your life. As a bonus, it’s also…
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A True Bug
Stethaulax marmorata. Not a beetle (Coleoptera), but a shield-backed bug in the family Scutelleridae (Hemiptera).
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Goldenrod Galls
My rain-delayed Torrey Botanical Society gall walk in Green-Wood takes place tomorrow, but I’ve not had good luck finding galls on goldenrod there. Above is one of the Asphondylia gall midges, I think, on Northern Seaside Goldenrod /Solidago sempervirens out at Arverne East Nature Preserve on the Rockaway Peninsula. Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge/Rhopalomya solidaginis (maybe)…
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Raptor Wednesday
Fort Tilden is all about the Ospreys lately, and I think these are still mostly locals, not yet migrants. This is a non-standard grip. Usually prey is oriented head first, as in second picture above. There are still seats at my Raptors of Green-Wood presentation, in which I bring together all the images and stories…
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New Bee
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee/Megachile xylocopoides on goldenrod at Fort Tilden last week. This looks like the first New York observation on iNaturalist. Last year, one was seen a little further north in Wayne, New Jersey. They’ve been a more southern species, but may be expanding northward. Here with I think is an Eight-spotted Fairy Bee. Goldenrod…
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