New Species

New to me, that is. Let’s start with this one, barely more than a silhouette. Still, those interesting antennae and orangish palps make this a Little Devil Moth/Dichomeris nonstrigella. So far the only iNaturalist observation of the species in NYC/Long Island.

Ash Bullet Gall Midge/Dasineura pellex.

Spilodiscus arcuatus.

A resident of dunes, which surprised me because of all the trouble this one was having climbing out of a depression in the sand. Identity-confirmer on iNat, a beetle person, exclaimed over its presence here on Plumb Beach, happy to see a population of them still around.

Here’s another beetle challenged by sand grains.

There were several of these Dermestes genus beetles under a dead duck on the beach.

Golden Tortoise Beetle/Charidotella sexpunctata, I think.