Data

Non-Moth Observations Database

All the Illustrious Insects & Spiders

Our observation of insects and spiders began in the summer of 2015 in our backyard habitat. Over the years we have observed numerous species of wasps, beetles, flies, dragonflies, ants, bees, and spiders on the various pollinator plants on our property, or lurking about on a moth collecting sheet.

Statistics

Arachnids: 43
Coleoptera: 101
Diptera: 64
Hemiptera: 425
Hymenoptera: 98
Mantodea: 5

Megaloptera: 3
Neuroptera: 19
Odonates: 51
Orthoptera: 18
Plecoptera: 8
Trichoptera: 22
Total Observations: 857

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Corrections are greatly appreciated and welcome. Misidentifications and Needs ID observations can be corrected by clicking on the iNaturalist Observation Link and making your suggestion there.

857 Observations

No Common Name
Ponana puncticollis
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cicadellidae      Subfamily: Iassinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
April 25, 2022            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Ponana quadralaba
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cicadellidae      Subfamily: Iassinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
September 27, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Ponana quadralaba
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cicadellidae      Subfamily: Iassinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
October 1, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Ponana quadralaba
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cicadellidae      Subfamily: Iassinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
October 3, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Ponana quadralaba
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cicadellidae      Subfamily: Iassinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 1, 2022            Chatham County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)     Family: Scarabaeidae      Subfamily: Rutelinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
June 26, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Red-footed Cannibal Fly
Promachus rufipes
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Asilidae      Subfamily: Asilinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
August 21, 2015            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: research                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 25, 2020            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
August 19, 2020            Stokes County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 23, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
September 18, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
September 24, 2021            Johnston County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 15, 2023            Hyde County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Two-lined Spittlebug
Prosapia bicincta
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Cercopidae      Subfamily: Ischnorhininae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
August 15, 2023            Alexander County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Black Stink Bug
Proxys punctulatus
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs)     Family: Pentatomidae      Subfamily: Pentatominae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
June 9, 2022            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Psectrotanypus dyari
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Chironomidae      Subfamily: Tanypodinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
May 2, 2022            Durham County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: needs_id                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps)     Family: Vespidae      Subfamily: Eumeninae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 1, 2015            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps)     Family: Vespidae      Subfamily: Eumeninae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
June 24, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Hook-faced Conehead
Pyrgocorypha uncinata
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers)     Family: Tettigoniidae      Subfamily: Conocephalinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
September 28, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Needs ID                iNaturalist Observation Link

Waved Light Fly
Pyrgota undata
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Pyrgotidae      Subfamily:

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
April 13, 2022            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: research                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Pyrobombus
Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps)     Family: Apidae      Subfamily: Apinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
July 19, 2016            King County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Needs ID                iNaturalist Observation Link

Rabid Wolf Spider
Rabidosa rabida
Order: Arachnid (Spiders)     Family: Lycosidae      Subfamily: Lycosinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
June 26, 2022            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: Research Grade                iNaturalist Observation Link

Walnut Husk Maggot Fly
Rhagoletis suavis
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Tephritidae      Subfamily: Trypetinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
August 27, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: research                iNaturalist Observation Link

Walnut Husk Maggot Fly
Rhagoletis suavis
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Tephritidae      Subfamily: Trypetinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
September 11, 2021            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: research                iNaturalist Observation Link

No Common Name
Rhamphomyia
Order: Diptera (Flies)     Family: Empididae      Subfamily: Empidinae

Event/Project: NC Moth Project
May 3, 2022            Orange County

Observers: Lior S. Carlson 

iNaturalist Grade: needs_id                iNaturalist Observation Link
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