1/5 – Seven Gadwalls were on the lake.
1/10 – Jeremy reported seeing the Snow Goose, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, a Brown Creeper and a Savannah Sparrow.
1/11 – A Box Elder Bug was in the Nature Center and a Spring Cankerworm (moth) was at the Civitan Shelter. Both were photographed.
1/12 – Two Gadwalls were on the lake.
1/14 – Some insects can be found throughout the winter. Some of these are indoors. Stink bugs and lady bugs are a couple that are seen frequently. Some moths, including the Indian Meal Moth are known for holding up inside homes and buildings like the Nature Center. I found a stink bug, a couple of lady bugs and an Indian Meal Moth in the Nature Center today. All were photographed (below).
The stink bug was identified at BugGuide as a Halyomorpha halys – Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. This may the species I have been seeing a lot of in the past year. I had been thinking it was something in the genus Euschistus, such as Dusky Stink Bug. H. halys is Native to Japan, Korea, and China, and is spreading in North America. It was first identified in 2001 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, but is believed to have been introduced into the U.S. as early as 1996.
In the United States, it has been reported as causing damage to apples, Asian pears, peaches, cherries, corn, tomatoes, peppers, soybean, and ornamental plants (particularly butterfly bush, and Princess tree).
Larry
Eastern Boxelder Bug
Stink Bug
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Spring Cankerworm
Indian Meal Moth
