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Saltarina de Alas Oscuras de Manchas Blancas (Erynnis juvenalis)Observ.
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Unusual spot pair on ventral hindwing.
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Netted in mid-air, while hovering. It occasionally interrupted its hovering to dart 2-3 inches into low (1 ft) vegetation in edge of woods. Partially shaded spot.
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Collected while hovering: slowly drifting flight near ceiling of porch. Occasionally lunged 4-6 inches upward to ceiling, but did not see it actually taking prey. Legs hanging in flight like a wasp. Did not land during ~3 minutes of observation.
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Collected hovering about 3 ft above ground, within 1 ft of a stone wall, in the shade of a porch. Long legs dangled together resembling a wasp. Hovering was a little jerky, not smooth.
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Tergite 9:
- has two dorsolateral depressions at apex
- is indented medially at apex
- is wider than it is long
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This is the second one I've seen in two days (yesterday's one was in a different county). Probably C. neglecta. The spring brood of the Summer Azure typically begins flying before the lone brood of the Spring Azure begins. But this is extraordinarily early for either species.
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Probably C. neglecta. The spring brood of the Summer Azure typically begins flying before the lone brood of the Spring Azure begins. But this is extraordinarily early for either species.
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Caballito Pigmeo del Este (Ischnura posita)Observ.
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Which forktail? Male Fragiles were present.
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Caballito Pigmeo del Este (Ischnura posita)Observ.
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Which forktail? Male Fragiles were present.
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Moscas Ladronas (Género Efferia)Observ.
d2bDescripción
- striking two-tone mohawk
- exceedingly long ovipositor
- copper-colored postocular hairs
Appears to be same species as this individual:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/658913
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Satyrium calanusObserv.
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Unusual coloration; all red replaced with black.
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Laphria aktisObserv.
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Photographed in a sunny clearing in the woods, on poison ivy leaves 1-2 feet above the ground. This Laphria was so preoccupied with eating that it allowed some close-up photos. Whenever it got annoyed with me, it typically flew 2-8 feet to a similar low sunny perch.
I stopped to review the terminalia photos to see if they would be adequate for species-level ID and decided to take some more. I relocated the "same" robber with the same prey within about 30 feet of the initial encounter and took the last two photos seven minutes later. However, the terminalia look different in the last two photos.
Question #1: Do I have one fly here or two? Am I misinterpreting the apparent difference in the hypandrium shape? (i.e. some other part of the terminalia sticking up, or something?)
Question #2: Are the first three terminalia shots adequate to make a species-level ID as L. aktis?
All of the terminalia photos are lightened, enlarged, and cropped from the originals.
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Perched in brush ~1 meter above water surface over a pond. Prey appears to be a spider.
