Attracted to light in old field - garden - mixed forest along coast of Northumberland Strait.
Colorado Soldier Bee
Seen every day during our 5 day visit
To my knowledge, this is the first record of this species that has been confirmed by an image in the Canadian Maritimes. The only other record of this species accepted by ADIP (the Atlantic Dragonfly Inventory Project headed by Paul Brunelle) was of a sight record by Karl Dexter on June 26th, 1995 in Saint John County, New Brunswick.
For the record, this species was observed by Jim Bell, Rebecca McCluskey, and Denis Doucet. The species was also observed by Daniel Sinclair and Evan Houlahan on the previous day in the same location, but they were unable to capture it. Duplicate observations on iNaturalist are as follows: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126749394 and https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126819592. Location accurate to within 15 m
FYI @neilvinson @laura_clarke @sinclvan6 @evan_houlahan @flyersmith
First spotted by @jdee, and caught by @nbdragonflyguy. The excitement was awesome!!
Joint effort ... @becksinsects Rebecca McCluskey, @nbdragonflyguy Denis Doucet and myself saw this beauty today at Fundy National Park at the end of the FNP 2022 weekend bioblitz.
EDIT: See comments below. There was a sighting in 1995 by Karl Dexter in Saint John area. I had originally posted above but have removed the following:
1st confirmed record of Comet Darner in Atlantic Canada.
These are 1st images confirming one in Atlantic far as I know.
See also images by Rebecca and Denis:
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126819592.
https://inaturalist.ca/observations/126950532
Corticolous on Fagus grandifolia adjacent to stream through mature mixed woods.
Shaded ledge on riverbank
On trunk of hardwood in mature mixed forest. This looks like Stictis (?) but I don't know how those conspicuous dark hairs fit into the picture.
Appears to be a liverwort in lower left.
along roadside in agricultural fields and nearby wet mixed forest
Feeding at Spirea in clearing in mixed forest
Aberrant species
Strange things coming out of puddle.
Lait blanc immuable, sous peupliers
Heads up @neilvinson @laura_clarke
If correct, New for the park and pollinator garden, using Solidago canadensis mostly.
@jasondombroskie could you please confirm...
Found on Malus sp. but plenty of hawthorn in the area.
Heads up, @neilvinson and @laura_clarke
New for the park on Fireweed in the Native Garden behind the VRC
New for the park
@neilvinson @laura_clarke
Found feeding on pollen of Pearly Everlasting in the Pollinator Garden :)
Not the greatest pic, but I think I have the ID right because of leg colour, pygidial plate, dark tegulae.
@neilvinson @laura_clarke
If confirmed, new species for the park
Attracted to light in old field - garden - mixed forest habitat along coast of Northumberland Strait.
This looks like a clastopterid Proteus to me. Never seen one before.
UPDATE: It's a tortisebeetle, but would love to know what kind. They are loving the potato plants in the compost pile.
OK folks, this little fella almost didn't catch my eye - I assume it's a larval something. There were a few on the potato plants that have grown from the compost pile, and they appear to make hats for themselves using either their poop or crud from the compost pile. I think actually it's their poop, because their butt is arched up around toward their back. it took me a little while to actually notice the first one, and then eventually I found that there were many more. There were a few tortise beetles in the vicinity also. But yeah, google lens thinks this is algae - I have to think that the camouflage this critter has chosen is working, even on AI.
At river’s edge. AKA Green-tongue Liverwort.
If correct, new for the park @neilvinson @laura_clarke
Landed on my pants.
Approx 13-14 mm body length ..
This is certainly one of the smallest flower flies I have seen to date. @johnklymko @edanko Does this look right?
2 types de feuilles. On peut voir des feuilles basales réniforme. sol riche, érablière
Possibly Acantholyda angulata. Found beneath a row of Pine trees, approximately 1 inch in length.