A New Year of Bugs

Oops. I've gotten out of the habit of writing a blog every day and forgot that I did a bug walk today. It was above freezing, not raining, slightly sunny, and I saw a crane fly on the window, so I figured I should go out and look for bugs. I was moderately successful, which is a good thing. And by the way, Happy New Year!

Backyard Bug of the Day:

 The first Backyard Bug of the Day of the new year is a stonefly.

 I never did figure out what these larvae (or nymphs?) that were hanging out in a patch of moss last winter were. I still don't know, but I found them again today.

I also saw three species of springtails:

Snow fleas

Other Bugs:

 Winter crane fly

Fly