2024 December 13

   Jeremy Tatum found this bug in his bedroom this morning.

Halyomorpha halys  (Hem.: Pentatomidae)  Jeremy Tatum

Ian Cooper writes:  Here are several photos from this morning’s photoshoot (December 13, 2024), in *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal.   (The slug was photographed on December 11.)

* Garden Slug  Arion hortensis (Pul.: Arionidae)  Ian Cooper

* Camel cricket Pristoceuthophilus celatus (Orth.: Rhaphidophoridae)  Ian Cooper

# Cross Orb-weaver  Araneus diadematus  (Ara.: Araneidae)  Ian Cooper

# Elongate-bodied springtail Tomocerus sp. (Coll.: Tomoceridae)  Ian Cooper

# Chrysalis of Tiger Swallowtail  Pterourus sp. (Lep.: Papilionidae)   Ian Cooper

Jeremy Tatum writes:  I have not yet found a reliable way of distinguishing between the chrysalides of P. rutulus and P. eurymedon.

#Probably a winter gnat  (Dip. – Nematocera:  Trichoceridae)  Ian Cooper