Living with a Genus Call

Last year, Crumby discovered the muth genus Harrisina. In that genus, Harrisina, three species are currently recognized by most that count, meaning experts. But, as often turns out, Crumby is not among those that count. Because, Crumby can’t recognize the species.


Here we see a Harrisina that showed up at the CB during the spring. See. It’s on Ilex vomitoria which flowers in spring. Note how shiny blue it is.






Now let’s check out a probably different Harrisina that showed up on Solidago altissima which flowers in fall. See. It’s coloration is not so shiny blue. In particular, the wings appear to be a dull black.

Furthermore, since the second picture is more of an ecology picture, there is a bug also featured. That bug is most likely a member of the genus Ochriminus, also a small genus with just a few species recognized by the current experts. But check out those interesting bands. The camera didn’t make those bands. Those bands are a feature of the actual bug.

Er. You know. Come to think of it, maybe the featured bug is a convict bug, recently escaped from one of the Tejas Republic's notorious, privately owned correctional facilities. And the bug hasn't found any new clothes since its escape.