The Long Struggle Continues, Forward

Try to identify all the bugs in your yard. Go ahead. Try it.

Actually, here at the CB we are making pretty good progress on all the different bugs except for the bees. Well. That’s good progress on all the bigger bugs. The really tiny bugs we are not actually attempting to identify except casually or by chance. There is plenty to do even with just the bigger bugs. Crumby here defines bigger bugs as those approaching, but not necessarily reaching five millimeters in length. Or, bugs definitely exceeding three millimeters.

Here is a smidgen of a moth Crumby figured out just this morning after a two day comparison of pictures on Bugguide. This one may be Anacampsis levipedella. As may be seen, it is an ornate member of the genus, featuring red eyes, some metallic vestiture and checked legs.

Possibly, if Crumby knew any actual moth scientific lingo, as opposed to making up his own moth lingo, the sorting through all the Bugguide pictures would have taken less than two days.