Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
A Sac Spider Guards her Eggs is a video of a spider with her eggs in a rolled up alder leaf in Juneau, Alaska. Joey Slowik identified it as belonging to the genus Clubiona one of the sac spiders. I was able to keep them in a closed container until the young spiders...
Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Alder Woolly Sawfly is an invasive species that eats the leaves of alder. It is becoming quite common in certain areas of the Juneau area this year 2019. To learn more about these sawflies look at /sites/default/files/ja_2010_kruse_001.pdf...
Jul 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Insects on Elderberry Plants shows some of the insects I have seen in Juneau coming to the flowers and leaves. These photos were taken in 2019. I expected to see huge numbers of insects coming to the flowers and was surprised at how few visited the flowers. I spent...
Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hemlock Sawflies eating the Needles show their larvae eating the needles of a Hemlock tree. For more information on these insects look at /sites/default/files/CAT92272711.pdf For information about an outbreak of these insects in the Ketchikan area look...
Jun 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Spider Building its Web was filmed on June 27, 2019 in Juneau, Alaska. It was doing this about 10 p.m. under a light that was on all night. The next day I looked at the web and it had caught loads of tiny insects that appeared to be no-see-ums and biting black flies....