Beetles

Ghostchasers: Search for Blue Ghost Fireflies

lepidopteran — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:05:11 +0000

Ghostchasers: Search for Blue Ghost Fireflies lepidopteran Fri, 02/27/2026 - 18:05

Wed, Apr 29 2026, 7:30 - 9pm

Location: Durant Nature Preserve

Description: Piedmont blue ghost fireflies are spring fireflies. They are very elusive, so much so that they were only recently recognized as a new species in the Piedmont. We'll join the hunt as part of the City Nature Challenge 2024. Bring a flashlight and water bottle. Pre-registration is required.

Cost: $5

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Ghostchasers: Search for Blue Ghost Fireflies

lepidopteran — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:31:34 +0000

Ghostchasers: Search for Blue Ghost Fireflies lepidopteran Sat, 03/15/2025 - 00:31

Wed, Apr 30 2025, 7:30 - 9pm

Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman for a program at Durant Nature Preserve

Piedmont blue ghost fireflies are spring fireflies. They are very elusive, so much so that they were only recently recognized as a new species in the Piedmont. We'll join the hunt as part of the City Nature Challenge 2024. Bring a flashlight and water bottle. Pre-registration is required.

Cost: $5

New larval host records, parasitoid records, and DNA barcoding data for North American leaf-mining leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea)

lepidopteran — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:00:01 +0000

New larval host records, parasitoid records, and DNA barcoding data for North American leaf-mining leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) lepidopteran Tue, 12/17/2024 - 00:00

Abstract: We discuss 46 species of North American leaf-mining leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Megalopodidae), plus one external feeder observed to spin its cocoon within the leaf mine of another insect. For each species, we review previous records of larval and adult hosts and associated hymenopteran parasitoids, augmenting these with our own observations, including the first accounts of oviposition and larval habits for many species. We present the first rearing records for 12 of these species: Anisostena californica Van Dyke, A. funesta (Baly), A. lecontii (Baly), A. perspicua (Horn), Microrhopala excavata (Olivier), Odontota floridana Butte, Stenopodius lateralis (Schaeffer), Altica lazulina LeConte, Dibolia obscura Parry, Monoxia inornata Blake, Zeugophora puberula Crotch, and Z. varians Crotch; as well as 18 new state and provincial records for chrysomeloids, although some of these are based on tentative identifications.

https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5549.1.1

Charles S. Eiseman, Tracy S. Feldman, Michael W. Palmer

2024

Charles S. Eiseman, Tracy S. Feldman, Michael W. Palmer. 2024. "New larval host records, parasitoid records, and DNA barcoding data for North American leaf-mining leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea)," Zootaxa 5549(1). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5549.1.1

Beetles

Investigation of Possible Cryptic Species within Orchestes mixtus Blatchley and O. pallicornis Say (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Rhamphini) Using DNA Barcoding

lepidopteran — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 04:44:41 +0000

Investigation of Possible Cryptic Species within Orchestes mixtus Blatchley and O. pallicornis Say (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Rhamphini) Using DNA Barcoding lepidopteran Mon, 12/16/2024 - 23:44

The latest research into leaf-mining weevils.

https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.126.2.243

/sites/default/files/publications/Eiseman%20et%20al.%202024%20Orchestes.pdf

Charles S. Eiseman, Tracy S. Feldman, Swarnalatha Moparthi, Matthew A. Bertone

2024

Charles S. Eiseman, Tracy S. Feldman, Swarnalatha Moparthi, and Matthew A. Bertone "Investigation of Possible Cryptic Species within Orchestes mixtus Blatchley and O. pallicornis Say (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Rhamphini) Using DNA Barcoding," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 126(2), 243-246, (9 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.126.2.243

Beetles

New Larval Host Records for Three Species of Leaf-Mining Weevils in the Eastern USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), with a Review of Hosts and Larval Habits for the Genus Tachygonus Schönherr

lepidopteran — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 02:31:44 +0000

New Larval Host Records for Three Species of Leaf-Mining Weevils in the Eastern USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), with a Review of Hosts and Larval Habits for the Genus Tachygonus Schönherr lepidopteran Fri, 11/01/2024 - 22:31

New larval host records for three species of leaf-mining weevils in the eastern USA

https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.126.2.247

/sites/default/files/publications/Eiseman%20et%20al%202024%20weevils.pdf

Charles S. Eiseman, Flown Kimmerling, Tracy S. Feldman

2024

Charles S. Eiseman, Flown Kimmerling, and Tracy S. Feldman "New Larval Host Records for Three Species of Leaf-Mining Weevils in the Eastern USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), with a Review of Hosts and Larval Habits for the Genus Tachygonus Schönherr," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 126(2), 247-253, (9 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.126.2.247

Durant Nature Preserve Program: Ghost Chasers

lepidopteran — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:24:13 +0000

Durant Nature Preserve Program: Ghost Chasers lepidopteran Sat, 02/24/2024 - 05:24

Wed, Apr 24 2024, 7:30 - 9pm

Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh on a hunt for the Piedmont Blue Ghost Firefly.