Maybe something in the genus Caloparyphus?
Christina Creek, BC, Canada
Collected
Photos 1 and 3-6 taken by @shawnb2 and uploaded with his permission
Maybe two inches in length, larger than most rockweed isopods I've found.
Tucked under the operculum.
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Believed to be Nycteribiidae, flightless and often eye-less "bat flies", found on dorsal side of a female Myotis yumanensis (handled with permits for research purposes).
See similar obvs from Thailand here (https://inaturalist.ca/observations/211375770)
I mislabled them in the field as Arachnids. Retained 3 specimens for later ID (hmu if you're curious to collaborate/ work on them!)
@shawnb2 @mmund
On sagebrush; approx 8-9 mm in length
In the outhouse
A very rare beetle. This is only the [edit] fourth specimen known in Canada. I hand collected this from a polypore (Ganoderma applanatum) on a high stump (snag) of Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Known from leaf litter and polypores in California, north to the Brooks Peninsula (Vancouver Island, BC). 3.8 mm long. Diagnostic characters include the abrupt and compact antennal club, open procoxal cavities, truncate apex of the prosternal process, and the posterolateral depressions of pronotum connected by a transverse groove at the base. Other BC locations are all from Vancouver Island: Mt Tzouhalem, Pachena Bay (near Bamfield), and Cape Cook Lagoon (Brooks Peninsula).
Patrolling over patch of camas near the top.
Although I have skipped a few steps and focused on the pattern to figure out the potential species, I used the Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae by Miranda et al. to provide supporting evidence. Unfortunately this syrphid never landed while I followed it around for approximately 20 minutes, so the photos are not great and I had to crop them a fair bit. I believe you can see the medial black face stripe and, when it's in profile, the concavity of the face. This should separate it from Hadromyia grandis, but I believe the abdomen pattern also matches Pocota bomboides much better, too.
Wet and cold!
Same as: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155316775
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Collected specimen, curious what needed to ID to species
Found on plastic fishing float that drifted in.
Guessed at ID. Warm night walking in the field. Lots were out had them hovering right over my head.
Imbibing moisture at edge of puddle on river bank. Collected for the Royal Alberta Museum.
Rattlesnake Lake, White Lake Grasslands Protected Area, BC, Canada.
Interesting new (to me @ least) syrphid fly, which I think may be a specimen of Oblique Stripetail (Allograpta obliqua), observed foraging on cultivated/cultivated red poppies (Papaver orientalis) in the backyard flower bed.
Found under a rotting log with ants adjacent to a small perennial wetland pond lined with Populus trichocarpa and Equisetum hyemale, within a more broadly arid region and Pinus ponderosa / Pseudotsuga menziesii forest type.
Hill's Homestead circa 1300m.
Recovered 31 Aug 2022 in pitfall trap adjacent to stand of lodgepole pine. 1 of 2 specimens.
location credit: Melanie Bird (thank you!)
with @fielderda77
This will mess with the distribution maps a little bit!!!
Gametophytes, previously reported from this stump. Far smaller than I realized!
Step 1: Consult the iNat app from Port Alberni to confirm the location in a last-second plan before driving to Kennedy Lake.
Step 2: Walk the access road, find a small trail in the right area, and walk until my location dot on the iNat map matches the middle of the cluster of sightings.
Step 3: Spend at least 10 minutes searching the nearby forest for a stump matching the ones in the photos.
Step 4: After finding the right stump, spend another solid 10 minutes in miniature world searching the stump for the ferns, including going back to the photos several times for every clue I could find!
I thought I was looking for something larger, but the biggest ones were only about 2mm in size. Even more fun than Botrychium searches ;-) And I must say, I only saw them through the iPhone lens/screen, as they were too small to really see unassisted.
Now that I've seen them once (with all this tech help), hopefully I can find more!
first found by @fmcghee in 2022, on shore of Vaseux lake in sandy bank in campground
This may be the first reported record of this (locally) rare fly in BC/Canada since the 90s! (see Cannings 2006). This is one of around ten that was seen at this location. It was flying around, landing, and seemed to be feeling the sand with the end of it's abdomen.
The 3rd picture is of the habitat for reference.