Damsel Bugs (Nabidae) can still be found this time of year.
All the leaves were brown, and the sky was kinda gray, but with some blue yesterday. I went for a walk around the campus, and found some bugs!
Anthocorid!
A tree aphid. These seem to lack cornicles.
A robust little fly. Any ID suggestions? Update! Valérie Lévesque has ID’ed this as a Scuttle Fly, family Phoridae! Thanks Valérie!
The winter moths are here. You can blow on them to get them in this position.
The fly is a phoridae (scuttle fly)!
Thanks! I really loved the phorid talk at ESC. Did you catch it?
sadly I didn’t 🙁
Basically, they are some of the coolest flies ever! And they decapitate ants in at least 2 different ways.