{"id":8222,"date":"2017-05-30T08:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T13:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=8222"},"modified":"2017-05-31T14:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T19:28:40","slug":"wildflower-watch-ii-regarding-wild-geraniums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/wildflower-watch-ii-regarding-wild-geraniums\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildflower Watch II \u2013 Regarding Wild Geraniums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Salutations, BugFans,<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-intext\">\nThe BugLady\u2019s evening hours at the computer are now accompanied by the soft \u201cthunk, thunk\u201d of June beetles hitting the window.\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf the first rule of looking for insects is \u201ccheck the flowers,\u201d then wild geraniums (<em>Geranium maculatum<\/em>) are the flower to watch right now. Showy, rosy-pink-to-purple blossoms that stand out in a landscape dominated by white and yellow. They line roadsides and forest edges and grow in semi-sunny woods, the dense stands originating from thick rhizomes (horizontal underground stems). Their name comes from the Greek <em>geranos<\/em> (stork) and refers to the long, pointed shape of the fruits, fruits that will eventually explode and propel the seeds many feet from the parent plant. Insects perceive UV light differently than we do, and the transparent veins that lead them across the petals to the payload at the center of the flower (they\u2019re called \u201cnectar guides\u201d) are far more conspicuous to them.  <\/p>\n<h3><em>Anthaxia sp.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The BugLady was surprised to discover that this chunky little beetle (genus <em>Anthaxia<\/em>) is in the Buprestid beetle family (Buprestidae), a.k.a. the Metallic wood boring beetles, a.k.a. Jewel beetles. Metallic and jewel-like, it isn\u2019t. Adult buprestids fed on vegetation, pollen or nectar; it\u2019s their offspring that do the wood-boring, usually in already-weakened woody plants. Looks like this <em>Anthaxia<\/em> goes for flower petals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anthaxia-buprestid13-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anthaxia-buprestid13-1.jpg\" alt=\"Anthaxia\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anthaxia-buprestid13-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anthaxia-buprestid13-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Arctic Skippers<\/h3>\n<p>Arctic skippers (<em>Carterocephalus palaemon<\/em>) are northern in distribution but their range isn\u2019t exactly Arctic. It\u2019s listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/\">bugguide.net<\/a> as \u201ccircumboreal: in North America, Alaska and coast to coast across Canada and northern U.S., south in the west to central California, south in the east to Pennsylvania.\u201d They also occur in Europe, and the British call them Chequered Skippers. The BugLady finds them in moist, dappled, woody habitats. Adults nectar at flowers, especially purple ones, though the BugLady has seen them on the whitish flowers of black raspberry. <em>Butterflies of the North Woods<\/em> tells us that their courtship behavior \u201cincludes a display where males and females open and close their wings in unison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/arctic-skppr13-1b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/arctic-skppr13-1b.jpg\" alt=\"Arctic Skipper\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/arctic-skppr13-1b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/arctic-skppr13-1b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/arctic-skppr13-1b-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Bubblebee<\/h3>\n<p>Looks like this bumblebee almost exceeds the weight limit for wild geranium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/bumblebee13-1rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/bumblebee13-1rz.jpg\" alt=\"bumblebee\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/bumblebee13-1rz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/bumblebee13-1rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/bumblebee13-1rz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Click Beetles<\/h3>\n<p>Click beetles (a.k.a. jackknife, snapping, spring beetles or skipjacks), are famous for their ability to get from upside down to right side up. They have a tongue-and-groove arrangement on the underside of the thorax that allows them to arch and then curl, snapping a spur into a groove, levitating into the air with an audible click, and landing on their feet. The BugLady doesn\u2019t know who this small click beetle is, but she often sees it on white trilliums in the middle days of spring; it probably eats pollen.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/click-beetle16-8rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/click-beetle16-8rz.jpg\" alt=\"Click Beetle\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/click-beetle16-8rz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/click-beetle16-8rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/click-beetle16-8rz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Crab Spider<\/h3>\n<p>Flowers are a good place to eat or be eaten, and this crab spider will be happy to assist with the second.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/crab-spider16-12rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/crab-spider16-12rz.jpg\" alt=\"Crab Spider\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/crab-spider16-12rz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/crab-spider16-12rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/crab-spider16-12rz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Daddy Long-legs<\/h3>\n<p>So will this daddy long-legs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/daddy-longlegs16-3rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/daddy-longlegs16-3rz.jpg\" alt=\"Daddy Long-legs\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/daddy-longlegs16-3rz.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/daddy-longlegs16-3rz-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Anapsis rufa<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>A small, common, rust-colored beetle of spring, <em>Anapsis rufa<\/em> (probably) is in the False Flower Beetle family Scraptiidae.  Adults like a variety of flowers, but larvae are found under bark or in rotting logs. It can be seen in woodlands and edges across the northern two-thirds of the continent.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anapsis13-2bb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anapsis13-2bb.jpg\" alt=\"Anapsis rufa\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anapsis13-2bb.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anapsis13-2bb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/anapsis13-2bb-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hummingbird Moths<\/h3>\n<p>The BugLady takes more \u201cHail Mary\u201d shots of Hummingbird Moths than of any other insect. They hover, move abruptly, pause briefly, and love terrible photographic backgrounds. This Bumblebee Hummingbird moth\/Snowberry clearwing moth (<em>Hemaris diffinis<\/em>) was a real treat, especially since hummingbird moths often use their long proboscis to probe for nectar in tubular, not flat, flowers.  Because they hover, they are often mistaken for tiny hummingbirds.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/hmmgbrd-mth-h-diffinis15-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/hmmgbrd-mth-h-diffinis15-7.jpg\" alt=\"Hummingbird Moth\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/hmmgbrd-mth-h-diffinis15-7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/hmmgbrd-mth-h-diffinis15-7-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Mining Bees<\/h3>\n<p>Mining Bees are native, solitary bees (not social, like honeybees) that feed on pollen and nectar and so are responsible for a tremendous amount of pollination. You have to work pretty hard to get stung by one.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mining-bee13-4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mining-bee13-4b.jpg\" alt=\"Mining Bee\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mining-bee13-4b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mining-bee13-4b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mining-bee13-4b-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Sweat Bees<\/h3>\n<p>Sweat Bees are another family of important and abundant native pollinators&mdash;some are \u201cbee-colored,\u201d and others are bronze or emerald green. Like mining bees, they are solitary-to-semi-social bees that make nests in the ground and, supply their larvae with pollen (sometimes formed into balls) and nectar. Sweat bees get their name from the habit of some species of landing on sweaty skin and to stinging when brushed off (the BugLady\u2019s husband was allergic to their sting, and the allergist he consulted said, \u201cwhat\u2019s a sweat bee?\u201d).  <\/p>\n<p>[metaslider id=8250]<\/p>\n<h3>Mosquitoes<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes a flower is simply a handy platform to land on. Male mosquitoes (<em>feathery antennae<\/em>) do feed on plant juices, though this one was just resting. Females will also eat plant juices but eventually need a blood meal.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mosquito-m13-1b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mosquito-m13-1b.jpg\" alt=\"Mosquito\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mosquito-m13-1b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mosquito-m13-1b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/mosquito-m13-1b-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>Pidonia ruficollis<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>But, some insects contract other business there. <em>Pidonia ruficollis<\/em> is a long-horned beetle (family Cerambycidae, flower longhorn subfamily) whose larvae feed in the wood of a variety of hardwoods.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/w-geranium-pidonia16-17rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/w-geranium-pidonia16-17rz.jpg\" alt=\"pidonia ruficollis\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/w-geranium-pidonia16-17rz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/w-geranium-pidonia16-17rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/w-geranium-pidonia16-17rz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>White-Spotted Sable Moths<\/h3>\n<p>Shy white-spotted sable moths (<em>Anania funebris<\/em>) dive below the flowers to avoid the camera. Their species name, <em>funebris<\/em>, refers to their funereal dark color, though those white spots brighten the mood. Because it\u2019s a flashy, daytime flyer, it\u2019s often mistaken for a butterfly (moths tend to fly for short distances and take cover in vegetation&mdash;butterflies don\u2019t. The larval food is goldenrod. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/wh-spttd-sable-mth13-1rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/wh-spttd-sable-mth13-1rz.jpg\" alt=\"white-spotted salbe moth\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/wh-spttd-sable-mth13-1rz.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/wh-spttd-sable-mth13-1rz-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Scarab Beetles<\/h3>\n<p>This beetle is (probably) <em>Trichiotinus viridans<\/em>, a Flower chafer in the scarab beetle family. Members of the genus are variously called Bee-like flower scarabs and Hairy flower scarabs\/Hairy flower beetles (the beetles are hairy, not the flowers).  With their buzzy flight, it\u2019s easy to mistake them for bumblebees (the BugLady found one tantalizing note saying that unlike most beetles, which hold their elytra out to the side like mini bi-planes while flying, <em>Trichiotinus<\/em> can fly with its elytra folded.  Adults eat pollen\/nectar, and larvae feed in rotting wood. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/flower-scarab10-3rz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/flower-scarab10-3rz.jpg\" alt=\"scarab beetle\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/flower-scarab10-3rz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/flower-scarab10-3rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/05\/flower-scarab10-3rz-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seen but not pictured&mdash;ants, a jumping spider, a thick-headed fly, a two-spotted stinkbug, a honeybee, a curiously-immobile soldier beetle that may have been spider prey, and syrphid flies. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the first rule of looking for insects is \u201ccheck the flowers,\u201d then wild geraniums(Geranium maculatum) are the flower to watch right now. Insects perceive UV light differently than we do, and the transparent veins that lead them across the petals to the payload at the center of the flower (they\u2019re called \u201cnectar guides\u201d) are far more conspicuous to them.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[238,30,434,79,403,31],"class_list":["post-8222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bug-of-the-week","tag-bees","tag-beetles","tag-mosquitoes","tag-moths","tag-skippers","tag-spiders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Field Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If the first rule of looking for insects is 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