Cannon PowerShot SX50 HS
Photos of Sesiidae
(Lepidoptera) from Suburban Appleton in 2017
Hugo L. Kons Jr.
hkonsjr@yahoo.com
2019
Appleton Lepidoptera Photo
Index for 2017
The below photos
were taken by the author in a suburban yard on West Summer Street in Appleton, WI
(Outagamie County) (Google Earth figures). The habitat includes a variety of trees,
gardens, and lawns. The closest forested
habitat is along the Fox River about 1.2 miles to the south (mesic to hydric
hardwoods). Fields, mesic to hydric
hardwood forest, and prairie planting occur just over 2 miles to the west. Forested and open wetlands occur just over 3
miles to the northwest. Xeric uplands do
not occur in the vicinity.
The
live specimen photos are the same individuals as voucher specimens collected
after the photo was taken. Synanthedon acerni is regularly found in
light traps, and a few other species have been occasionally collected at
flowers or in malaise traps in suburban Appleton. Pheromone trapping is the most effective way
to sample this family, but this technique has not been used in suburban
Appleton. Melittia cucurbitae is found annually in small numbers at Aesclepias blossoms.
Numbers
in [ ] are from the Hodges et al. (1983) checklist of the Lepidoptera of
America North of Mexico.
SESIIDAE
Melittia
cucurbitae [2536]
12 July 2017