Today, we were surprised to find back the escaped Devastating Grasshopper (Melanoplus devastator) that we had caught from Canyon Trail Park (El Cerrito, CA) on 6/26! All the back on 6/26, almost a month ago when we went down to Canyon Trail Park in El Cerrito, we managed to snag two Devastating Grasshoppers (Melanoplus devastator) nymphs out of an entire dry grass field covered in them. Upon taking them outside to take pictures, one of them had escaped into a little patch of dry grass in our backyard. It had disappeared so quickly that we didn't bother to try to find it back. As for the other grasshopper, we kept it in its little container and cared for it until it mysteriously died on 7/7. Since we haven't been back to Canyon Trail during the day time since then and don't plan on it any time soon, we thought we would never see a Devastating Grasshopper for a while. But today, we found one right in our backyard in the exact same little dry grass patch. We assumed that it was the same one that had escaped since we have never seen a Devastating Grasshopper anywhere in the city, let alone our yard! What a big surprise that was. It looks like an instar ahead of where it was when it escaped. Of course, the problem with recapturing is figuring out how to keep it from meeting the same fate as the one that remained with us. This time we are changing things up a bit and are feeding it a variety of little dry grasses and weeds picked from the dry grass patch as well as some cabbage. We might also attempt feeding it some other stuff in the future to supplement its diet and hopefully it won't die. - Brian
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Albany, California This timeline is a series of daily posts recording our observations on and experiences with various insects in Albany California and surrounding areas, from 2012-2017. Since we did not publish this site until 2016, posts before that were constructed retroactively. Starting in August 2017, we moved to Ithaca, New York; posts from there on can be viewed at Timeline 2017-present: Ithaca, New York. Archives (1,011)
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![]() ![]() Full Species List (Alphabetical by scientific name) Note: - Not every species we encounter is necessarily presented on this site, rather a selection of those that were of particular interest to us and that we felt were worth documenting. - We can't guarantee that all species have been identified accurately, particularly taxa we are not as familiar with. Lepidoptera Actias luna Adelpha californica Agraulis vanillae Allancastria cerisyi Antheraea mylitta Antheraea polyphemus Anthocharis sara Argema mimosae Attacus atlas Battus philenor hirsuta Bombyx mori Caligo atreus Callosamia promethea Coenonympha tullia california Citheronia regalis Cricula trifenestrata Danaus plexippus Eacles imperialis Erynnis tristis Estigmene acrea Eumorpha achemon Eupackardia calleta Furcula cinereoides Heliconius erato Heliconius hecale Heliconius sapho Heliconius sara Hyalophora cecropia Hyalophora columbia Hyalophora euryalus Hylephila phyleus Hyles lineata Junonia coenia Langia zenzeroides formosana Lophocampa maculata Manduca sexta Morpho peleides Nymphalis antiopa Orgyia vetusta Orthosia hibisci quenquefasciata Pachysphinx modesta Papilio cresphontes Papilio eurymedon Papilio glaucus Papilio machaon oregonius Papilio multicaudata Papilio polyxenes asterius Papilio rumiko Papilio rutulus Papilio zelicaon Phyciodes mylitta Phyciodes pulchella Pieris rapae Plejebus acmon Poanes melane Polites sabuleti Polygonia satyrus Pyrgus communis Rothschildia jacobaeae Samia cynthia advena Samia ricini Smerinthus cerisyi Smerinthus ophthalmica Strymon melinus Trichoplusia ni Uresephita reversalis Vanessa annabella Vanessa atalanta Vanessa cardui Unidentified Lepidoptera Hybrids Papilio glaucus × Papilio rutulus Papilio polyxenes asterius × Papilio zelicaon Orthoptera Melanoplus devastator Phaneroptera nana Pristoceuthophilus pacificus Scudderia mexicana Trimerotropis pallidipennis Phasmatodea Carausius morosus Phyllium giganteum Mantodea Mantis religiosa Phyllocrania paradoxa Hymenoptera Apis mellifera Bombus vosnesenskii Brachymeria ovata Linepithema humile Pediobius sp. Polistes dominula Xylocopa varipuncta Unidentified Diptera Lucilia sericata Unidentified Hemiptera Brochymena sp. Leptoglossus sp. Nezara viridula Odonata Argia vivida Libellula croceipennis Coleoptera Coccinella septempunctata Cycloneda polita Diabrotica undecimpunctata Hippodamia convergens Araneae (Class: Arachnida) Araneus diadematus Phidippus johnsoni |