Insect expert : Matthew Wills
BBC offers gratitude to Karen O'Hearn for organizing the event
BBC Bug Night
Nethermead Prospect Park June 21, 2025
(Thanks to iNaturalist observers kenelma & elharo.)
Large Lace-border Moth/Scopula limboundata
Green Cloverworm Moth/Hypena scabra
Larentiinae carpet moth
Oriental Beetle/Exomala orientalis
Asian Lady Beetle/Harmonia axyridis (larva)
Maladera or Diplotaxis genus beetle
Ptilodactyla genus beetle
Phyllophaga crenulata beetle
2 other unknown Scarabaeidae beetle species (“June Bugs”)
(beetle IDs tentative)
Band-winged Crane Fly/Epiphragma fasciapenne (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
Psectrotanypus dyari (midge: first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
At least 2 Adedes genus mosquitos
Several Chironomidae family non-biting midge species
Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider/Castianeira longipalpus
Harvestman (Leiobunum vittatum?)
Lime Leaf Aphid/Eucallipterus tiliae
Subfamily Hydropsychinae caddisfly (first iNat observation in Brooklyn)
Rhododendron Leafhopper/Graphocephala fennahi
A bunch of other tiny Cicadellidae family leafhoppers
Assorted tiny wasps…
Photos by Janet Zinn
