30 August 2025

This was certainly the week for insects, especially on Thursday when cold temperatures made them sluggish. Here are a few that I’ve seen this week, some of which I cannot identify.

At top, what moth is this at Frick Park on Thursday? Google Lens gives so many answers that I am not sure which one to pick.

Below, not-a-moth this is an end-banded netwing beetle (Calopteron terminale). Most, but not all photos, show a black band in the middle too.

An old spider web is draped like a curtain on a twig and stinging nettle in Frick Park.

When I got back to my car there was a weevil on the window (yes, my car is dirty). I don’t know what species.

Aphids have been sucking the juices out of Schenley Park’s false sunflowers for about a month now. Our abnormally dry weather makes the plants less juicy.

Reminder! I’ll be leading an outing at Schenley Park tomorrow, 31 August, starting from the Schenley Park Visitors Center at 8:30am. More info here.

Can you see the hawk? We’ll look for him tomorrow. He was watching near Panther Hollow Lake yesterday.