2017 in review: new-to-me Hemiptera
One of my goals for 2017 was to photograph at least 100 new-to-me Hemipterans, with at least 30 of those being psyllids; somehow or other I was successful in that goal, with 150+ Hemipterans (31 being psyllids). Here's a collage of those species.
Goals for 2018? I'd love to push for another 100 Hemiptera (and 20 more psyllids?), and try to get my total species count on iNaturalist above 3000 (currently at about 2700). I'd like to take a page out of glmory's book and pay more attention to aphids this year, which is one Hemiptera group I can definitely improve on. And I'd like to continue to support and encourage the community in tracking down even more never-before-photographed psyllids and increase our knowledge of that group - but that's a post for another time.
Happy new year everyone!
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I already found all the aphids. Nothing to see there...
I think your photos are broken, at least on my phone they donot display.
photos should be working again?
I'd still like to find some of those aphids for myself, haha... maybe if I'm lucky I can even stumble across some ones you haven't seen yet?
Just today I found a species in my (tiny) backyard I don’t think I have ever seen. I keep thinking that I will be close to finding all the species easily found but more keep coming.
Probably another 300+ species in Southern California not on iNaturalist. A lot are a taxonomic nightmare though.
Root aphids are an interesting category which are ridiculously hard to find and add. I have yet to find any. Not even sure how I would since pulling up random plants is frowned upon.
This is a spectacular journal post. I was happy to spot a few of these new hemipterans with you in AZ! :)
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