Early breakup brings early arrivals.

First time we have seen so many ladybugs on our island.

An Eight-spotted Langson's (Fabricius, 1775) or Langson's Forester Couper observed lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.

Unusual weevil (Curculionoidea)

Spruce Aphid (Elatobium abietinum) Damage

Large Old World Swallowtail Butterfly

Black fly

Early wasps

Communities on the southern coastline of Kenai Peninsula have noticed changes to trees as a result of the aphid.

Unknown furry moth

On the upper Klamath River

First mosquito (and bite) of year.

An early season?

Warm temperatures drive emergence of early willow buds, pollen and honey bee activity.

A small black fuzzy caterpillar seen in the NPS administrative building in King Salmon, Alaska

Unusual Insect

Unusual beetle

New insect species typically arrive in Finland via Russia’s Karelian Isthmus. Entomologists say that the number of species in the

5-31-15 Unusual beetle - Goodnews Bay, Alaska, USA