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Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area Featuring Insects of Point Molate, Richmond, California Insect Sciences Museum of California Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area An εβοοκεβοοκ by Eddie Dunbar Copyright 2012-2017. Insect Sciences Museum of California. Gen MMXIX 0623 16.13 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo copying, recording, downloading, or by any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from the publisher. Information requests should be directed via e-mail to [email protected] / www.bugpeople.org Dedication Mom & Dad, this field guide is dedicated to you. You were faithful in ensuring I had opportunities to pursue my interests. You sat patiently by the roadside, while creeks and molehills got my attention. I could have done nothing without your support, encouragement and love. Acknowledgments I gratefully acknowledge the help of many, many experts, amateurs and colleagues over the 20 years it has taken to finish this guide, particularly my friends at BugGuide who helped with many insect identifications. Thanks next to ISMC Photographers Mike "troll" Dame, Brad Smith, Ed Oswalt and Rita LeRoy. This guide would be barren without your excellent photography. Thanks to Felix Sperling, Ph.D., Eric Eaton, Ph.D. and Jerry A. Powell, Ph.D., for guide-writing advice over the years. Thanks to my coworkers at the City of Oakland: Brooke A. Levin, Victoria "Tora" Rocha, Jim Ryugo and Stephanie Benavidez. It is great when your employer gets involved in a colleague's passions. Thank you very much to my Oakland Unified School District family: Anthony Cody, Norman Brooks, Dale Koistinen, Janice Lord-Walker, Carol Pancho, Caroline Yee (deceased); and to my friends at Mills College's Leadership Institute for Teaching Elementary Science (LITES): Krishen Laetsch, and to the LITES Crew. The seed money you provided help to keep the vision for this guide alive. University of California folks at Berkeley and Davis: Felix Sperling, Ph.D.; Jerry A. Powell, Ph.D., Don Dahlsten, Ph.D. (deceased); Vernard R. Lewis, Ph.D.; Steven B. Suoja, Ph.D.; Art Slater; John A. Chemsak, Ph.D.; Kip Will, Ph.D.; Peter Oboyski, Ph.D.; Mike Caterino, Ph.D.; Kathy Garvey; Deanne Jackson; and Joyce Gross. Thank you to my friends in Scouting: First to the very special attention of Regina Burke, the Scouting Den Mother who introduced me to the science of entomology; then, to Los Mochos (and later Wente) Ranger Al Robinson, who affirmed through granting me the Insect Study Merit Badge, that "Anybody Can Bug!" Special thanks to Charles Howard-Gibbon who helped me to explore my passion in entomology as a merit badge counselor. Insect Sciences Museum of California The ISMC was organized in 2008. Founding board members are Eddie Dunbar, Ta-Hina Richards and Geoffrey Mitchell. In 2009 the board added Julie Dunbar and Lauran Cherry. In 2012 the board added May Chen, Victoria “Tora” Rocha and Kirsten Copren, Ph.D. Each shares the vision of using the world of insects to enrich the lives of the people of Oakland and the Greater Bay Area. ISMC Mission - The mission of ISMC is to engage citizen scientists in learning opportunities that further their growth and that of the entomological sciences. Projects - ISMC’s principal project is Exploring California Insects (ECI). ECI has two sub-projects: Lake Merritt and Greater Oakland Insects (LMGOI) and Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area (ISFBA). ECI projects engage clients in the field, through informative displays, through web content and an interactive blog. Accomplishments - Under ECI the eBook “Lake Merritt and Greater Oakland Insects” was updated in 2011 from the 2006 edition. A 2013 edition will be available by the end of 2013. ISFBA will be ECI’s focus through 2015. ECI seeks to engage local residents in observing, collecting, photographing and writing about local insects. The work will be made available as a web-based field guide published on CD-ROM and in print. Methodology - Open Space - ISMC reaches citizen scientists through events in Oakland Parks. ISMC partners with Oakland Parks and other organizations to make use of open space where insects are present. Web Outreach - The Museum has a very large presence online. Interactive collaborations function online to research and answer questions about insects. Publishing: The Museum maintains and continually creates learning materials including printed publications, multimedia presentations, eBooks and displays. Photo Surveys: ISMC hosts photographic forays into park open space to document the fauna that is present. Science Equipment: ISMC also distributes and trains the public in use of entomological equipment and materials, usually free of charge. Foreword California Insects number at around 38,000 species. Insects and the natural resources that depend upon them are distributed throughout the aquatic, riparian, marine, grassland, woodland, forest and other ecosystems of the Bay Area’s nine counties, East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) and California State Parks. Yet, within these commonly understood ecosystems are tens of thousands of microhabitats where insects live out little understood floral and faunal relationships. So it is that the insect presents countless opportunities to discover, study and understand the local ecology. The knowledge gained through the study of insects makes it clear why insects are important in so many diverse disciplines. Mosquitoes, bedbugs and fleas are economically important in human and veterinary medicine. Ants, bees and many kinds of bugs are important in agriculture. Many kinds of insects are important to warehouses and supermarkets. Cockroaches, certainly are important as pests in households or as useful adjuncts. The list goes on. As a consequence, insects also are of importance in conservation, environmental policy and legislation. California - and the Bay Area especially - would benefit by having more environmentally conscious voters, volunteers and legislators, who appreciate the important role that insects play in helping us to understand and better the world we all share. The Insect Sciences Museum of California (ISMC), through its workshops, events and publications, engages the public to photograph what insects are present in the Bay Area and throughout the state. This publication, therefore, is offered as a guide to help point out where and when our more common insects may be observed, recognized and studied. We hope that urban dwellers will begin with the knowledge presented in this guide - and embark with us on this journey - finding and recognizing and appreciating Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area. Insects of Joaquin Miller Park - Oakland, CA About Joaquin Miller Park Joaquin Miller Park is one of the City of Oakland's largest wildlands. Joaquin Miller passed in 1913 and the City of Oakland purchased 68 acres from his estate, as well as the adjacent redwood groves. Joaquin Miller Park covers more than 500 acres. Many of its trails lead to adjacent Roberts and Redwood Regional Parks, which are part of the East Bay Regional Park System. The parks is subject to many forays by ISMC photographers and annual outreach events through Oakland Parks and Recreation's Great American Backyard Campout. Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth Development (OPR&YD) In 2014 OPR&YD asked ISMC to increase natural history education in this historic park. ISMC programs in the park fall under the OPR&YD umbrella. ISMC has had programs in the park since 2007. These include insect walks, observations, collection and photography. Artifacts from the park are on display in the park's Ranger Station. Field Guide Findings from this project may become part of an evolving Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area field guide. The Merritt College portion of the guide can be downloaded at the link that follows. Download Guide in PDF Virtual Field Guide In addition to iNaturalist, the ISFBA Survey requests that photographs be uploaded to the ISFBA Dropbox account. Photos need to be *unedited* original photos that include the photography location in the filename. Photographs uploaded using the link below become a part of this website. Download Virtual Field Guide iNaturalist iNaturalist is a citizen science app that uses crowdsourcing technology to pull together and serve observations about organisms all over the world. The ISFBA View videos about iNaturalist project uses iNaturalist to organize, view and interact with observations at Merritt - Observe Nature with iNaturalist (By Tony Iwane) College and throughout the Bay Area. Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area - iNaturalist Instructions (By National Park Service) observations are organized into a project that can be queried, downloaded or - How to use iNats Identify page! (By Tony Iwane) formatted into a field guide. Be sure to view the videos. Look under the iNat logo at the left. Visit iNaturalist Project Photograph Uploads In addition to iNaturalist, the ISFBA Survey requests that photographs be uploaded to the ISFBA Dropbox account. Photos need to be *unedited* original photos that include the photography location in the filename. Photographs uploaded using the link below become a part of this website. Upload photos! Insect Photo Survey Date(s): 1998-2017 Insects of Point Molate, Richmond (Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area) Page 1 of 11 Butterflies and Moths Order Lepidoptera Twirler Moths (Family Gelechiidae ) Coyote Brush Stem Gall Moth Gnorimoschema baccharisella (Busck 1903) Description: Wings: Forewing - male 6.2-8.5 mm long; female 6.5-9 mm. Forewing pattern - A pale peach-colored basal patch which is variably tinged with rust, the remainder of the wing is pale to dark grey. There is also a subtle, longitudinal streak of rust on the fold in the cell and there are usually two additional rust spots in the middle and at the end of the cell. Wingspan: Wingspan: Males: 6.2-8.5 mm.
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