Insects around Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Los Angeles (30° to 35° latitude, -120° to -115° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all insects records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No insects arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Four-spotted Tree Cricket Oecanthus quadripunctatus | 133 | 303.0 |
| Snowy Tree Cricket Oecanthus fultoni | 110 | 250.6 |
| Gulf Fritillary Dione vanillae | 14 | 31.9 |
| California Gall Wasp Andricus quercuscalifornicus | 13 | 29.6 |
| Arizona Mantis Stagmomantis limbata | 13 | 29.6 |
| Green June Bug Cotinis mutabilis | 5 | 11.4 |
| Greater Angle-wing Microcentrum rhombifolium | 4 | 9.1 |
| Vagrant Grasshopper Schistocerca nitens | 4 | 9.1 |
| Monarch Danaus plexippus | 4 | 9.1 |
| Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus | 4 | 9.1 |
| Assassin Bug Zelus renardii | 3 | 6.8 |
| Honey Bee Apis mellifera | 3 | 6.8 |
| Pygmy Blue Brephidium exilis | 3 | 6.8 |
| Mountain Mahogany Gall Midge Dasineura cercocarpi | 3 | 6.8 |
| Eleodes acuticauda Eleodes acuticauda | 3 | 6.8 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 4 of the last 12 weeks for insects (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 190 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.