An unusually mosquito-free summer in Anchorage, Alaska, despite wet conditions, has prompted discussions among local observers and experts, with no clear correlation found between weather patterns and mosquito activity. Although the numbers and timing are locally influenced, similar observations were shared from Fairbanks and Chistochina.
Foam or saliva-looking substance on seen on flowering plants like fireweed and yarrow.
For property owners, the beetles present a vexing scenario, as some scramble to keep their trees alive while others mourn the loss and embark on the oftentimes costly removal process.
Ants carrying white rice like objects out of their nest.
"I am seeing spittlebugs deposits everywhere I look in the Sand Lake area."
We are seeing these little flies every outdoors. I don’t recall them like this in the past.
A lot of people are complaining about the wasps this year. They are actually very beneficial insects in some ways. These are very beneficial insects. They gather other insects to feed their larvae and thus control aphid populations, take out delphinium defoliators and other leaf rollers.
Unfamiliar insect found near Potters Marsh, identified as a red velvet mite (family Trombidiidae).
The worst-hit areas appear to be established neighborhoods with older spruce trees, especially in Turnagain and Spenard.
Spruce beetles damaged nearly 600,000 acres of forest in 2018, and the damage continues to grow.
Fewer wasp and mosquito interactions in Anchorage in 2018 than typical.
Fireweed Clearwing Moth (Albuna pyramidalis) found in south Anchorage.
Over the last two years, an outbreak has affected more than 500,000 acres of forest.
There is a spruce beetle outbreak in Southcentral Alaska. Since the beetles don't emerge for a few weeks, we might as well start thinking about the problem.
Horntail wood wasp (family Siricidae), attracted by fire damaged wood, observed a year after the McHugh fire along the Seward Highway.
A bright little unknown beetle in the middle of my kitchen.
In Southcentral Alaska, wasps seem to be everywhere. One Anchorage clinic has seen more than 250 sting patients this year.
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