Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies)
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Shadow Darner (Aeshna umbrosa) |
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Meadowhawk Dragonfly - Sympetrum illotum |
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Libellula saturata Flame Skimmer |
Bees and Flies
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Bombus sp. probably B. caliginosus or vosnesenskii (Yellow-faced Bumble Bee) |
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Bombus mixtus (Fuzzy-horned bumble bee)
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female Bombus vosnesenskii (Yellow-faced bumble bee) |
Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
Hoverflies (Flower Flies) Syrphidae
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Toxomerus occidentalis a species of flower fly |
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Eupeodes volucris, Bird Hover Fly
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Tricoptera: Caddisflies
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Limnephilus sp. |
Lepidoptera: Butterflies and Moths
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Lorquin's Admiral - Limenitis lorquini |
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Lorquin's Admiral |
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Papilio rutulus - Western Tiger Swallowtail
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Papilio eurymedon - Pale Swallowtail |
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Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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Red Admiral |
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Red Admiral |
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Erynnis propertius - Propertius Duskywing |
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Mylitta Crescent - Phyciodes mylitta |
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Euphydryas chalcedona wallacensis Snowberry Checkerspot |
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Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus |
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Common Wood Nymph...
Cercyonis pegala |
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Mylitta Crescent... Phyciodes mylitta |
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Mylitta Crescent... Phyciodes mylitta |
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Celastrina echo Echo Azure |
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Nymphalis californica - California Tortoiseshell |
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Echo Azure -- Celastrina echo |
Moths
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Gnophaela vermiculata, Bluebell Tiger Moth |
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Catocala sp. Underwing |
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Tissue Moth Triphosa haesitata |
Sulphur Angle
Speranza sulphurea
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ventral view |
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Deceptive Sallow Feralia deceptiva |
Ctenucha rubroscapus
Red-Shouldered Ctenucha
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Syngrapha rectangula Salt and Pepper Looper |
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Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae |
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma disstria |
Mantidie
Mantis religiosus, Praying Mantis
Beetles (Coleoptera)
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Diurnal Firefly Ellychnia sp. |
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Multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia
axyridis) |
True Bugs (Heteroptera)
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A Largus sp. nymph The adults are the ones we saw hooked together mating in our garden all spring (2016). |
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Apparently, the little red bugs are just younger versions of the big blue-green iridescent ones, according to BugGuide.net. |
The ones below were on a stump in our woods in July.
Gerridae (water striders) are also true bugs
Berytidae (Stilt Bugs), true bugs
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A Berytidae nymph on my Butterwort (carnivorous plant) |
True Bugs (Heteroptera) »
Pentatomomorpha »
Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) »
Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) »
Soapberry Bugs (Serinethinae) »
Boisea »
Western Boxelder Bug (Boisea rubrolineata)
Western Boxelder Bug, Boisea rubrolineata
Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs), another true bug
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Euschistus conspersus |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Carpocorini
Genus & species
Euschistus conspersus
Grasshoppers and Crickets:
Orthoptera
Melanoplus femurrubrum;Red-legged Grasshopper
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