Insects (Insecta)
Butterflies and moths are treated separately at Leps
Photography by Donald Gudehus
Index
Class Insecta - Insects
Subclass Apterygota - Wingless Insects
Order Thysanura - Bristletails
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Family Lepismatidae
Subclass Pterygota, Lang, 1888 - Winged Insects
Infraclass Paleoptera - Insects with Non-folding Wings
Order Ephemeroptera - Mayflies
Suborder Setisura
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Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
Order Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies
Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies
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Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies
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Family Aeshnidae - Darners
Family Gomphidae - Clubtails
Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
Infraclass Neoptera, Martynov, 1923 - Insects with Folding Wings
Superorder Exopterygota - Insects with Incomplete Metamorphosis
Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids,and Crickets
Suborder Ensifera - Long-horned Orthoptera
Superfamily Grylloidea
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Family Gryllidae - True Crickets
Superfamily Stenopelmatoidea
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Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
Suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers and Locusts
Infraorder Acrididea
Superfamily Acridoidea
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Family Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers
Order Mantodea - Mantids
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Family Mantidae Mantids
Order Hemiptera - True Bugs
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Hoppers
Infraorder Cicadomorpha
Superfamily Cicadoidea
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Family Cicadidae Westwood, 1840 - Cicadas
Infraorder Fulgoromorpha
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
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Family Flatidae Spinola, 1839 - Planthoppers
Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
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Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815 - Stink Bugs aka Shield Bugs
Superfamily Coreoidea
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Family Rhopalidae Amyot and Serville, 1843 - Scentless Plant Bugs
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
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Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 - Seed Bugs
Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea
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Family Largidae Amyot and Serville, 1843 - Bordered Plant Bugs
Superorder Endopterygota - Insects with Complete Metamorphosis
Order Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies
Suborder Symphyta - Sawflies and Wood Wasps
Suborder Apocrita - Bees, Wasps, and Ants
Infraorder Aculeata
Superfamily Apoidea - Bees and Sphecoid Wasps
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Family Apidae - Carpenter Bees, Bumble Bees, and Honey Bees
Family Halictidae - Sweat Bees
Family Megachilidae - Mason Bees, Leafcutter Bees, and Carder Bees
Family Sphecidae - Digger Wasps
Superfamily Chrysidoidea - Cuckoo Wasps and Allies
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Family Chrysididae - Cuckoo Wasps
Superfamily Vespoidea - Wasps and Ants
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Family Vespidae - Paper Wasps, Hornets, Potter Wasps, Yellow Jackets, and relatives
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Adephaga
Superfamily Caraboidea
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Family Carabidae - Ground Beetles
Superfamily Dystiscoidea
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Family Dytiscidae - Predaceous Diving Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga
Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
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Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
Infraorder Elateriformia
Superfamily Buprestoidea
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Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
Superfamily Elateroidea - Click Beetles and Soldier Beetles
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Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles
Family Lycidae - Net-winged Beetles
Infraorder Bostrichiformia
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
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Family Dermestidae - Skin Beetles
Infraorder Cucujiformia
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea - Longhorn and Leaf Beetles
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Family Cerambycidae - Long-horned Beetles
Family Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles
Superfamily Cucujoidea
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Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles
Superfamily Curculionoidea
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Family Curculionidae - Snout and Bark Beetles
Infraorder Staphyliniformia
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
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Family Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles
Order Neuroptera - Net-veined Insects
Suborder Hemerobiiformia
Superfamily Hemerobioidea
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Family Chrysopidae - Common Lacewings, Green Lacewings
Superfamily Myrmeleontoidea
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Family Myrmeleontidae - Antlions
Superorder Panorpida - Panorpoid Insects
Order Diptera - True Flies
Suborder Nematocera
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Superfamily Chironomoidea
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Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
Infraorder Tipulomorpha
Superfamily Tipuloidea
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Family Tipulidae - Crane Fliues
Suborder Brachycera
Infraorder Asilomorpha
Superfamily Asiloidea
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Family Bombyliidae - Bee Flies
Infraorder Muscomorpha
Section Aschiza
Superfamily Syrphoidea
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Family Syrphidae - Hover Flies
Section Schizophora
Subsection Acalyptratae
Superfamily Conopoidea
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Family Conopidae - Thick-headed Flies
Subsection Calyptratae
Superfamily Muscoidea
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Family Muscidae - House Flies and Kin
Family Scathophagidae - Dung Flies
Superfamily Oestroidea
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Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies or Carrion Flies
Family Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies
Family Tachinidae - Tachinids
Images of Species
Order Thysanura - Bristletails
Family Lepismatidae
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Genus Ctenolepisma
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Ctenolepisma lineata - The Four-lined Silverfish
Order Ephemeroptera - Mayflies
Family Heptageniidae - Flatheaded Mayflies
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Genus Rhithrogena
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Rhithrogena morrisoni - The March Brown Mayfly
Order Odonata - Damselflies and Dragonflies
Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies
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Genus Calopteryx
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Calopteryx aequabilis (Say, 1839) - The River Jewelwing
Family Lestidae - Spreadwing Damselflies
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Genus Archilestes
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Archilestes californica (McLachlan, 1895) - The California Spreadwing
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Lestes unguiculatus (Selys, 1876) - The Lyre-tipped Spreadwing
Family Coenagrionidae - Pond Damselflies, aka Narrow-winged Damselflies
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Genus Argia - The Dancers
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Argia vivida (Hagen, 1865) - The Vivid Dancer
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Enallagma carunculatum (Morse, 1895) - The Tule Bluet
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Ischnura cervula (Selys, 1876) - The Pacific Forktail
Ischnura perparva (Selys, 1876) - The Western Forktail
Family Aeshnidae - Darners
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Genus Aeshna
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Aeshna palmata (Hagen, 1856) - The Paddle-tailed Darner
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Anax junius (Drury, 1773) - The Common Green Darner
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Rhionaeschna multicolor (Hagen, 1861) - The Blue-eyed Darner
Rhionaeschna californica (Calvert, 1895) - The California Darner
Family Gomphidae - Clubtails
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Genus Ophiogomphus
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Ophiogomphus occidentis (Hagen, 1885) - The Sinuous Snaketail
Family Libellulidae - Skimmers
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Subfamily Libellulinae
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Genus Erythemis
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Erythemis collocata (Hagen, 1861) - The Western Pondhawk
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Libellula forensis (Hagen, 1861) - The Eight-spotted Skimmer
Libellula luctuosa (Burmeister, 1839) - The Widow Skimmer
Libellula pulchella (Drury, 1773) - The Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Libellula saturata (Uhler, 1857) - The Flame Skimmer
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Plathemis lydia (Drury, 1773) - The Common Whitetail
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Sympetrum illotum (Hagen, 1861) - The Cardinal Meadowhawk
Sympetrum pallipes (Hagen, 1874) - The Striped Meadowhawk
Sympetrum semicinctum (Say, 1870) - The Band-winged Meadowhawk
Sympetrum vicinum (Hagen, 1861) - The Autumn Meadowhawk
Order Orthoptera
Family Gryllidae - True Crickets
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Subfamily Gryllinae
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Genus Gryllus
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Gryllus sp.
Family Stenopelmatidae - Jerusalem Crickets
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Genus Stenopelmatus
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Stenopelmatus fuscus (Haldeman, 1852) - The Jerusalem Cricket
Family Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshopper
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Genus Arphia
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Arphia conspersa (Scudder, 1875) - The Speckle-winged Grasshopper aka Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper
Order Mantodea - Mantids
Family Mantidae - Praying Mantids
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Genus Mantis
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Mantis religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - The European Mantis
Order Hemiptera - True Bugs
Family Cicadidae, Westwood, 1840 - Cicadas
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Subfamily Tibicininae
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Genus Platypedia
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Platypedia minor (Uhler, 1888) - The Minor Cicada
Family Flatidae, Spinola, 1839 - Flatid Planthoppers
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Subfamily Flatinae
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Tribe Siphantini
Genus Siphanta
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Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851) - The Green Planthopper aka Topedo Bug
Family Pentatomidae, Leach, 1815 - Stink Bugs aka Shield Bugs
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Subfamily Pentatominae
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Tribe Cappaeini
Genus Halyomorpha
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Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) - The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Genus Acrosternum
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Acrosternum hilare (Say, 1832) - The Green Stink Bug
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Chlorochroa ligata (Say, 1832) - The Conchuela Bug
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Euschistus conspersus (Uhler, 1897) - The Conspersus Stink Bug
Family Rhopalidae, Amyot and Serville, 1843 - Scentless Plant Bugs
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Subfamily Serinethinae
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Genus Boisea
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Boisea rubrolineatus (Barber, 1956) - The Western Box Elder Bug
Family Lygaeidae, Schilling, 1829 - Seed Bugs
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Subfamily Lygaeinae
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Genus Lygaeus
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Lygaeus kalmii (Stal, 1874) - The Small Milkweed Bug
Family Largidae, Amyot and Serville, 1843 - Bordered Plant Bugs
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Subfamily Larginae
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Genus Largus
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Largus cinctus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1842) - The Bordered Plant Bug
Order - Hymenopteraa - Bees, Wasps, Ants, and Sawflies
Family Apidae - Carpenter Bees, Bumble Bees, and Honey Bees
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Subfamily Apinae
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Tribe Apini - Honey Bees
Genus Apis
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Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758) - The European Honey Bee aka The Western Honey Bee
Genus Bombus - Bumble Bees
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Bombus melanopygus (Nylander, 1848) - The Orange-rumped Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii (Radoszkowski, 1862) - The Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
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Genus Xylocopa - Carpenter Bees
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Xylocopa mordax (F. Smith, 1874) - The Greater Antillean Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex (F. Smith, 1875) - The Mountain Carpenter Bee aka The Foothill Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa varipuncta (Patton, 1879) - The Valley Carpenter Bee
Family Halictidae - Sweat Bees
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Subfamily Halictinae
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Genus Lasioglossum
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Agapostemon sp. - Unidentified Agapostemon species
Lasioglossum sp. - Unidentified Lasioglossum species
Family Megachilidae - Mason Bees, Leafcutter Bees, and Carder Bees
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Subfamily Megachilinae
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Genus Antidium
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Anthidium manicatum manicatum - The European Wool Carder Bee
Family Sphecidae - Digger Wasps
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Subfamily Sceliphrinae
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Genus Sceliphron
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Sceliphron caementarium - The Black and Yellow Mud Dauber
Family Chrysididae - Cuckoo Wasps
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Chrysididae sp. - Unidentified Chrysididae species
Family Vespidae - Paper Wasps, Hornets, Potter Wasps, Yellow Jackets, and relatives
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Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps
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Genus Polistinae
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Polistes dominula - The European Paper Wasp
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Genus Dolichovespula
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Dolichovespula arenaria - The Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica - The Western Yellowjacket
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Family Carabidae - Ground Beetles
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Subfamily Carabinae
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Genus Carabus
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Carabus nemorallis (O. F. Müller, 1764) - The European Ground Beetle
Family Dytiscidae - Predaceous Diving Beetles
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Subfamily Dytiscinae
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Genus Dytiscus
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Dytiscus hatchi (Wallis, 1950) - A Predaceous Diving Beetle
Family Scarabaeidae - Scarab Beetles
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Subfamily Cetoniinae - Flower Chafers
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Tribe Gymnetini
Genus Cotinis
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Cotinis mutabilis (Gory & Percheron, 1833) - The Figeater Beetle
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Genus Dichelonyx
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Dichelonyx backi (Kirby, 1837) - The Green Rose Chafer
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Polyphylla decemlineata (Say, 1824) - The Ten-lined June Beetle
Family Buprestidae - Jewel Beetles
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Subfamily Buprestinae (Lacordaire, 1857)
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Tribe Buprestini
Genus Cypriacis
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Cypriacis aurulenta (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Golden Buprestid
Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles
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Subfamily Cantharinae
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Genus Chauliognathus
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Chauliognathus pensylvanicus (DeGeer, 1774) - The Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
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Podabrus pruinosus (LeConte, 1851) - The Red-headed Soldier Beetle
Family Lycidae - Lace-winged Beetles
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Subfamily Erotinae
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Genus Dictyoptera
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Dictyoptera simplicipes (Mannerheim, 1843) - The Golden Net-winged Beetle
Family Dermestidae - Skin Beetles
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Subfamily Megatominae
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Genus Anthrenus
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Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767) - The Varied Carpet Beetle
Family Cerambycidae - Long-horned Beetles
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Subfamily Prioninae (Latreille, 1802)
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Tribe Anacolini
Genus Prionoplus
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Prionoplus reticularis (White, 1843) - The Huhu Beetle
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Tribe Lepturini
Genus Anastrangalia
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Anastrangalia sanguinea (LeConte, 1859) - A Flower Longhorn Beetle
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Judolia instabilis (Haldeman, 1847) - A Flower Longhorn Beetle
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Xestoleptura crassicornis (LeConte, 1873) - A Flower Longhorn Beetle
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Tribe Eburiini
Genus Eburia
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Eburia quadrigeminata (Say, 1827) - The Ivory-marked Beetle
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Tribe Monochamini
Genus Monochamus
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Monochamus scutellatus oregonensis (LeConte, 1873) - The Oregon Fir Sawyer
Family Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles
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Subfamily Chrysomelinae (Latreille, 1802)
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Tribe Chrysomelini
Genus Chrysolina
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Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian, 1851) - The Chrysolina Beetle
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Tribe Luperini
Genus Diabrotica
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Diabrotica undecimpunctat undecimpuntat (Mannerheim, 1843) - The Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Family Coccinellidae - Lady Beetles aka Ladybirds and Ladybugs
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Subfamily Coccinellinae (Latreille, 1807)
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Tribe Coccinellini
Genus Adalia
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Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Two-spotted Lady Beetle
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Coccinella novemnotata (Herbst, 1793) - The Nine-spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
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Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) - The Asian Spotted Lady Beetle
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Hippodamia convergens (Guerin-Meneville, 1842) - The Convergent Lady Beetle
Family Curculionidae - Snout and Bark Beetles
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Subfamily Entiminae - Broad-nosed Weevils
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Tribe Eustylini
Genus Diaprepes
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Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Citrus Root Weevil
Genus Otiorhynchus
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Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Goeze, 1777) - The Rough Strawberry Root Weevil
Genus Polydrusus
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Polydrusus impressifrons (Dejean, 1821) - The Pale Green Weevil
Family Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles
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Subfamily Tachyporinae - Crab-like Rove Beetles
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Genus Tachyporus
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Tachyporus maculicollis (LeConte, 1866)
Order Neuroptera - Net-veined Insects
Family Chrysopidae - Common Lacewings and Green Lacewings
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Subfamily Chrysopinae
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Genus Chrysoperla
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Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens, 1835) - The Common Green Lacewing
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Lacewing larva
Family Myrmeleontidae - Antlions
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Genus Unidentified
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Antlion
Order Diptera - True Flies
Family Chironomidae - Non-biting Midges
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Subfamily Chironominae (Newman, 1834)
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Tribe Chironomini
Genus Chironomus
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Chironomus plumosus (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Buzzer Midge
Family Tipulidae - Crane Flies
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Subfamily Tipulinae (Latreille, 1802)
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Tribe Tipulini
Genus Tipula
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Tipula oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Crane Fly
Family Bombyliidae - Bee Flies
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Subfamily Anthracinae
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Tribe Exoprosopini
Genus Exoprosopa
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Exoprosopa dorcadion (Osten-Sacken, 1877)
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Genus Bombylius
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Bombylius major (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Large Bee Fly
Family Syrphidae - Hover Flies
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Genus Eristalis
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Eristalis arbustorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Tribe Syrphini
Genus Syrphus
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Syrphus opinator (Osten-Sacken, 1877) - Hover Fly
Family Conopidae - Thick-headed Flies
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Subfamily Conopinae
- Genus Physocephala
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Physocephala burgessi (Williston, 1882)
Family Muscidae - House Flies and Kin
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Subfamily Muscinae
- Genus Musca
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Musca domestica (Linnaeus, 1758) - The House Fly
Family Scathophagidae - Dung Flies
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Subfamily Scathophaginae
- Genus Scathophaga
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Scathophaga stercoraria (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Golden Dung Fly
Family Calliphoridae - Blow-flies or Carrion Flies
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Subfamily Calliphorinae
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Genus Unknown
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Blow-fly
Family Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies
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Subfamily Miltogramminae
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Genus Unknown
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Flesh Fly
Family Tachinidae - Tachinid Flies
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Subfamily tachininae
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Genus Tachina
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Tachina actinosa (Reinhard, 1838)