Alfredo Colon

             
   
 
             
 

Puerto Rico Wildlife

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Amphibians

  

 

Insects and Arachnids (continued)

    
 

American toad

 4

 

 linden looper 2  
 

northern leopard frog

 1

 

 lined orbweaver 3  
 

treefrog (Hyla spp.)

 7

 

 little white lichen moth 1  
     

 

 lobed mason wasp 1  
 

Birds

  

 

locust borer

 4  
 

American Goldfinch

 3

 

long-horned bee (Melissodes spp.)

 6  
 

Chipping Sparrow

 2

 

 longhorned beetle (Neoclytus mucronatus mucro…) 1  
  Eastern Phoebe 1

 

 longlegged fly (Condylostylus sipho) 1  
 

Mallard

 7

 

 longlegged fly (Dolichopus spp.) 1  
 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 1

 

long-tailed dance fly

 2  
     

 

 lucerne moth 1  
 

Centipedes and Millipedes

  

 

maple twig borer moth

 1  
 

millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus)

 2

 

marbled orbweaver

 10  
  millipede (Cylindroiulus spp.) 1

 

margined calligrapher

 1  
 

parajulid millipede (Tribe Aniulini)

 2

 

marsh bluet

 9  
 

stone centipedes (Order Lithobiomorpha)

 2

 

marsh fly (Dictya spp.)

 1  
     

 

 marsh fly (Tetanocera plebeja) 2  
 

Crustaceans

  

 

meadow plant bug

 3  
 

Rathke’s woodlouse

 1

 

meadow spittlebug

 10  
     

 

meadowhawks (Sympetrum spp.)

 5  
 

Fungi and Lichens

  

 

metallic flea beetle (Altica spp.)

 1  
 

Black Knot

 4

 

 metallic sweat bee (Lasioglossum Subg. Dialictus) 1  
  Green Wood Cup 3

 

metallic wood-boring beetle (Agrilus obsoletoguttatus)

 1  
 

Hooded Sunburst Lichen

 2

 

 metallic wood-boring beetle (Agrilus spp.) 2  
 

Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen

 5

 

 Mexican grass-carrying wasp 8  
  Powdered Sunshine Lichen 2

 

milkweed stem weevil

 2  
 

Star Rosette Lichen

 1

 

milkweed tussock moth

 6  
  Summit Disease (Entomophaga grylli) (1)

 

minute seed weevil (Homorosoma sulcipenne)

 1  
 

 

  

 

 modest masked bee 1  
 

Insects and Arachnids

  

 

monarch

 10  
  acanaloniid planthopper (Acanalonia sp.) 1

 

mourning cloak

 2  
 

afflicted dagger moth

 1

 

multicolored Asian lady beetle

 26  
  alfalfa plant bug 1

 

 narcissus bulb fly 1  
 

American dagger moth

 2

 

New York carpenter ant

 1  
  American green crab spider 4

 

nomad bee (Nomada)

 10  
 

American hover fly

 3

 

 non-biting midge (Axarus festivus) 9  
  American sand wasp 1

 

 non-biting midge (Chironomus spp.) 1  
 

anchor stink bug

 1

 

 non-biting midge (Demeijerea brachialis) 1  
 

antlered flutter fly

 4

 

Norman’s quaker

 2  
 

ants (Family Formicidae)

 9

 

 North American spur-throated grasshopper 6  
 

aphid (Uroleucon spp.)

 4

 

northern bluet

 1  
  aphideater (Eupeodes subg. Metasyrphus) (1)

 

northern crescent

 1  
  arabesque orbweaver 5

 

northern corn rootworm beetle

 5  
  argid sawflies (Arge spp.) 2

 

 northern long-toothed sheetweaver 1  
 

armyworm moth

 1

 

northern paper wasp

 6  
 

Artist’s Conk

 2

 

 oak besma 1  
 

Asiatic wall jumping spider

 6

 

oblong running spider

 3  
 

asteroid moth

 2

 

 oblong-winged katydid 2  
  autumn meadowhawk 4

 

oleander aphid

 2  
  bald-faced hornet 6

 

 omnivorous leafroller 1  
 

banasa stink bug

 1

 

orange-horned hammertail

 2  
 

banded argiope

 1

 

 orange-legged drone fly 1  
 

banded longhorn beetle

 4

 

 orange-legged furrow bee 2  
  banded tussock moth 10

 

 orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) 1  
 

band-winged crane fly

 6

 

 oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus spp.) 1  
  bare-bellied falsehorn 3

 

painted lady

 7  
 

bare-eyed mimic

 4

 

pale green assassin bug

 12  
 

bean leaf beetle

 1

 

 pale green weevil 1  
  bee fly (Villa lateralis) 1

 

pearl crescent

 2  
 

bee-like robber fly (Laphria canis)

 4

 

 pear plant bug (Neolygus communis) 1  
 

bee-like robber fly (Laphria index)

 1

 

Peck’s skipper

 1  
  bee-like robber fly (Laphria sericea) 3

 

 Pennsylvania ambush bug 6  
 

bee-like robber fly (Laphria spp.)

 1  

Pennsylvania firefly

 3  
 

Bethune’s pinion

 1

 

picture-winged fly (Pseudoseioptera albipes)

 2  
 

bicolored striped sweat bee

 1

 

 pilose checkered beetle 1  
 

birch catkin bug

 2

 

 plant bug (Agnocoris rubicundus) 1  
  black-and-gold bumble bee 1

 

 plant bug (Family Miridae) 8  
  black and yellow argiope 3   plant bug (Hyaliodes harti) 1  
 

blackberry looper

 2

 

plant bug (Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus)

 1  
 

black damsel bug

 2

 

 plant bug (Neolygus spp.) 1  
  black-dotted glyph 2

 

plant bug (Neurocolpus jessiae)

 1  
  black-shouldered drone fly 3

 

 plant bug (Neurocolpus spp.) 1  
 

black-sided meadow katydid

 3

 

 plant bug (Paraxenetus guttulatus) 1  
  black swallowtail 2

 

podzol mound ant

 6  
 

blue dasher

 6

 

polished lady beetle

 1  
  blue-green bottle fly 1

 

 pond olive 2  
  bluish borer (Agrilus cyanescens) 3

 

 potter and mason wasps (Euodynerus spp.) 1  
 

bold jumper

 8

 

potter and mason wasps (Ancistrocerus spp.)

 2  
  boreal combfoot 1

 

 Potter’s grass spider 7  
  braconid wasp (Atanycolus spp.) 2  

potter wasp (Leptochilus spp.)

 1  
 

braconid wasp (Family Braconidae)

 1

 

 prairie mound ant 3  
  braconid wasp (Meteorus spp.) 1

 

 punctated ground crab spider 2  
 

brilliant jumping spider

 14

 

pure green sweat bee

 6  
  broad-banded meadow fly 2

 

purple coneflower (Echinacea spp.)

 2  
 

bronze jumping spider

 24

 

question mark

 1  
  brown blister beetle 6

 

ragwort stem borer moth

 1  
  brown stink bug 2

 

 recumbent ground crab spider 2  
  brown-belted bumble bee 2

 

red admiral

 3  
 

buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala spp.)

 2

 

 red goldenrod aphid 1  
 

bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

 3

 

red milkweed beetle

 7  
 

bumble bee mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica)

 3

 

red running crab spider

 1  
  buttercup blood bee 1

 

red-banded leafhopper

 6  
  calyptrate flies (Zoosubsection Calyptratae) 1

 

 red-legged grasshopper 3  
  candy-striped spider 4

 

 red-spotted purple 1  
  Carolina grasshopper 7

 

reticulated pirate spider

 1  
  Catskill potter wasp 4

 

rhubarb weevil

 2  
 

cherry-faced meadowhawk

 4

 

 Roesel’s katydid 2  
 

chickweed geometer

 2

 

 root maggot fly (Hydrophoria lancifer) 4  
  Chinese mantis 7

 

roseslug

 1  
  chrysanthemum lace bug 1

 

ruby meadowhawk

 1  
 

citrus flatid planthopper

 2

 

saddleback leafhopper

 1  
 

clavate tortoise beetle

 5

 

 sand wasp (Gorytes spp.) 2  
 

clay-colored leaf beetle

 1

 

 Say’s trig 2  
 

clouded plant bug

 4

 

Schlaeger’s fruitworm moth

 2  
  cloudy-winged mining bee 2

 

 Scudder’s bush katydid (Scudderia spp.) 3  
 

cobweb weaver (Family Theridiidae)

 1

 

seven-spotted lady beetle

 1  
 

cocklebur weevil

 1

 

shamrock orbweaver

 4  
 

Colorado potato beetle

 7

 

 shaved horse fly 1  
  common aerial yellowjacket 5

 

 short-tailed aphideater 2  
  common barklouse (Hyalopsocus striatus) 2

 

 short-winged meadow katydid 1  
  common baskettail 3

 

signal fly (Rivellia colei)

 2  
  common eastern bumble bee 1

 

 signate quaker 3  
 

common eastern physocephala

 8

 

 silky striped sweat bee 1  
  common eupithecia 3

 

 silver flower longhorn beetle 1  
  common grass-veneer 1

 

 silver-spotted skipper 1  
 

common green bottle fly

 1

 

silvery checkerspot

 1  
  common green darner 7

 

 six-spotted orbweaver 1  
  common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea group) (1)

 

six-spotted tiger beetle

 1  
 

common Hentz jumping spider

 1

 

 slender ant-mimicking jumping spider 7  
  common house spider 5

 

 slender smoothtail 5  
 

common sawfly (Family Tenthredinidae)

 5

 

slender spreadwing

 3  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya epinota)

 2

 

 slow running crab spider 2  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya pulchella)

 2

 

 small pirate wolf spider 1  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya spp.)

 1

 

 small red midge 1  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya trisyllaba)

 2

 

 snout mite (Family Bdellidae) 1  
  common sawflies (Periclista spp.) 1

 

snowberry clearwing

 2  
 

common scorpionfly (Panorpa spp.)

 12

 

soldier beetle (Trypherus frisoni)

 2  
 

common snipe fly

 1

 

soldier fly (Stratiomys adelpha or discalis)

 2  
 

common tan wave

 1

 

soldier fly (Stratiomys norma)

 5  
 

common white-cheeked jumping spider

 7

 

somewhat silky mound ant

 17  
 

common whitetail

 2

 

speckled green fruitworm

 2  
  copper underwing 3

 

 spiders (Order Araneae) 2  
  coppery leafhopper 7

 

spider wasp (Caliadurgus fasciatellus)

 1  
  cyan long-horned beetle 1

 

spined assassin bug

 7  
 

crab spider (Mecaphesa spp.)

 1

 

spined soldier bug

 1  
  crabonid wasp (Astata unicolor) 3

 

splendid dwarf spider

 3  
 

cuckoo wasp (Elampus spp.)

 2

 

spotted cucumber beetle

 2  
 

curled rose sawfly

 1

 

spotted grass moth

 1  
  damsel bug (Family Nabidae) 1

 

spotted lady beetle

 3  
  damsel bug (Nabis americolimbatus) 1

 

 spotted orbweaver 2  
 

damsel bug (Nabis roseipennis)

 1

 

spotted spreadwing

 1  
  damselfly (suborder Zygoptera) 1

 

spotted white-cheeked jumping spider

 5  
 

dance fly (Rhamphomyia spp.)

 1

 

 spotted-wing drosophila 1  
  dance fly (Rhamphomyia vittata) 1

 

 spring tree-top flasher 2  
  dark-banded owlet 3

 

 spurred carpenter bee 5  
  dark-spotted palthis 1

 

 square-headed wasp (Ectemnius maculosus) 1  
  dark-winged fungus gnat (Eugnoriste spp.) 1

 

 square-headed wasp (Tribe Crabronini) 1  
 

derbid planthopper (Cedusa spp.)

 1

 

squash vine borer

 10  
  different cobweb weaver 1

 

 stink bug (Euschistus spp.) 1  
  differential grasshopper 9

 

stink bugs (Family Pentatomidae)

 2  
 

dimorphic jumper

 1

 

stout spanworm moth

 2  
  dirt-colored seed bug (Ozophora picturata) 1

 

stretch spiders (Tetragnatha spp.)

 10  
 

dogwood agrilus

 1

 

striped cucumber beetle

 7  
  dogwood sawfly (Macremphytus testaceus) 3

 

 striped ground cricket 1  
 

dogwood twig borer

 3

 

 sunflower nomia 1  
  double-banded scoliid wasp 3

 

swamp milkweed leaf beetle

 8  
 

downy leatherwing

 2

 

swift feather-legged fly

 4  
  downy yellowjacket 1

 

 tachinid fly (Archytas apicifer) 3  
 

Dryad’s Saddle

 1

 

tachinid fly (Cylindromyia interrupta)

 1  
 

dusky stink bug

 2

 

tachinid fly (Leskia similis)

 2  
  dwarf spider (Ceraticelus fissiceps) 1

 

tachinid fly (Subfamily Exoristinae)

 2  
  early tachinid fly 2

 

 tachinid fly (Thelaira americana) 1  
 

eastern band-winged hover fly

 2

 

tachinid fly (Xanthomelanodes arcuatus)

 1  
  eastern calligrapher 1

 

terminal mummy wasp

 1  
  eastern carpenter bee 1

 

thick-headed fly (Physoconops obscuripennis)

 3  
 

eastern forktail

 22

 

 thick-legged hoverfly 1  
 

eastern giant swallowtail

3

 

thick-spined jumping spider

 12  
  eastern harvestman 12

 

thin-spined jumping spider

 5  
 

eastern hornet fly

 5

 

thistle tortoise beetle

 3  
 

eastern pondhawk

 2

 

 three-lined leafroller moth 1  
 

eastern rose curculio

 1

 

three-lined potato beetle

 3  
 

eastern tailed-blue

 1

 

tortoise beetle (Tribe Cassidini)

 1  
  eastern yellowjacket 6

 

 torymid wasps (Family Torymidae) 2  
  elegant grass-veneer 1

 

transverse flower fly

 3  
  European crane fly 10

 

treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus)

 1  
 

European earwig

 1

 

 treehopper (Cyrtolobus tuberosus) 2  
  European pine sawfly 3

 

treehopper (Telamona monticola)

 1  
 

eye-spotted lady beetle

 1

 

trefoil sawfly

 2  
  fall field cricket 2

 

true melissodes bees

 2  
 

false milkweed bug

 1

 

true velvet mite (Family Trombidiidae)

 5  
 

familiar bluet

 5   tuberculated crab spider 4  
 

ferruginous tiger crane fly

 18

 

tufted globetail

 1  
  fifteen-spotted lady beetle 2

 

 tuftlegged orbweaver 2  
  firefly (Family Lampyridae) 3

 

tumbling flower beetle (Mordellina pustulata)

 1  
  firefly (Pyractomena spp.) 1

 

turfgrass ant

 2  
 

flat-footed fly (Agathomyia spp.)

 1

 

 turf running spider 3  
 

flea beetle (Disonycha uniguttata)

 2

 

 Turkey Tail 2  
  fly (order Diptera) 1

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 1  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Analeptura lineola)

 2

 

twice-stabbed stink bug

 4  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Brachysomida bivittata)

 1

 

 two-horned treehopper 1  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Brachysomida nigripennis)

 3

 

two-lined leatherwing

 4  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Charisalia americana)

 1

 

two-spotted grass bug

 2  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Gaurotes cyanipennis)

 1

 

two-striped grasshopper

 1  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Grammoptera spp.)

 1

 

two-striped planthopper

 2  
  flower weevil (Madarellus undulatus) 1

 

 undivided lucent 2  
 

forage looper moth

 1

 

unequal tortoise beetle

 1  
 

four-banded stink bug hunter wasp

 8

 

Unknown Moths

 4  
 

four-lined hornet fly

 4

 

ursine spurleg lady beetle

 4  
 

four-lined plant bug

 3

 

ursula wainscot

 1  
  fraternal potter wasp 3

 

 vagabond crambus 1  
 

fruit fly (Trupanea actinobola)

 1

 

 violet leafwalker 3  
  gall midges and wood midges (Family Cecidomyiidae) 1

 

 Virginia ctenucha 3  
 

geometer moth (Family Geometridae)

 2

 

wedge-shaped beetle (Macrosiagon limbata)

 4  
  giant lady beetles (Anatis spp.) 1

 

wedge-shaped beetle (Ripiphorus spp.)

 10  
  gnat ogre (Holcocephala abdominalis) 3

 

 weeping green lacewing 1  
 

golden dung fly

 1

 

weevil (Lixus terminalis)

 1  
  golden-eyed lacewing 2

 

western conifer seed bug

 1  
 

goldenrod crab spider

 3

 

 western honey bee 5  
  goldenrod leaf beetle 1

 

white-faced meadowhawk

 5  
  goldenrod leaf miner 2

 

 white-jawed jumping spider 6  
  goldenrod soldier beetle 4

 

white-spotted pond fly

 1  
  gold-mouthed soldier beetle 1

 

 white-spotted sawyer 3  
  grape rootworm 1

 

white-striped black

 1  
 

grass fly (Thaumatomyia glabra)

 2

 

wide ribbon meshweaver

 12  
 

grasshopper bee fly

 4

 

widow skimmer

 2  
 

great black digger wasp

 8

 

wild carrot wasp

 3  
 

green cone-headed planthopper

 1

 

willow catkin fly (Egle spp.)

 1  
 

green immigrant leaf weevil

 2

 

wood soldier fly (Xylomya terminalis)

 5  
 

green lacewing (Chrysopa spp.)

 2

 

 wrinkled soldier beetle 1  
 

green lacewing (Family Chrysopidae)

 1

 

xylenine sallows (Eupsilia spp.)

 2  
 

green plant bug

 1

 

yarrow plume moth

 2  
 

green stink bug

 3

 

 yellow-collared scape moth 7  
  ground spiders (Family Gnaphosidae) 1

 

 yellow-dusted cream moth 1  
  ground wolf spider 3

 

yellow-faced bee (Hylaeus spp.)

 1  
 

hairy-banded mining bee

 1

 

 yellow-shouldered drone fly 1  
  half-wing 1

 

zebra jumper (Salticus scenicus)

 16  
 

Halloween pennant

 2

 

      
  hammock spider 2

 

Mammals

    
 

hangingfly (Bittacus spp.)

 1

 

eastern gray squirrel

 2  
  harvestman (Leiobunum politum) 1

 

      
 

harvestman (Leiobunum spp.)

 1

 

Plants

    
 

harvestman (Order Opiliones)

 4

 

Amur maple

 1  
 

heleomyzid fly (Suillia quinquepunctata)

 1

 

bird’s-foot trefoil

 1  
 

hispine leaf beetle (Microrhopala xerene)

 1

 

bittersweet nightshade

 2  
 

horned clubtail

 5

 

bur cucumber

 1  
  horned spanworm 3

 

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

 2  
 

hoverfly (Chrysotoxum spp.)

 1

 

butter and eggs

 3  
 

hoverfly (Pipiza spp.)

 2

 

butterfly weed

 1  
  hoverfly (Platycheirus spp.) 1

 

Canada lettuce

 1  
  hoverfly (Subfamily Syrphinae) 3

 

Canada thistle

 1  
 

hoverfly (Xylota spp.)

 1

 

Canadian tick-trefoil

 1  
  hummingbird clearwing 2

 

cardinal flower

 1  
  humpbacked orbweaver 2

 

 common dandelion 1  
  hybotid dance fly (Platypalpus spp.) 4

 

 common milkweed 2  
 

ichneumon wasp (Aritranis director)

 5

 

Culver’s root

 2  
  ichneumon wasp (Charops annulipes) 1

 

 curly dock 1  
 

ichneumon wasp (Cosmoconus spp.)

 1

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 3  
 

ichneumon wasp (Cratichneumon spp.)

 1

 

 field sow thistle 2  
 

ichneumon wasp (Lissonota spp.)

 2

 

 goldenrod (Solidago spp.) 3  
 

ichneumon wasp (Ophionellus spp.)

 1

 

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

 2  
 

ichneumon wasp (Therion spp.)

 3

 

 grimmia dry rock moss 1  
  ichneumon wasp (Vulgichneumon brevicinctor) 1

 

harebell

 1  
  ichneumonid wasp (Colpotrochia trifasciata) 1

 

heal-all

 1  
 

ichneumonid wasp (Family Ichneumonidae)

 1

 

 milkweed (Asclepias spp.) 2  
  ichneumonid wasp (Melanichneumon spp.) 1

 

musk thistle

 6  
 

Isabella tiger moth

 2

 

 northern white cedar 1  
  Ithaca clearwing moth (Carmenta ithacae) 5

 

 Philadelphia fleabane 1  
 

jagged ambush bug (Phymata americana)

 18

 

 plains cottonwood 2  
 

jagged ambush bug (Phymata spp.)

 1

 

prickly lettuce

 1  
 

Japanese beetle

 6

 

purple loosestrife

 4  
 

jumping spider (Family Salticidae)

 12

 

Queen Anne’s lace

 1  
 

jumping spider (Tutelina spp.)

 2

 

 rose (Rosa spp.) 4  
  Kansas lady beetle 1

 

spotted touch-me-not

 4  
  knot-horn moths (Tribe Phycitini) 2

 

 variegated lady beetle 3  
  large crane flies (Family Tipulidae) 1

 

wild bergamot

 1  
  large crane flies (Subfamily Tipulinae) 1

 

wild columbine

 1  
 

large crane fly (Tipula borealis)

 1

 

wild cucumber

 4  
 

large crane fly (Tipula trivittata)

 2

 

      
 

large milkweed bug

 6

 

Reptiles

    
 

large rove beetle (Belonuchus rufipennis)

 3

 

 common garter snake 1  
  late long-horned caddisfly 1

 

      
  lattice orbweaver 2

 

Slime Molds

    
 

laurel sphinx

 1

 

honeycomb coral slime mold

 1  
 

leaf beetle (Ophraella conferta)

 1

 

red raspberry slime mold

 1  
  leaf-cutter, mortar, and resin bees (Megachile spp.) 2

 

      
  leafhopper (Agalliopsis ancistra) 1

 

Snails and Slugs

    
  leafhopper (Errastunus ocellaris) 1

 

gray field slug

 3  
 

leafhopper (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana)

 3

 

orange-banded arion

 2  
  leafhopper (Macropsis osborni) 2

 

      
 

leafhopper (Penthimia americana)

 2

 

Springtails

    
 

leafhopper (Scaphytopius spp.)

 3

 

belted springtail

 1  
  leaf miner flies (Liriomyza spp.) 1

 

      
  lesser appleworm moth 1  

Worms and Leeches

    
 

lesser bulb fly (Eumerus spp.)

 1

 

 nightcrawler 1  

 

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