Alfredo Colon

             
   
 
             
 

Puerto Rico Wildlife

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Amphibians

  

 

Insects and Arachnids (continued)

    
 

American toad

 6

 

 limoniid crane fly (Helius flavipes) 1  
 

northern leopard frog

 1

 

 linden looper 2  
 

treefrog (Hyla spp.)

 7

 

 lined orbweaver 3  
     

 

 little white lichen moth 2  
 

Birds

  

 

 lobed mason wasp 2  
 

American Goldfinch

 3

 

locust borer

 8  
 

Chipping Sparrow

 2

 

longhorn bee (Melissodes spp.)

 6  
  Eastern Phoebe 1

 

longhorn bees (Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes)

 2  
 

Mallard

 7

 

 longhorned beetle (Neoclytus mucronatus mucro…) 1  
 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 1

 

 longlegged flies (Dolichopus spp.) 2  
     

 

 longlegged fly (Condylostylus caudatus group) 1  
 

Centipedes and Millipedes

  

 

 longlegged fly (Condylostylus sipho group) 1  
  brown centipede 1

 

long-tailed dance fly

 2  
 

millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus)

 2

 

 lucerne moth 1  
  millipede (Cylindroiulus spp.) 1

 

 lyric cobweaver 1  
 

parajulid millipede (Tribe Aniulini)

 2

 

maple twig borer moth

 1  
 

stone centipedes (Order Lithobiomorpha)

 2

 

marbled orbweaver

 12  
     

 

margined calligrapher

 3  
 

Crustaceans

  

 

marsh bluet

 9  
  nosy pill woodlouse 7

 

marsh fly (Dictya spp.)

 1  
 

Rathke’s woodlouse

 1

 

 marsh fly (Tetanocera plebeja) 3  
     

 

masked bees (Hylaeus spp.)

 1  
 

Fungi and Lichens

  

 

meadow plant bug

 3  
 

Artist’s Conk

 2

 

meadow spittlebug

 14  
 

Black Knot

 4

 

meadowhawks (Sympetrum spp.)

 5  
  Common Greenshield Lichen 1

 

metallic flea beetle (Altica spp.)

 1  
  entomophagus fungus (Entomophaga maimaiga) 3

 

 metallic sweat bees 1  
  Green Wood Cup 3

 

 metallic wood-boring beetle (Agrilus spp.) 2  
 

Hooded Rosette Lichen

 1

 

 Mexican grass-carrying wasp 10  
 

Hooded Sunburst Lichen

 2

 

milkweed stem weevil

 4  
 

Pin-cushion Sunburst Lichen

 5

 

milkweed tussock moth

 9  
  Powdered Sunshine Lichen 2

 

 mining bees (Andrena spp.) 2  
  Rosette Lichens (Physcia spp.) 1

 

 mining bees (Andrena Subgenus Cnemidandrena) 2  
  Smooth Axil-bristle Lichen 1

 

 mining bees (Andrena Subgenus Melandrena) 1  
  Speckled Greenshield 1

 

minute seed weevil (Homorosoma sulcipenne)

 1  
 

Star Rosette Lichen

 2

 

 modest masked bee 2  
  Summit Disease (Entomophaga grylli) (1)

 

monarch

 10  
  Unidentified Lichen 2

 

mourning cloak

 2  
 

 

  

 

multicolored Asian lady beetle

 34  
 

Insects and Arachnids

  

 

 narcissus bulb fly 1  
  acanaloniid planthopper (Acanalonia sp.) 1

 

New York carpenter ant

 3  
  alder spittlebug 5

 

nomad bee (Nomada)

 10  
 

afflicted dagger moth

 1

 

 non-biting midge (Axarus festivus) 9  
  alfalfa plant bug 1

 

non-biting midge (Demeijerea brachialis)

 1  
 

American dagger moth

 2

 

 non-biting midges (Tribe Chironomini) 2  
  American green crab spider 5

 

 non-biting midges (Chironomus spp.) 2  
 

American hover fly

 3

 

Norman’s quaker

 2  
  American sand wasp 1

 

 North American spur-throated grasshopper 6  
  American nursery web spider 5

 

northern bluet

 1  
 

anchor stink bug

 2

 

northern corn rootworm beetle

 5  
  ant mimic jumping spider 15

 

 northern crab spider 5  
 

antlered flutter fly

 4

 

northern crescent

 1  
 

ants (Family Formicidae)

 9

 

 northern flatid planthopper 1  
  ant-like longhorn beetle 3

 

 northern long-toothed sheetweaver 4  
 

aphid (Uroleucon spp.)

 5

 

northern paper wasp

 13  
  aphideater (Eupeodes subg. Metasyrphus) (1)

 

 northern yellow sac spider 1  
  arabesque orbweaver 9

 

 oak besma 1  
  argid sawflies (Arge spp.) 2

 

oblong running spider

 3  
 

armyworm moth

 1

 

 oblong-winged katydid 2  
  ashen pinion 1

 

 obscure plant bug 1  
 

Asiatic wall jumping spider

 7

 

 ocellate gall midge 1  
  assassin bugs (Family Reduviidae) 1

 

oleander aphid

 2  
 

asteroid moth

 2

 

 omnivorous leafroller 1  
  autumn meadowhawk 9

 

orange-horned hammertail

 2  
  bald-faced hornet 9

 

 orange-legged drone fly 1  
  bald-faced hornet fly 3

 

 orange-legged furrow bee 4  
 

banasa stink bug

 1

 

 orchard orbweaver (Leucauge venusta) 1  
 

banded argiope

 1

 

 oval leaf beetle (Rhabdopterus spp.) 1  
 

banded longhorn beetle

 4

 

 painted harvestman 2  
  banded tussock moth 13

 

painted lady

 7  
 

band-winged crane fly

 8

 

pale green assassin bug

 18  
  bare-bellied falsehorn 3

 

 pale green weevil 1  
 

bare-eyed mimic

 4

 

 parenthesis lady beetle 1  
 

bean leaf beetle

 1

 

pearl crescent

 3  
  bee fly (Villa lateralis) 1

 

 pear plant bug (Neolygus communis) 1  
 

bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria canis)

 4

 

peatland sheet-web weaver

 3  
 

bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria index)

 1

 

Peck’s skipper

 1  
  bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria sericea complex) 3

 

 Pennsylvania ambush bug 6  
 

bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria spp.)

 1

 

Pennsylvania firefly

 3  
 

bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria thoracica)

 3

 

 Pennsylvania mason wasp 1  
 

beech borer

 1

 

picture-winged fly (Pseudoseioptera albipes)

 2  
 

Bethune’s pinion

 1

 

 pigeon tremex 3  
 

bicolored striped sweat bee

 3

 

 pilose checkered beetle 1  
 

birch catkin bug

 2

 

 pine tree spur-throat grasshopper 4  
  black-and-gold bumble bee 1

 

 pitted mason wasp 2  
  black and yellow argiope 3

 

 plant bug (Agnocoris rubicundus) 2  
  black bean aphid 1

 

 plant bug (Hyaliodes harti) 1  
 

blackberry looper

 2

 

plant bug (Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus)

 1  
 

black damsel bug

 2

 

plant bug (Neurocolpus jessiae)

 1  
  black-dotted glyph 2

 

plant bug (Paraxenetus guttulatus)

 1  
  black-margined loosestrife beetle 1

 

 plant bug (Phytocoris eximius) 1  
  black-shouldered drone fly 3

 

 plant bugs (Family Miridae) 7  
 

black-sided meadow katydid

 3

 

 plant bugs (Neolygus spp.) 2  
  black swallowtail 13

 

 plant bugs (Neurocolpus spp.) 1  
  black-tailed red sheetweaver 4

 

 plant bugs (Plagiognathus spp.) 1  
 

black-winged long-horned beetle

 3

 

 plume moths (Subfamily Pterophorinae) 2  
 

blistered tumbling flower beetle

 3

 

podzol mound ant

 6  
  blood bees (Sphecodes spp.) 1

 

polished lady beetle

 1  
 

blue dasher

 7

 

 pond olive 2  
  blue-green bottle fly 1

 

 potato flea beetle (Epitrix cucumeris) 1  
  bluish borer 3

 

 potato flea beetle (Psylliodes affinis) 1  
 

bold jumper

 11

 

potter and mason wasps (Ancistrocerus spp.)

 3  
  boreal combfoot 1

 

 Potter’s grass spider 7  
 

braconid wasp (Macrocentrus marginator)

 1

 

 prairie mound ant 3  
  braconid wasps (Atanycolus spp.) 2

 

 privet leafhopper 1  
 

braconid wasps (Family Braconidae)

 3

 

 primrose moth 3  
  braconid wasps (Macrocentrus spp.) 1

 

 punctated ground crab spider 2  
  braconid wasps (Meteorus spp.) 1

 

pure green sweat bee

 12  
  braconid wasps (Opius spp.) 1

 

question mark

 1  
  braconid wasps (Subfamily Agathidinae) 2

 

 ragweed leaf beetle 1  
 

brilliant jumping spider

 15

 

ragwort stem borer moth

 1  
  broad-banded meadow fly 2

 

 recumbent ground crab spider 2  
  broad-faced sac spider 1

 

red admiral

 3  
  broad-winged skipper 1

 

 red goldenrod aphid 2  
 

bronze jumping spider

 25

 

red milkweed beetle

 7  
  brown blister beetle 6

 

red running crab spider

 2  
  brown leaf weevil 2

 

 reddish checkered beetle 1  
  brown marmorated stink bug 11

 

red-banded leafhopper

 7  
  brown panopoda moth 2

 

 red-headed flea beetle 1  
  brown stink bug 4

 

 red-legged grasshopper 10  
  brown-belted bumble bee 3

 

 red-spotted purple 1  
 

buffalo treehoppers (Stictocephala spp.)

 4

 

 republic mason wasp 1  
 

bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

 4

 

reticulated pirate spider

 1  
  buttercup blood bee 1

 

rhubarb weevil

 7  
  butterflies and moths (Order Lepidoptera) 1

 

 Roesel’s katydid 2  
  cabbage white 2

 

 root maggot flies (Family Anthomyiidae) 1  
  calyptrate flies (Zoosubsection Calyptratae) 1

 

 root maggot fly (Hydrophoria lancifer) 5  
  Canada darner 6

 

rose curculio

 3  
  Canada fire-colored beetle 1

 

roseslug

 1  
  Canada thistle bud weevil 3

 

 rough stink bug 2  
  Canadian potter wasp 3

 

 round bullet gall wasp 1  
  candy-striped spider 5

 

ruby meadowhawk

 1  
  Carolina grasshopper 7

 

 running crab spiders (Philodromus spp.) 2  
  carrot wasps (Gasteruption spp.) 1

 

saddleback leafhopper

 1  
  Catskill potter wasp 5

 

 sand wasp (Argogorytes nigrifrons) 1  
  chalcidoid wasp (Leucospis affinis) 2

 

 sand wasp (Gorytes spp.) 2  
  changeable grass-veneer 2

 

sawflies, horntails, and wood wasps (Suborder Symphyta)

 1  
 

cherry-faced meadowhawk

 4

 

 Say’s trig 5  
 

chickweed geometer

 2

 

 scarlet plant bugs (Lopidea spp.) 4  
  Chinese mantis 7

 

Schlaeger’s fruitworm moth

 2  
  chrysanthemum lace bug 1

 

 Scudder’s bush katydid (Scudderia spp.) 3  
 

citrus flatid planthopper

 2

 

seven-spotted lady beetle

 1  
 

clavate tortoise beetle

 12

 

shamrock orbweaver

 4  
 

clay-colored leaf beetle

 1

 

 shaved horse fly 3  
 

clouded plant bug

 6

 

 shield-handed wasps (Crabro spp.) 2  
  cloudy-winged mining bee 2

 

 shore spider 2  
  cluster flies (Pollenia spp.) 1

 

 short-tailed aphideater 2  
 

cobweb weaver (Family Theridiidae)

 1

 

 short-winged meadow katydid 2  
 

cocklebur weevil

 1

 

 short-winged nabis 1  
 

Colorado potato beetle

 7

 

signal fly (Rivellia colei)

 2  
  common aerial yellowjacket 5

 

 signate quaker 3  
  common bagworm moth 1

 

 silky striped sweat bee 1  
  common barklouse (Hyalopsocus striatus) 2

 

 silver flower longhorn beetle 1  
  common barklouse (Metylophorus purus) 3

 

 silver-spotted skipper 2  
  common baskettail 3

 

silvery checkerspot

 1  
  common compost fly 3

 

single-spotted flea beetle

 2  
  common drone fly 1

 

 six-spotted orbweaver 1  
  common eastern bumble bee 4

 

six-spotted tiger beetle

 1  
 

common eastern physocephala

 8

 

 slender ant-mimic jumping spider 13  
  common eupithecia 3

 

 slender smoothtail 5  
  common flower fly 2

 

slender spreadwing

 3  
  common grass-veneer 1

 

 slow running crab spider 2  
  common gray 2

 

 small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.) 1  
 

common green bottle fly

 2

 

 small carpenter bees (Ceratina subg. Zadontomerus) 6  
  common green darner 7

 

 small milkweed bug 1  
  common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea group) (1)

 

 small pirate wolf spider 1  
 

common Hentz jumping spider

 1

 

 small red midge 1  
  common house spider 13

 

 smoky poplar aphid 1  
  common picture-winged fly 3   snout mite (Family Bdellidae) 1  
  common ragweed fruit fly 1

 

snowberry clearwing

 2  
 

common sawflies (Family Tenthredinidae)

 7

 

 snowy tree cricket 1  
  common sawflies (Periclista spp.) 1

 

soldier beetle (Trypherus frisoni)

 2  
  common sawflies (Craterocercus spp.) 1

 

 soldier beetles (Rhagonycha spp.) 1  
  common sawflies (Macrophya spp.) 1

 

soldier fly (Stratiomys adelpha or discalis)

 2  
  common scorpionflies (Panorpa spp.) 12

 

soldier fly (Stratiomys norma)

 5  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya epinota)

 2

 

somewhat silky mound ant

 18  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya pulchella)

 2

 

speckled green fruitworm

 2  
 

common sawfly (Macrophya trisyllaba)

 2

 

 speckled renia moth 1  
  common sawfly (Monostegia abdominalis) 1

 

spider wasp (Caliadurgus fasciatellus)

 1  
 

common snipe fly

 1

 

 spider wasps (Family Pompilidae) 1  
  common stoneflies (Family Perlidae) 4

 

 spiders (Order Araneae) 2  
 

common tan wave

 1

 

spined assassin bug

 7  
 

common white-cheeked jumping spider

 10

 

spined soldier bug

 1  
 

common whitetail

 2

 

 spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) 1  
  confused woodgrain moth 2

 

spotted cucumber beetle

 3  
  convergent lady beetle 1

 

spotted grass moth

 1  
  copper underwing 4

 

spotted pink lady beetle

 3  
  coppery leafhopper 8

 

 spotted orbweaver 4  
  cyan long-horned beetle 1

 

spotted spreadwing

 8  
 

crab spider (Mecaphesa spp.)

 1

 

spotted white-cheeked jumping spider

 5  
  crabonid wasp (Alysson oppositus) 1

 

 spotted-wing drosophila 1  
  crabonid wasp (Astata unicolor) 4

 

 spreadwings and allies (Family Lestidae) 3  
 

crowded flea beetle

 1

 

 spring tree-top flasher 2  
 

cuckoo wasp (Elampus spp.)

 2

 

 spurred ceratina 1  
 

curled rose sawfly

 1

 

 square-headed wasp (Ectemnius maculosus) 1  
  damsel bug (Family Nabidae) 3

 

 square-headed wasp (Tribe Crabronini) 1  
  damsel bug (Nabis americolimbatus) 1

 

squash vine borer

 10  
 

damsel bug (Nabis roseipennis)

 1

 

 stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes) 2  
  damselfly (suborder Zygoptera) 1

 

 stink bug (Dendrocoris humeralis) 2  
 

dance fly (Rhamphomyia spp.)

 1

 

 stink bug (Mormidea lugens) 1  
  dance fly (Rhamphomyia vittata) 1

 

 stink bugs (Euschistus spp.) 1  
  dark-banded owlet 4

 

stink bugs (Family Pentatomidae)

 2  
  dark-spotted palthis 4

 

stout spanworm moth

 2  
  dark-winged fungus gnats (Family Sciaridae) 3

 

 strawberry rootworm 1  
 

derbid planthopper (Cedusa spp.)

 1

 

stretch spiders (Tetragnatha spp.)

 11  
  different cobweb weaver 1

 

striped cucumber beetle

 7  
  differential grasshopper 9

 

 striped ground cricket 1  
 

dimorphic jumper

 1

 

 striped sweat bees (Agapostemon spp.) 5  
  dirt-colored seed bug (Ozophora picturata) 1

 

 sumac leaf blotch miner moth 1  
  dog day cicadas (Neotibicen spp.) 1

 

 sunflower nomia 1  
  dogbane saucrobotys moth 1

 

swamp milkweed leaf beetle

 8  
 

dogwood agrilus

 1

 

 sweat and furrow bees (Lasioglossum spp.) 4  
  dogwood sawfly (Macremphytus tarsatus) 2

 

swift feather-legged fly

 7  
  dogwood sawfly (Macremphytus testaceus) 3

 

tachinid flies (Subfamily Exoristinae)

 1  
  dogwood spittlebug 6

 

 tachinid fly (Archytas apicifer) 3  
 

dogwood twig borer

 3

 

tachinid fly (Cylindromyia interrupta)

 1  
  double-banded scoliid wasp 3

 

tachinid fly (Leskia similis)

 2  
 

downy leatherwing

 2

 

 tachinid fly (Thelaira americana) 1  
  downy yellowjacket 4

 

tachinid fly (Xanthomelanodes arcuatus)

 1  
 

Dryad’s Saddle

 1

 

 tachinid fly (Zelia vertebrata) 2  
 

dusky stink bug

 2

 

 tan jumping spider 5  
  dwarf spider (Ceraticelus fissiceps) 1

 

 tarnished plant bug 1  
  early tachinid fly 2

 

terminal mummy wasp

 1  
 

eastern band-winged hover fly

 2

 

 Texas striped sweat bee 2  
  eastern black carpenter ant 7

 

thick-headed fly (Physoconops obscuripennis)

 3  
  eastern calligrapher 1

 

thick-spined jumping spider

 12  
  eastern carpenter bee 1

 

thin-spined jumping spider

 5  
 

eastern forktail

 22

 

thistle tortoise beetle

 3  
 

eastern giant swallowtail

3

 

 three-lined leafroller moth 1  
  eastern harvestman 20

 

three-lined potato beetle

 3  
 

eastern hornet fly

 5

 

 tiger fly 1  
 

eastern pondhawk

 2

 

tortoise beetles (Tribe Cassidini)

 1  
  eastern spurred ghost spider 1

 

 torymid wasps (Family Torymidae) 2  
 

eastern tailed-blue

 1

 

 tortricine leafroller moths (Subfamily Tortricinae) 1  
  eastern yellowjacket 10

 

transverse flower fly

 3  
  ebony jewelwing 2

 

 tree cattle 1  
  elegant crab spider 3

 

treehopper (Cyrtolobus dixianus)

 1  
  elegant grass-veneer 1

 

 treehopper (Cyrtolobus tuberosus) 2  
  European crane fly 10

 

treehopper (Telamona monticola)

 1  
 

European earwig

 1

 

 treehoppers (Cyrtolobus spp.) 1  
  European paper wasp 1

 

trefoil sawfly

 2  
  European pine sawfly 3

 

 triangular false click beetle 2  
 

eye-spotted lady beetle

 1

 

true velvet mites (Family Trombidiidae)

 5  
  fall field cricket 2

 

 tuberculated crab spider 7  
 

false milkweed bug

 1

 

tufted globetail

 3  
 

familiar bluet

 5

 

 tuftlegged orbweaver 2  
  featherlegged orbweaver 1

 

turfgrass ant

 2  
 

ferruginous tiger crane fly

 24

 

 turf running spider 3  
  fifteen-spotted lady beetle 2

 

 Turkey Tail 2  
  fireflies (Family Lampyridae) 3

 

twelve-spotted skimmer

 2  
  fireflies (Pyractomena spp.) 1

 

 twice-stabbed lady beetle 2  
 

flat-footed flies (Agathomyia spp.)

 1

 

twice-stabbed stink bug

 4  
  flat-footed flies (Platypeza spp.) 1

 

 two-horned treehopper 1  
  flat-headed apple tree borer 2

 

two-lined leatherwing

 4  
 

flea jumping spider

 4

 

two-spotted grass bug

 2  
  flies (order Diptera) 1

 

 two-spotted leafwalker 1  
  flower bud weevil 1

 

two-striped grasshopper

 1  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Analeptura lineola)

 2

 

two-striped planthopper

 3  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Brachysomida bivittata)

 1

 

 typical cobweb spiders (Theridion spp.) 2  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Charisalia americana)

 1

 

 typical leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae) 1  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Gaurotes cyanipennis)

 1

 

 typical treehoppers (Subfamily Smiliinae) 2  
 

flower longhorn beetle (Grammoptera spp.)

 1

 

 undivided lucent 2  
  flower weevil (Madarellus undulatus) 1

 

unequal tortoise beetle

 1  
 

forage looper moth

 1

 

Unknown Moths

 4  
  fork-tailed bush katydid 1

 

ursine spurleg lady beetle

 4  
 

four-banded stink bug hunter wasp

 8

 

ursula wainscot

 1  
 

four-lined hornet fly

 4

 

 vagabond crambus 1  
 

four-lined plant bug

 3

 

 variegated lady beetle 3  
  fourteen-spotted lady beetle 2

 

 veiled ear moth 1  
  fraternal potter wasp 3

 

 viburnum leaf beetle 2  
  fruit fly (Eutreta noveboracensis) 7

 

 violet dancer 1  
 

fruit fly (Trupanea actinobola)

 1

 

 violet leafwalker 3  
 

fusca-group field ants

 1

 

 Virginia ctenucha 3  
  gall midges and wood midges (Family Cecidomyiidae) 1

 

 walnut lace bug 3  
  garden ghost spider 3

 

wedge-shaped beetle (Macrosiagon limbata)

 4  
  garden tortrix 1

 

wedge-shaped beetle (Ripiphorus spp.)

 10  
  geometer moth (Family Geometridae) 2

 

 weeping green lacewing 2  
 

ghost spiders (Anyphaena spp.)

 1

 

weevil (Lixus terminalis)

 1  
  giant lady beetles (Anatis spp.) 1

 

 weevil wasp (Cerceris halone) 6  
  gnat ogre (Holcocephala abdominalis) 15

 

western conifer seed bug

 1  
  gnat ogre (Holcocephala fusca) 1

 

 western honey bee 10  
  gnat ogres (Holcocephala spp.) 1

 

 Wheeler's thick-legged jumping spider 1  
 

golden dung fly

 1

 

white-faced meadowhawk

 5  
  golden-eyed lacewing 6

 

 white-jawed jumping spider 7  
 

goldenrod crab spider

 3

 

 white-marked tussock moth 1  
  goldenrod leaf beetle 1

 

white-spotted pond fly

 1  
  goldenrod leaf miner beetle 2

 

 white-spotted sawyer 3  
  goldenrod soldier beetle 5

 

white-striped black

 1  
  gold-mouthed soldier beetle 1

 

wide ribbon meshweaver

 15  
  grape rootworm 1

 

widow skimmer

 2  
 

grass fly (Thaumatomyia glabra)

 2

 

wild carrot wasp

 5  
 

grasshopper bee fly

 4

 

willow catkin fly (Egle spp.)

 1  
 

great black digger wasp

 8

 

 winter firefly 3  
 

green cone-headed planthopper

 2

 

 wolf spiders (Family Lycosidae) 2  
 

green immigrant leaf weevil

 2

 

 wood nettle gall midge 1  
 

green lacewings (Family Chrysopidae)

 1

 

wood soldier fly (Xylomya terminalis)

 5  
 

green plant bug

 1

 

 wrinkled soldier beetle 1  
 

green stink bug

 18

 

xylenine sallows (Eupsilia spp.)

 2  
  greenhouse millipede 1

 

yarrow plume moth

 2  
  ground crab spiders (Xysticus spp.) 9

 

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

 

 yellow-dusted cream moth 1  
  ground wolf spider 3

 

 yellow-shouldered drone fly 1  
 

hairy-banded mining bee

 1

 

zebra jumper (Salticus scenicus)

 16  
  half-belted blue-black spider wasp 4

 

      
  half-wing 1

 

Mammals

    
 

Halloween pennant

 2

 

eastern gray squirrel

 2  
  hammock spider 4

 

      
 

hangingfly (Bittacus spp.)

 1

 

Plants

    
  Hart’s jumping spider 5

 

 alsike clover 1  
 

harvestmen (Leiobunum spp.)

 7

 

Amur maple

 1  
 

harvestmen (Order Opiliones)

 4

 

bird’s-foot trefoil

 1  
 

heleomyzid fly (Suillia quinquepunctata)

 1

 

bittersweet nightshade

 2  
  helmeted squash bug 2

 

 brown knapweed 2  
  hemlock varnish shelf 1

 

bur cucumber

 1  
heptagonal orbweaver 3

 

bur oak (var. macrocarpa)

 2

hispine leaf beetle (Microrhopala xerene)

 1

 

butter and eggs

 3
honeysuckle moth 1

 

butterfly weed

 1
hook-toothed money spider 1

 

Canada lettuce

 1

horned clubtail

 5

 

Canada thistle

 1
horned parasitic cobweaver 2

 

Canadian tick-trefoil

 1
horned spanworm moth 3

 

cardinal flower

 1
horned squash bug 1

 

 chicory 1

hoverfly (Chrysotoxum spp.)

 1

 

 common dandelion 1

hoverfly (Pipiza spp.)

 2

 

 common milkweed 2
hoverfly (Platycheirus spp.) 1

 

 crisped pincushion 2
hoverfly (Subfamily Syrphinae) 3

 

Culver’s root

 2

hoverfly (Xylota spp.)

 1

 

curly dock

 1
hummingbird clearwing 2

 

cut-leaved coneflower

 3
humpbacked orbweaver 2

 

cutleaf teasel

 2
hybotid dance fly (Platypalpus spp.) 4

 

goldenrod (Solidago spp.)

 3
hybotid dance flies (Tachypeza spp.) 2

 

great blue lobelia (var. siphilitica)

 2
ichneumonid wasp (Acroricnus stylator aequatus) 1

 

 green foxtail (var. viridis) 1

ichneumonid wasp (Aritranis director)

 5

 

grimmia dry rock moss

 2
ichneumonid wasp (Charops annulipes) 1

 

 hairy evening primrose (ssp. villosa) 1
ichneumonid wasp (Colpotrochia trifasciata) 1

 

harebell

 1
ichneumonid wasp (Vulgichneumon brevicinctor) 1

 

heal-all

 1

ichneumonid wasps (Cosmoconus spp.)

 1

 

 juniper haircap moss 1

ichneumonid wasps (Cratichneumon spp.)

 1

 

 milkweed (Asclepias spp.) 2
ichneumonid wasps (Diadegma spp.) 1

 

musk thistle

 6

ichneumonid wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)

 4

 

 northern white cedar 1

ichneumonid wasps (Lissonota spp.)

 2

 

 pale touch-me-not 1
ichneumonid wasps (Melanichneumon spp.) 1

 

perennial sow thistle

 2

ichneumonid wasps (Ophionellus spp.)

 1

 

 Philadelphia fleabane 1
ichneumonid wasps (Subfamily Tersilochinae) 1

 

 plains cottonwood 2

ichneumonid wasps (Therion spp.)

 3

 

prickly lettuce

 3
icy mound ant 1

 

purple coneflowers (Echinacea spp.)

 2

Isabella tiger moth

 4

 

purple loosestrife

 5
Ithaca clearwing moth 5

 

Queen Anne’s lace

 5

jagged ambush bug

 22

 

 retrorse sedge 1

jagged ambush bug (Phymata spp.)

 3

 

 roses (Rosa spp.) 5

Japanese beetle

 9

 

 rough avens 2

jumping spider (Family Salticidae)

 14

 

 spotted knapweed 1

jumping spider (Tutelina spp.)

 2

 

spotted touch-me-not

 7
Kansas lady beetle 1

 

 staghorn sumac 2
knot-horn moths (Tribe Phycitini) 2

 

 starry bristle moss 1
lady beetles (Family Coccinellidae) 1

 

 swamp white oak 1
large crane flies (Family Tipulidae) 1

 

 tall blue lettuce 1
large crane flies (Subfamily Tipulinae) 1

 

 Virginia stickseed 1

large crane fly (Tipula borealis)

 1

 

 virgin's bower 1
large crane fly (Tipula caloptera) 1

 

wild bergamot

 1
large crane fly (Tipula furca) 6

 

wild columbine

 1
large crane flies (Tipula spp.) 1

 

wild cucumber

 4

large crane fly (Tipula trivittata)

 2

 

    

large milkweed bug

 6

 

Reptiles

  

large rove beetle (Belonuchus rufipennis)

 3

 

 common garter snake 2
late long-horned caddisfly 1

 

    
lateral-lobed soldier beetle 1

 

Slime Molds

  
lattice orbweaver 2

 

honeycomb coral slime mold

 1

laurel sphinx

 1

 

red raspberry slime mold

 1
leaf-cutter, mortar, and resin bees (Megachile spp.) 4

 

    
leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala terminalis) 6

 

Snails and Slugs

  
leafhopper (Acutalis tartarea) 1

 

 dusky slug (Arion subfuscus/fuscus) 3
leafhopper (Agalliopsis ancistra) 1

 

gray field slug

 3
leafhopper (Errastunus ocellaris) 1

 

orange-banded arion

 3

leafhopper (Gyponana subgenus Gyponana)

 6

 

 oval ambersnail 1
leafhopper (Macropsis osborni) 2

 

    
leafhopper (Oncopsis sobria) 2

 

Springtails

  

leafhopper (Penthimia americana)

 2

 

belted springtail

 1
leafhoppers (Oncopsis spp.) 1

 

slender springtail (Homidia socia)

 2

leafhoppers (Scaphytopius spp.)

 3

 

    
leaf miner flies (Liriomyza spp.) 1

 

Worms and Leeches

  
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)  

 

 nightcrawler 1
lesser appleworm moth 1

 

    

lesser bulb fly (Eumerus spp.)

 1

 

    
ligated furrow bee 3

 

    

 

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