Minnesota Seasons - Photos by Babette Kis



	Photos		Photos
Ampihibians		Insects and Arachnids (continued)
spring peeper	1	little underwing	1
		longhorn-cuckoo bees (Triepeolus spp.)	4
Insects and Arachnids		long-tailed aphideater complex	2
ailanthus webworm moth	2	lost sallow	2
alfalfa webworm moth	1	maize calligrapher (Toxomerus politus)	1
American carrion beetle	1	marsh meadow grasshopper	1
American idia moth	1	meadow spittlebug	2
ant-like longhorn beetle	2	meshweavers (Family Dictynidae)	2
antlered flutter fly	1	metallic sweat bees	2
arabesque orbweaver	2	Mexican grass-carrying wasp	3
aster bee fly	4	Milwaukee mining bee	4
aster-head eucosma moth	2	mining bees (Andrena spp.)	3
asteroid moth	3	mottled tortoise beetle	3
bald-faced hornet	4	narcissus bulb fly	1
baptisia seed pod weevil	1	nomad bees (Nomada spp.)	2
bee fly (Chrysanthrax cypris)	2	northern bush katydid	2
bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria canis complex)	1	northern paper wasp	3
bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria index complex)	1	oak rough bulletgall wasp	1
bent-lined carpet	1	oblique streaktail	2
birch catkin bug	1	openfield orbweaver	6
black diabrotica	1	orange mint moth	1
black firefly	3	orange-headed epicallima	1
black vine weevil	2	orange-legged drone fly	2
black-winged long-horned beetle	2	orange-spotted drone fly	2
blood bees (Sphecodes spp.)	4	orange-tipped wood-digger bee	3
bluish borer	1	orbed narrow-wing	1
bold jumper	2	orchard orbweaver	4
bowl-and-doily spider	3	ornate harp ground beetle	2
brilliant jumping spider	9	ornate snipe fly	2
broad-faced sac spider	1	pallid leafroller moth	2
bronze jumping spider	5	pearl crescent	2
brown wasp mantidfly	8	peatland sheet-web weaver	3
Bruce spanworm moth	1	peppered jumping spider	12
candy-striped spider	3	plume moths (Geina spp.)	2
cellophane bees (Colletes spp.)	1	plume moths (Hellinsia spp.)	1
chalk-fronted corporal	1	polished lady beetle	1
cherry shoot borer moth	2	pondside pyralid moth	1
Chinese mantis	1	potter and mason wasps (Ancistrocerus spp.)	1
chrysanthemum lace bug	1	potter or mason wasp (Subfamily Eumeninae)	3
click beetles (Agriotes spp.)	1	pufftails (Sphegina subg. Asiosphegina)	1
click beetles (Melanotus spp.)	1	quadrate snipe fly	1
clover leaf weevil	2	raspberry fruitworm beetle	2
cobweb spiders (Thymoites spp.)	3	red-belted bumble bee	1
common crane flies (Tipula subg. Pterelachisus)	2	red-shouldered stink bug	1
common drone fly	3	red speckled dun	1
common eastern bumble bee	3	rigid sunflower borer	2
common picture-winged fly	2	robber flies (Cerotainia spp.)	3
common scorpionflies (Panorpa spp.)	2	rodent bot flies (Cuterebra spp.)	2
common tan wave	2	running crab spiders (Philodromus spp.)	4
confused haploa	2	rusty-patched bumble bee	4
confusing furrow bee	1	scallop moth (Cepphis armataria)	1
conical trashline orbweaver	2	scentless plant bug (Harmostes reflexulus)	3
copper underwing	3	Scudder’s bush katydids (Scudderia spp.)	2
coppery leafhopper	1	Scudder’s short-wing grasshopper	5
coreopsis beetle	1	short-winged meadow katydid	1
corn earworm moth	2	slender crab spiders (Tibellus spp.)	3
cuckoo wasps (Elampus spp.)	2	small milkweed bug	4
crab spiders (Mecaphesa spp.)	6	sneaky elf	1
cross orbweaver	3	snipe fly (Chrysopilus foedus)	1
crowded flea beetle	2	snowy urola moth	1
cuckoo wasps (Subfamily Chrysidinae)	2	soldier fly (Nemotelus kansensis)	2
dogwood spittlebug	2	splendid earth-boring beetle	1
eastern calligrapher	1	spotted cucumber beetle	2
eastern forktail	1	spotted bird grasshopper	1
eastern giant swallowtail	5	spotted pink lady beetle	3
eastern grass-veneer	1	starbellied orbweaver	2
eastern yellow-backed laphria	2	stilt bug (Neoneides muticus)	2
eight-spotted forester moth	1	stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes)	2
elegant grass-veneer	2	strangalepta flower longhorn beetle	1
elm spanworm moth	1	striped garden caterpillar moth	2
emerald ash borer	1	striped lynx spider	1
European mantis	1	striped orbweaver	8
European paper wasp	3	swamp milkweed leaf beetle	1
European wool carder bee	3	swift feather-legged fly	5
fall cankerworm moth	1	tachinid flies (Cylindromyia spp.)	2
false milkweed bug	1	tan jumping spider	1
fan-foot moths (Zanclognatha spp.)	1	thin-legged wolf spiders (Pardosa spp.)	2
fiery skipper	1	three-banded crab spider	2
flower lebia beetle	1	three-spotted fillip	1
flower weevils (Odontocorynus spp.)	1	tomentose burying beetle	3
Forbes’ tree cricket	2	triangle-backed pelochrista moth	1
four-banded stink bug hunter wasp	1	twice-stabbed stink bug	1
four-spotted sap beetle	1	two-lined blister beetle	3
fraternal potter wasp	4	two-lined leatherwing	1
fruit fly (Campiglossa albiceps)	1	two-spotted longhorned bee	4
garden ghost spider	2	typical cobweb spiders (Theridion spp.)	1
glossy black idia moth	1	umbrose seed bug	2
gnat ogre (Holcocephala calva)	5	unequal tortoise beetle	3
gold-and-brown rove beetle	1	variable duskyface fly	2
golden northern bumble bee	2	Virginia bluebells	5
golden sweat bee	1	Virginia ctenucha	3
golden-backed snipe fly	3	Walsh’s locust	1
golden-eyed lacewing	1	warty leaf beetles (Exema spp.)	2
goldenrod leaf beetle	1	wasp-like falsehorn	1
grayish jumping spider	6	wavy-lined emerald	3
green pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)	1	wedgling moth	1
green soldier fly	3	western lynx spider	1
green stink bug	1	white-banded crab spider	2
green-legged grasshoppers	2	white-jawed jumping spider	2
Greene’s giant ichneumonid wasp	3	white-winged march fly	4
ground crab spiders (Xysticus spp.)	7	winter firefly	1
half-wing	1	wolf spiders (Family Lycosidae)	3
hangingflies (Bittacus spp.)	1	yellow-faced leafhopper	2
helmeted squash bug	1	yellow-necked soldier beetle	1
hickory tussock moth	1
Hobomok skipper	2	Plants
honeysuckle moth	2	Dutchman’s breeches	1
horned spanworm moth	1	goldenseal	4
ichneumonid wasp (Therion circumflexum)	2	rope dodder	1
ichneumonid wasps (Cosmoconus spp.)	1	smooth carrionflower	1
large lace-border	1
large milkweed bug	1	Reptiles
leafhoppers (Aphrodes spp.)	2	Dekay’s brown snake	2
leaf-cutter, mortar, and resin bees (Megachile spp.)	4
Leconte’s haploa	2	Slime Molds
lesser maple spanworm moth	1	red raspberry slime mold	2
lesser vagabond sod webworm moth	1