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​  *Federally Threatened Species
**Federally Endangered Species

​  †State Threatened Species
††State Endangered Species

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Insects of Nachusa Grasslands

Mayflies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Baetis brunneicolor (a small minnow Mayfly)
• Baetis flavistriga (a small minnow Mayfly)
• Callibaetis sp. (a small minnow Mayfly)
• Caenis amica (a crawling Mayfly)
• Caenis latipennis (a crawling Mayfly)
• Maccaffertium mediopunctatum (a sprawling Mayfly)
• Maccaffertium terminatum (a sprawling Mayfly)
• Madunnoa sp. (a Mayfly)
• Stenacron ​interpunctatum (a sprawling Mayfly)
• Sternonema sp. (a sprawling Mayfly)

Dragonflies & Damselflies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
​Dragonflies

SKIMMERS

• Celithemis ​eponina (Halloween pennant)
• Celithemis elisa (calico pennant)
• Erythemis simplicicollis (Eastern pondhawk)
• Leucorrhinia intacta (dot-tailed whiteface)
• Libellula luctuosa (widow skimmer)​
• Libellula pulchella (twelve-spotted skimmer)
• Libellula incesta (slaty skimmer)
• Tramea lacerata (black saddlebags)
• Tramea carolina (Carolina saddlebags)
• Pachydiplax longipennis (blue dasher)
• Pantala flavescens (wandering glider)
• Perithemis tenera (Eastern amberwing)
• Plathemis lydia (common whitetail)
• Sympetrum corruptum​ (variegated meadowhawk)
• Sympetrum obtrusum (white-faced meadowhawk)
• Sympetrum rubicundulum (ruby meadowhawk)
• Sympetrum semicinctum (band-winged meadowhawk)
• Sympetrum​ vicinum (autumn meadowhawk)​

DARNERS

• Aeshna constricta (lance-tipped darner)
• ​Aeshna umbrosa (shadow darner)
• Anax junius (common green darner)
• Boyeria vinosa (fawn darner)​
• Epiaeschna heros (swamp darner)

CLUBTAILS

• Arigomphus villosipes (unicorn clubtail)
• Gomphus externus (plains clubtail)
• ​Gomphus fraternus (midland clubtail)
• Gomphus vastus (cobra clubtail)​

EMERALDS

• Epitheca cynosura (common baskettail)
• Epitheca princeps (prince baskettail)

​​Damselflies
BROAD-WINGED

• Calopteryx aequabilis (river jewelwing)
• Calopteryx maculata (ebony Jewelwing)

• Hetaerina americana (American rubyspot)

SPREADWINGS

• Lestes australis (southern spreadwing)
• Lestes congener (spotted spreadwing)​
• Lestes disjunctus (Northern (common) spreadwing)
• Lestes dryas (emerald spreadwing)
• Lestes eurinus (amber-winged spreadwing)
• Lestes inaequalis (elegant spreadwing)
• Lestes rectangularis (slender spreadwing)
• Lestes unguiculatus (lyre-tipped spreadwing)

POND DAMSELS

• Amphiagrion saucium (Eastern red)
• Argia fumipennisviolacea (violet dancer)
• Argia plana (springwater dancer)

SPRITES

• Nehalennia irene (sedge sprite)

AMERICAN BLUETS

• Enallagma anna (river bluet)
• Enallagma aspersum (azure bluet)
• Enallagma civile (familiar bluet)
• Enallagma exsulans (stream bluet)
• Enallagma geminatum (skimming bluet)

FORKTAILS

• Ischnura hastata (citrine forktail)
• Ischnura veticalis (Eastern forktail)
• ​Ischnura posita (fragile forktail)

Grasshoppers, Katydids, & Crickets

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
GRASSHOPPERS

• Agenotettix deorum (white-whiskered grasshopper​)
• Arphia sulphurea (sulphur-winged grasshopper)
• Arphia xanthoptera (autumn yellow-winged grasshopper​)
• Chloealtis abdominalis (a slant-faced grasshopper)
• Chloealtis conspersa (sprinkled grasshopper)
• Chorthippus curtipennis (marsh meadow grasshopper)
• Chortophaga viridifasciata (northern green-striped grasshopper)
• Dichromorpha viridis (short-winged green grasshopper)
• Dissosteira carolina (Carolina grasshopper)
• Encoptolophus sordidus (clouded grasshopper​)
• Eritettix simplex (velvet-striped grasshopper​)​
• Hesperotettix veridis (snakeweed grasshopper​)
• Metaleptea brevicornis (clip-wing grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus angustipennis (narrow-winged grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus  bivittatus (two-stripped grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus confusus (pasture grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus femurrubrum (red-legged grasshopper​)​
• Melanoplus gracilis (graceful grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus keeleri (Keeler's spur-throat grasshopper​)
• Melanoplus sanguinipes (migratory grasshopper)
• Melanoplus viridipes (green-legged grasshopper​)
• Opeia obscura (obscure grasshopper)
• Orphulella pelidna (spotted-winged grasshopper)
• Orphulella speciosa (slant-faced pasture grasshopper)
• Pardalophora apiculata (Coral-winged grasshopper)
• Pardalophora phoenicoptera (orange-winged grasshopper)
• Schistocerca alutacea (leather-colored bird grasshopper)
• Schistocerca lineata (spotted bird grasshopper​)
• Spharagemon bolli (Boll's grasshopper​)
• Spharagemon collare (mottled sand grasshopper​)
• Spharagemon equale (Say's grasshopper)
• Syrbula admirabilis (admirable grasshopper​)
• Trachyrachis kiowa fuscilfrons (Stal)) (kiowa grasshopper)
• Tetrix ornata (ornate pygmy grasshopper)

KATYDIDS

• Amblycorpha oblongifolia (oblong-winged katydid)
• Amblycorpha rotundifolia (rattler round-winged katydid)
• Conocephalus brevipennis (short-winged meadow katydid)
• Conocephalus fasciatus (slender meadow katydid)
• Conocephalus strictus (straight-lanced meadow katydid)
• Conocephalus saltans (prairie katydid)
• Microcentrum rhombifolium (greater anglewing katydid)
• Neoconocephalus bivocatus (false robust conehead)
• Neoconocephalus ensigner (sword-bearing conehead)
• Neoconocephalus lyristes (slender conehead)
• Neoconocephalus nebrascensis (Nebraska conehead)
• Neoconocephalus retusus (round-tipped conehead)
• Neoconocephalus robustus (robust conehead)
• Orchelimum delicatum (delicate meadow katydid)
• Orchelimum gladiator (gladiator meadow katydid)
• Orchelimum nirgripes (black-legged meadow katydid)
• Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid)
• Orchelimum vulgare (common meadow katydid)
• Pterophylla camellifolia (common true katydid)
• Scudderia curvicauda (curve-tailed bush katydid)
• Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid)
• Scudderia septentrianalis (northern bush katydid)
• Scudderia texensis (Texas bush katydid)

CRICKETS

• Ellipes sp (a pygmy mole (sand) cricket)
• Oecanthus nigricornis (black-horned tree cricket)
• Oecanthus quadripunctatus (four-spotted tree cricket)

Mantises

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Tenodera aridifolia​ (Chinese mantid)

Walkingsticks

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Diapheromera velii (​prairie walkingstick)

True Bugs

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
​CICADAS

• Magicicada septendecim (periodical cicada)
• Megatibicen auletes (Northern dusk singing cicada)​
• Neotibicen canicularis (dog-day cicada)
• Neotibicen linnei (Linne's cicada​)
• Neotibicen pruinosa (scissor-grinder cicada)

LEAFHOPPERS

• Aceratagallia sanguinolenta (a leafhopper)
• Agallia constricta (a leafhopper)
• Agallia quadripunctata (a leafhopper)
• Agalliopsis novella (a leafhopper)
• Amblysellus cartisii (a leafhopper)
• Amplicephalus osborni (a leafhopper)
• Aphrodes bicincta (a leafhopper)
• Arthaldeus pascuellus (a leafhopper)
• Athysanus argentarius (a leafhopper)
• Balclutha impicta (a leafhopper)
• Balclutha neglecta (a leafhopper)
• Balclutha punctate (a leafhopper)
• Chlorotettix fallax (a leafhopper)
• Chlorotettix sp.A (a leafhopper)
• Chlorotettix tergatus (a leafhopper)
• Chlorotetti unicolor (a leafhopper)
• Cicadula ​melanogaster (a leafhopper)
• Dikraneura angustata (a leafhopper)
• Doratura stylata (a leafhopper)
• Dorycara platyrrhyncha (a leafhopper)
• Draeculacephala antica (a leafhopper)
• Draeculacephala constricta (a leafhopper)
• Draeculacephala mollipes (a leafhopper)
• Driotura robusta (a leafhopper)
• Endria inimical (a leafhopper)
• Erythroneura sp. A (a leafhopper)
• Erythroneura sp. B (a leafhopper)
• Erythroneura sp. C (a leafhopper)
• Erythroneura sp. D (a leafhopper)
• Evacanthus nigramericana (a leafhopper)
• Exitianus exitiosus (a leafhopper)
• Extrusanus extrusus (a leafhopper)
• Flexamia pectinata (a leafhopper)
• Forcipata loca (a leafhopper)
• Graminella fitchii (a leafhopper)
• Graphocephala coccinea (a leafhopper)
• Hecalus major (a leafhopper)
• Idiocerus sp (a leafhopper)
• Japananus hyalinus (a leafhopper)
• Jikradia olitoria (a leafhopper)
• Kansendria kansiensis (a leafhopper)
• Laevicephalus minimus (a leafhopper)
• ​Laevicephalus sp. (a leafhopper)
• Laevicephalus unicoloratus (a leafhopper)
• Latalus configuratus (a leafhopper)
• Latalus sayi (a leafhopper)
• ​Macropsis sp. (a leafhopper)
• Macrosteles quadrilineatus (a leafhopper)
• Macrosteles variata (a leafhopper)
• Memnonia panzer (a leafhopper)
• Neocoelidia tumidifrons (a leafhopper)
• Norvellina seminude (a leafhopper)
• Osbornellus auronitens (a leafhopper)
• Paraphlepsius irroratus (a leafhopper)
• Paraphlepsius sp. (a leafhopper)
• Planicephalus flavicostus (a leafhopper)
• Polyamia caperata (a leafhopper)
• Polyamia sp. (a leafhopper)
• Ponana sp. A (a leafhopper)
• Scaphoideus titanus (a leafhopper)
• Scaphytopius sp. A (a leafhopper)
• Stirellus bicolor (a leafhopper)
• Tylozygus bifidus (a leafhopper)
• Xestocephalus ​desertorum (a leafhopper)​​

PLANTHOPPERS

• Acanalonia bivittata (an acanalonid planthopper)
• Acanalonia conica (an acanalonid planthopper)
• ​Acutalis tartarea (a planthopper)
• Bruchomorpha oculata (a planthopper)
• Cedusa sp. A (a planthopper)
• Cixius sp. A (a planthopper)
• Clastoptera sp. (a planthopper)
• Cyrtolobus sp. A (a planthopper)
• Delphacodes campestris (a planthopper)
• Delphacodes lutulenta (a planthopper)
• Delphacodes sp. A (a planthopper)
• Delphacodes sp. B (a planthopper)
• Entylia carinata (a planthopper)
• Liburniella ornate (a planthopper)
• Megamelus sp. (a planthopper)
• Metcalfa pruinosa (a planthopper)
• Oliarus sp. A (a planthopper)
• Ormenoides venusta (a planthopper)
• Otiocerus sp. A (a planthopper)
• Phylloscelis pallescens (a planthopper)
• Pissonotus sp. (a planthopper)
• Prokelisia sp. (a planthopper)
• Scolops angustatus (a planthopper)
• Scolops sulcipes (a planthopper)
• Stenocranus sp. (a planthopper)​
• Stictocephala taurina (a planthopper)
• Stobaera sp.A (a planthopper)​

SPITTLEBUGS

• Philaenacris bilineata (a spittlebug)
• Philaenus spumarius (a spittlebug)

SHIELD BUGS and OTHERS

• ​Aquarius sp. (a water strider)​
• Boisea trivittata (Eastern boxelder bug)
  
• Gerris (a water strider)
• Halyomorpha hayls (Brown marmorated stink bug) NON-NATIVE
• Microvelia sp. (a water bug)
• Trichocorixa sp. (a water boatman)

Beetles

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
FIREFLY BEETLES

• Lucidota atra (black firefly)
• Photinus sp (a firefly​)

GROUND BEETLES

• Galerita sp (false bombardier beetle)

LONG-HORNED and LEAF BEETLES​​

• Blepharida rhois (sumac flea beetle)
• Chelymorpha cassidea (Argus (or milkweed) tortoise beetle)
• Eburia quadrigeminata (ivory-marked beetle)
• Labidomera clivicollis (swamp milkweed leaf beetle)
• Megacyllene caryae (painted hickory borer)
• Monochamus scutellatus (white-spotted sawyer)

LADY BEETLES

• Coccinella septempunctata (seven-spotted lady beetle)
• Coleomegilla maculata (spotted pink lady beetle)
• Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle) NON-NATIVE

SKIN BEETLES

• Dermestes lardarius (larder beetle)

SCARAB BEETLES

• ​​Aphodius claudus (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius erraticus (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius lentus (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius robinsoni (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius rubeolus (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius rusicola (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius pseudolividus (a small dung beetle)
• Aphodius stercorosus (a small dung beetle)
• Bolbocerosoma farctum (stuffed earth boring dung beetle)
• Copris minutus (small black dung beetle)
• Cotinus nitida (green June beetle)
• Eucanthus lazarus (Lazarus earth boring dung beetle)
• Geotrupes opacus (opaque earth boring dung beetle)
• Melanocanthon bispinatus (two spined dung beetle)
• Nicrophorus tomentosus (tormentose burying beetle)
• Onthophagus hecate (scooped Scarab dung beetle)
• Onthophagus knousi (Knouse's Dung beetle)
• Onthophagus orpheus (Orpheus dung beetle)
• Onthophagus taurus (bull headed dung beetle)
• Osmoderma eremicola (hermit flower beetle)
• Phanaeus vindex (rainbow scarab dung beetle)

STAG BEETLES

• Lucanus capreolus (reddish-brown stag beetle)
  

WATER BEETLES

• ​Berosus sp. (a water scavenger beetle)
• Celina sp. (a predaceous diving beetle)
• ​Helichus basalis (a long–toed water beetle)
• Hydrobius sp. (a water scavenger beetle)
• Optioservus fastiditus (a riffle beetle)
• Tropisternus lateralis (a water scavenger beetle)​

WEEVILS

• Curculio sp (acorn weevil)
  
• Ochyromera sp (leguminous weevil of baptisia)
  
• Ochyromera ovatus (strawberry root weevil)
  
• Rhyssomatus lineaticollis (milkweed stem weevil)
  

​WOOD-BORING BEETLES

• Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer)  NON-NATIVE

OTHER BEETLES

• Endomychidae sp. (a handsome fungus beetle)
• Nicrophorus sp. (a burying beetle)
• Popillia japonica (Japanese beetle) NON-NATIVE

Dobsonflies, Alderflies, and Fishflies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Corydalus sp.​ (dobsonfly)

Lacewings, Mantidflies, and Antlions

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Chrysopa sp. (green lacewing)
• Antlion (?)

Hangingflies & Scorpionflies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Hylobittacus apicalis (a hangingfly)
• Panorpa sp. (a scorpionfly)

Caddisflies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)

• Ceratopsyche morosagip (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• ​Cheumatopsyche analis (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Cheumatopsyche campyla (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Cheumatopsyche oxa (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Chimarra obscura (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Glossosoma intermedia (a saddlecase maker caddisfly)
• Heliocopsyche borealis (a snailcase maker caddisfly)
• Hydropsyche betteni (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Hydropsyche bidens (a net–spinning caddisfly) 
• Hydropsyche bronta (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Hydropsyche phalerata (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Hydropsyche simulans (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Macronema (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Neophylax concinnus (a stonecase maker caddisfly)
• Neophylax corannus (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Phryganea sayi (a large caddisfly)
• Potamyia flava (a net–spinning caddisfly)
• Ptilostomis ocellifera (a large caddisfly)​

MICRO​

• Agraylea multipunctata (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila ajax (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila armata (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila consimilis (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila grandiose (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila waubesiana (a micro caddisfly)
• Hydroptila sp. (a micro caddisfly)
• Orthotrichia aegerfasciella (a micro caddisfly)
• Oxyethira pallida (a micro caddisfly)

LONGHORN

• Anabolia consocia (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Ceraclea punctata (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Ceraclea tarsipunctata (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Ceraclea transversus (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Frenesia missa (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Hydatophylax argus (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Leptocerus americus (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Lepidostoma libum (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Nectopsyche sp (a longhorn caddisfly).
• Nectopsyche diarina (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Oecetis cinerascens (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Oecetis ditissa (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Oecetis inconspicua (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Onocosmoecus or ​Ironoquia (a caddisfly)
  
• Platycentropus radiates (a longhorn caddisfly)
• Pycnopsyche sp. (a longhorn caddisfly).​​
• Triaenodes tardus (a longhorn caddisfly)

Butterflies & Moths

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
​Butterflies
SWALLOWTAILS​

• Papilio cresphontes (giant swallowtail)
• Papilio glaucus (tiger swallowtail)
• Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail)
• Papilio troilus (spicebush swallowtail)

WHITES, SULPHURS, YELLOWS​​

• Colias philodice (common sulpher [clouded])  
• Colias eurytheme (alfalfa butterfly [orange sulpher]
• Colias cesonia (dog face butterfly)
• Eurema lisa (little yellow)
• Nathalis iole (dainty sulpher)​
• Pieris rapae (cabbage [white]) NON-NATIVE

BLUES, HAIRSTREAKS​​​

• Celastrina argiolus (spring azure)
• Celastrina neglecta (summer azure)
• ​Cupido comyntas (Eastern tailed blue)
• Leptotes marina (marine blue)
  
• Lycaena helloides (purplish copper)
• Lycaena hyllus (bronze copper)
• Lycaena phlaeas (little copper [American copper])
• Satyrium titus (coral hairstreak)
• Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak)

BRUSH-FOOTED

• Asterocampa celtis (hackberry butterfly)
• Boloria selene (silver–bordered fritillary)
• Boloria bellona (meadow fritillary)
• Cercyonis pegala (common wood nymph)
• Cercyonis pegal alope (wood nymph [Grayling])
• Cercyonis pegala olympus (large wood nymph)
• Chlosyne gorgone (Gorgone checkerspot)
• Chlosyne nycteis (silvery checkerspot)
• Danaus plexippus (monarch)
• Enodia anthedon (Northern pearly eye)
• Libytheana carinenta (snout butterfly)
• Euptoieta claudia (variegated fritillary)
• Euphydryas phaeton (Baltimore)
• Junonia coenia (buckeye)
• Limenitis arthemis astyanax (red–spotted purple)
• Limenitis archippus (viceroy)
• Nymphalis antiopa (mourning cloak)
• Nymphalis milberti (Milbert's tortiseshell)
• Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent)
• Polygonia interrogationis (question mark)
• Polygonia comma (comma [Hop merchant])
• Polygonia progne (gray comma)
• Satyrodes eurydice (eyed brown)
• Speyeria cybele (great spangled fritillary)
• Speyeria idalia † (regal fritillary) 
• Speyeria aphrodite (aphrodite fritillary)
• Vanessa atalanta (red admiral)
• Vanessa cardui (painted lady)
• Vanessa virginiensis (American painted lady)​​​

SKIPPERS

• ​Ancyloxypha numitor (least skipperling skipper)
• Atalopedes campestris (Sachem skipper)
• Epargyreus clarus (silver-spotted skipper)
  
• Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing skipper)
• Euphyes conspicua (black dash skipper)
• Poanes hobomok (Hobomok skipper)
• Poanes massasoit (mulberry wing skipper)
• Polites coras (Peck's skipper)
• Pyrgus communis (checkered skipper)
• Thymelicus lineola (European skipper)
• Wallengrenia egeremet​ (Northern broken dash skipper)​

​Genus species (COMMON NAME)
​Moths

• Apatelodes torrefacta (spotted apatelodes moth)
• Atteva aurea (ailanthus webworm moth)

CARPENTER AND LEOPARD MOTHS

• Prionoxystus robiniae (carpenterworm moth)

GRASS MOTHS

• Crambus agitatellus (double-banded grass-veneer moth)
• Desmia funeralis (grape leaffolder moth)
• Elophila obliteralis (waterlily leafcutter moth)
• Eustixia pupula (spotted peppergrass moth)
• Hahncappsia marculenta (a snout moth)
• Herpetogramma aeglealis (serpentine webworm)
• Hymenia perspectalis (spotted beet webworm moth)
• Lygropia rivulalis (bog lygropia)
• Nomophila nearctica (Lucerne moth)
• Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer)
• Ostrinia penitalis (American lotus borer)
• Palpita arsaltealis (a snout moth)
• Parapoynx badiusalis (chestnut-marked pondweed moth)
• Pyrausta bicoloralis (bicolored pyrausta)
• Pyrausta orphisalis (orange mint moth)
• Pyrausta signatalis (raspberry pyrausta)
• Sitochroa palealis (carrot seed moth)
• Udea rubigalis (celery leaftier)
• Urola nivalis (snowy urola moth)

​FLAT-BODIED MOTHS

• Antaeotricha schlaegeri (Schlaeger's fruitworm moth)

HOOKTIP MOTHS

• Drepana arcuata (arched hooktip moth)

TIGER & LICHEN MOTHS

• Apantesis arge (arge moth)
• Apantesis phalerata (harnessed tiger moth)
• Apantesis virguncula (little virgin tiger moth)
• Arctia caja (garden tiger moth)
• Cisseps fulvicollis (yellow-collared scape moth)
• Crambidia pallida (pale lichen moth)
• Ctenucha virginica (Virginia ctenucha)
• Cycnia tenera (dogbane tiger moth)
• Estigmene acrea (salt marsh moth)
• Euchaetes egle (milkweed tussock moth larva)​
• Halysidota essellaris (banded tussock moth)
• Haploa confusa (confused haploa moth)
• Haploa lecontei (Leconte's haploa)
• Hypercompe scribonia (giant leopard moth)
• Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm moth)
• Hypoprepia fucosa (painted lichen moth)
• Lycomorpha pholus (black-and-yellow lichen moth)
• Phragmatobia assimilians (a tiger moth)
• Phragmatobia fuliginosa (ruby tiger moth)
• Phytometra rhodarialis (pink-bordered yellow moth)
  
• Pyrrharctia isabella (Isabella tiger moth)
• Spilosoma congrua (agreeable tiger moth)
• Spilosomina virginica​ (Virginian tiger moth)
• Virbia aurantiaca (orange virbia)
• Virbia laeta (joyful virbia)​

FRUITPIERCING MOTHS

• Plusiodonta compressipalpis (moonseed moth)

​UNDERWING MOTHS

• Catocala amatrix (sweetheart underwing)
• Catocala cara (darling underwing​)
• Catocala ilia (ilia underwing)
• Catocala illecta (magdalen underwing)
• Catocala insolabilis (inconsolable underwing)
• Catocala maestosa (sad underwing)
• Catocala neogama (the bride)
• Catocala obscura (obsure underwing)
• Catocala palaeogama (oldwife underwing)
• Catocala piatrix (the penitent)
• Catocala sp. (underwing moth)
• ​Catocala retecta (the yellow-gray underwing)
• Catocala serena (serene underwing)
• Catocala ultronia (ultronia underwing)

Butterflies & Moths continued

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
UNDERWING MOTHS

• ​Catocala vidua (widow underwing)
• Catocala whitneyi (Whitney's underwing moth)
• Caenurgina crassiuscula (clover looper)
• Caenurgina erechtea (forage looper)
• Mocis texana (Texas mocis)
• Zale galbanata (maple zale moth)
• Zale lunata (lunate zale)
• Zale metata (a moth)

 ​​LITTER MOTHS

• Hypena scabra (green cloverworm)
• Idia aemula (common idia)
• Idia americalis (American idia)
• Idia lubricalis (glossy black idia)
• Lascoria ambigualis (ambiguous moth)
• Palthis angulalis (dark-spotted palthis)
• Phalaenophana pyramusalis (dark-banded owlet)
• Phalaenostola metonalis (pale epidelta moth)
• Scolecocampa liburna (dead-wood borer moth)
• Scoliopteryx libatrix (the herald)
• Tetanolita floridana (Florida tetanolita)
• Zanclognatha pedipilalis (grayish zanclognatha)

GEOMETER MOTHS

• Anavitrinella pampinaria (common gray)
• Besma quercivoraria (oak besma)
• Biston betularia (pepper & salt geometer)
• Campaea perlata (pale beauty)
• Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet)
• Cyclophora nanaria (dwarf tawny wave)
• Ectropis crepuscularia (small engrailed)
• Ennomos magnaria (maple spanworm)
• Eubaphe mendica (the beggar)
• Euchlaena johnsonaria (Johnson's euchlaena)
• Eugonobapta nivosaria (snowy geometer)
• Eulithis diversilineata (lesser grapevine looper moth)
• Eulithis gracilineata (greater grapevine looper​)
• Eupithecia miserulata (common eupithecia [pug moth])
• Eusarca confusaria (confused eusarca)
• Haematopis grataria (chickweed geometer)
• Heterophleps refusaria (three-patched bigwing)
• Heterophleps triguttaria (three-spotted fillip)
• Horisme intestinata (brown bark carpet moth)
• Isturgia dislocaria (​pale-veined isturgia moth)
• Lytrosis unitaria (common lytrosis)
• Macaria evagaria (drab angle moth)
• Macaria pustularia (lesser maple spanworm)
• Macaria ribearia (currant spanworm)
• Mellila xanthometata (a geometer moth)
• Melanolophia canadaria (Canadian melanolophia)
• Nematocampa resistaria (horned spanworm)
• Nemoria bistriaria (red-fringed emerald)
• Orthonama obstipata (the gem)
• Pero honestaria (honest pero)
• Phaeoura quernaria (oak beauty)
• Plagodis alcoolaria (hollow-spotted plagodis)
• Plagodis phlogosaria (straight-lined plagodis)
• Prochoerodes lineola (large maple spanworm moth)
• Scopula inductata (soft-lined wave)
• Scopula oimboundata (soft-lined wave)

• Tetracis crocallata (yellow slant-line)
• Timandra amaturaria (cross-lined waved)
• Trichodezia albovittata (white-striped black)
• Xanthorhoe ferrugata (red twin-spot)
• Xanthotype urticaria (false crocus geometer moth)

SEDGE MOTHS

• Lepidotarphius perornatella (a sedge moth)

LEAF BLOTCH MINER MOTHS

• Caloptilia viloacella (a leaf blotch miner moth)

TENT CATERPILLAR & LAPPET MOTHS

• Malacosoma americanum (Eastern tent caterpillar)
• Phyllodesma americana (American lappet moth)
• Tolype velleda (large tolype)

SLUG CATERPILLAR MOTHS

• Apoda y-inversum (inverted y slug moth)
• Prolimacodes badia (skiff moth)

OWLET MOTHS

• Abagrotis alternata (greater red dart)
• Achatia distincta (distinct Quaker)
• Acronicta hasta (speared dagger moth)
• Acronicta haesitata (hesitant dagger moth)
• Acronicta insularis (cattail caterpillar moth)
• Acronicta lobeliae (lobelia dagger moth)
• Acronicta ovata (ovate dagger moth)
• Agrotis ipsilon (ipsilon dart)
• Agrotis venerabilis (venerable dart)
• Allagrapha aerea (unspotted looper moth)
• Alypia octomaculata (eight–spotted forester moth)
• Amphipyra pyramidoides (copper underwing​)
• Anagrapha falcifera (celery looper)
• Anterastria teratophora (gray marvel)
• Apamea burgessi (an owlet moth)
• Autographa precationis (common looper)
• Baileya levitans (pale baileya moth)
• Basilodes pepita (gold moth)
• ​Casmia calami (American dun-bar moth)
• Catabena lineolata (fine-lined sallow)
• Cerma cerintha (tufted bird dropping moth)
• Condica veors (dusky groundling moth)
• Condica videns (white-dotted groundling)
• Crocigrapha normani (Norman's Quaker)
• Ctenoplusia oxygramma (sharp-stigma looper moth)
• Cucullia convexipennis (brown–hooded owlet)
• Dargida diffusa (wheat head armyworm)
• Diachrysia balluca (green-patched looper)
• Elaphria alapallida (pale-winged midget)
• Elaphria versicolor (variegated midget)
• Ellida caniplaga (linden prominent)
• Eucirroedia pampina (scalloped sallow)
• Eudryas unio (pearly wood-nymph)
• Euxoa velleripennis (fleece-winged dart)
• Feltia geniculata (knee-joint dart moth)
• Feltia herilis (master's dart)
• Feltia subgothica (subgothic dart)
• Furcula borealis (white furcula)
• Furcula cinerea (gray furcula)
• Gluphisia septentrionis (common gluphisia)
• Hilicoverpa zea (corn earworm)
• Hydraecia micacea (rosy rustic)
• Hydraecia stramentosa (an owlet moth)
• Lacanobia subjuncta (speckled cutworm)
• Lacinipolia meditata (the thinker moth)
• Lacinipolia renigera (bristly cutworm)
• Leucania commoides (an owlet moth)
• Leucania linda (an owlet moth)
• Leucania multilinea (many-lined wainscot)
• Leucania phragmitidicola (phragmites wainscot)
• Leuconycta diphteroides (green leuconycta)
• Leuconycta lepidula (marbled-green leuconycta)
• Lithophane antennata (ashen pinion)
• Lithophane innominata (nameless pinion)
• Maliattha synochitis (​black-dotted maliattha)
• Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper)
• Melanchra adjuncta (hitched arches)
• Melanchra picta (Zebra caterpillar moth)
• Mesapamea fractilinea (broken-lined brocade)
• Metaxaglaea inulta (unsated sallow)
• Mythinma oxygala (Lesser wainscot)
• Mythinma unipuncta (armyworm moth)
• Nadata gibbosa (white-dotted prominent)
• Nephelodes minians (bronzed cutworm)
• Ochropleura implecta (flame-shouldered dart)
• Ogdoconta cinereola (common pinkband)
• Oligia modica (black-banded brocade)
• Orthodes cynica (cynical quaker)
• Orthodes majuscula (rustic quaker)
• Papaipema arctivorens (northern burdock borer)
• Papaipema inquaesita (sensitive fern borer moth)
• Papaipema maritima (maritime sunflower borer moth)
• Papaipema necopina (sunflower borer moth)
• Papaipema unimoda (meadow-rue borer moth)
• Peridea angulosa (angulose prominent)
• Peridroma saucia (variegated cutworm)
• Phosphila miselioides (spotted phosphila)
• Photedes includens (included cordgrass borer)
• Photedes inops (an owlet moth)
• Platypolia mactata (adorable brocade)
• Plusia contexta (connected looper)
• Ponometia candefacta (olive-shaded bird dropping moth)
• Protodeltote muscosula (large mossy lithacodia)
• ​Protolampra brunneicollis (brown-collared dart)
• Pseudeustrotia carneola (pink-barred pseudeustrotia)
• Pyrrhia cilisca (bordered sallow)
• Rachiplusia ou (gray looper moth)
• Schinia arcigera (arcigera flower moth)
• Schinia gaurae (clouded crimson or guara moth)
• Schinia lucens (leadplant flower moth)
• Schinia trifascia (three-lined flower moth)
• Spaelotis clandestina (clandestine dart)
• Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm moth)
• Striacosta albicosta (western bean cutworm moth)
• Sunira bicolorago (bicolored sallow)
• Tricholita notata (marked noctuid)
• Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper moth)
• Xestia dolosa (greater black-letter dart)

PLUME MOTHS

• Geina tenuidactylus (Himmelman's plume moth)
• Platyptilia carduidactylus (artichoke plume moth)

PYRALID MOTHS

• Hypsopygia costalis (clover hayworm moth)

SILKWORM, SILK, AND SPHINX MOTHS

• Actias luna (luna moth)
• Amorpha juglandis (walnut sphinx)
• Antheraea polyphemus (polyphemus moth)
• Callosamia promethea (promethea moth)
• Ceratomia hageni (Hagen's sphinx moth)
• Ceratomia unduolsa (waved sphinx moth)
• Darapsa choerilus (azelea sphinx)
• Darapsa myron (Virginia creeper sphinx moth)
• Erinnyis obscura (obscure sphinx moth)
• Hemaris diffinis (snowberry clearwing moth)
• Hemaris sp. (a clearwing moth)
• Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx moth)
• Manduca sexta (Carolina sphinx moth)
• Paonias myops (small–eyed sphinx Moth)
• Smerinthus jamaicensis (twin-spotted sphinx moth)

TUBEWORM MOTHS

• Acrolophus arcanella (grass tubeworm moth)

TORTRICID MOTHS

• Archips argyrospila (fruit-tree leafroller moth)
• Archips purpurana (omnivorous leafroller moth)
• Archips semiferanus (oak leafroller moth)
• Argyrotaenia quercifoliana (yellow-winged oak leafroller)
• Choristoneura rosaceana (oblique-banded leafroller)
• Cydia latiferreana (filbertworm moth)
• Eucosma bilineana (a tortricid moth)
• Gymnandrosoma punctidiscanum (dotted ecdytolopha moth)​
• Hystrichophora taleana (indigobush twig borer moth)
• Olethreutes olivaceana (olivaceous olethreutes moth)
• Pelochrista dorsisignatana (triangle-backed pelochrista)
• Sparganothis sulfureana (sparganothis fruitworm moth)
• Xenotemna pallorana (a tortricid moth)

Flies

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
BEE FLIES

• Bombyliidae sp (a bee fly)

BLACK FLIES

• Simalimum sp. (a black fly)

BOTTLE FLIES

• Calliphora vicina (blue bottle fly)
• Lucilia sericata (common green bottle fly)

CRANE FLIES

• Bittacomorpha clavipes (phantom crane fly)
• Pedicia sp. (a hairy–eyed crane fly)
• Tipula sp. (a crane fly)
• Tipulidae sp. (a crane fly)​​

DEER AND HORSE FLIES

• Chrysops sp. (a deer fly)
• Tabanus atratus (giant black horsefly)

FLOWER FLIES

• Eristalis stipator? (a hover fly/flower fly)​​

LONG-LEGGED FLIES

• Dolichopodidae sp. (a long-legged fly)
• Dolichopodidae sp. (a long-legged fly)

MIDGES

• Cricoptopus. Orthc sp. (a midge)
• Eukiefferiella sp. (a midge)
• Polypedilum sp. (a midge)
• Stictochironomus sp. (a midge)
• Tanytarsus sp. (a midge)
• a meniscus midge

MOSQUITOS

• Aedes crucians
• Aedes japonicus (Asian bush mosquito) NON-NATIVE
• Aedes punctipennis
• Aedes quadrimaculatus
• Aedes triseriatus
• Aedes trivittatus
• Aedes sp. (a mosquito)
• Aedes vexans (inland floodwater mosquito)
• Coquilettidia perturbans
• Culex declarator
• Culex erraticus
• Culex pipiens (common house mosquito)
• Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)
• Culex restuans
• Culex salinarius (unbanded saltmarsh mosquito)
• Culex tarsalis
• Culiseta inornata
• Psorophora ciliata (gallinipper mosquito)
• Toxorhynchites sp. (a mosquito eater)
• Uranotaenia sapphirina

MYDAS FLIES

• Mydas tibialis (golden-legged mydas fly)

PICTURE-WINGED FLIES

• Ulidiidae (Otitidae) sp. (a picture-winged fly)

 ROBBER FLIES

• Asilidae sp. (a robber fly)

 SNIPE FLIES

• Chrysopilus thoracicus (golden-backed snipe fly)

Ants

Genus species (​COMMON NAME)

• Aphaenogaster picea (​a myrmicine ant)
• Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (​a myrmicine ant)
• Aphaenogaster treatae (​a myrmicine ant))
• Camponotus nearcticus (a carpenter ant)
• Camponotus noveboracensis (a carpenter ant)
• Camponotus pennsylvanicus (a carpenter ant)
• Camponotus subbarbatus (a carpenter ant)
• Crematogaster cerasi (a valentine ant)
• Dolichoderus marinae (an aphid milking ant)
• Dolichoderus taschenbergi (an aphid milking ant)
• Forelius foetidus (a sweet smelling ant)
• Formica glacialis (a mound ant)
• Formica incerta (a mound ant)
• Formica montanaa (a mound ant)
• Formica neogagates (a mound ant)
• Formica nitidiventris (a mound ant)
• Formica pergandei (a slave making ant)
• Formica rubicunda (a slave making ant)
• Formica schaufussi (a mound ant)
• Lasius alienus (a soil ant)
• Lasius neoniger (cornfield ant)
• Myrmecina americana (a soil ant)
• Myrmica americana (an aphid milking ant)
• Myrmica brevinodis? (ant)
• Myrmica emeryana (ant)
• Myrmica incompleta (ant)
• Paratrechina parvula (ant)
• Ponera pennsylvanica (ant)
• Prenolepis impairs (winter ant)
• Tapinoma sessile (odorus house ant)
• Tapinoma sp. (ant)

Bees & Wasps

Genus species (COMMON NAME)
Bees
MINING BEES

• Andrena accepta (an andrenid bee)
• Andrena aliciae (an andrenid bee)
• Andrena alleghaniensis (Alleghany Andrena)
• Andrena arabis (an andrenid bee)
• Andrena asteris (aster miner bee)
• Andrena bisalicis (an andrenid bee)
• Andrena carlini (Carlin's miner bee)
• Andrena chromotricha (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena commoda (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena cragini (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena crataegi (hawthorn andrena bee)
• Andrena cressonii (Cresson's andrena bee)
• Andrena distans (cranesbill miner bee​)
• Andrena erythronii (trout-lily andrena bee)
• Andrena forbesii (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena fragilis (fragile dogwood andrena bee)
• Andrena helianthi (sunflower andrena bee)
• Andrena helianthiformis (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena hippotes (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena illinoiensis (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena imitatrix (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena miserablis (miserable andrena)
• Andrena nasonii (Nason's andrena bee)
• Andrena nigrae (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena perplexa (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena personata (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena platyparia (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena robertsonii (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena rudbeckiae (coneflower miner)
• Andrena rugosa (rugose andrena)
• Andrena runcinatae (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena sayi (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena simplex (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena spiraeana (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena tridens (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena vicina (neighborly miner)
• Andrena wilkella (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena wilmattae (an andrenid bee​)
• Andrena ziziae (golden-Alexanders andrena bee)
• Calliopsis nebraskensis (Nebraska calliopsis bee)
• Perdita bequaerti (Bequaert's perdita)
• Protandrena bancrofti (an andrenid bee​)
• Pseudopanurgus albitarsis (an andrenid bee​)
• Pseudopanurgus aestivalis (an andrenid bee​)
• Pseudopanurgus andrenoides (an andrenid bee​)
• Pseudopanurgus compositarum (an andrenid bee​)

BUMBLE, CARPENTER, DIGGER, CUCKOO & HONEY BEES

• Apis mellifera (European honey bee) NON-NATIVE
• Bombus auricomus (black–and–gold bumble bee)
• Bombus affinis (rusty patched bumble bee) **
• Bombus bimaculatus (two-spotted bumble bee)
• Bombus citrinus (lemon cuckoo bumble bee​)
• Bombus fervidus (yellow bumble bee)
• Bombus griseocollis (brown–belted bumble bee)
• Bombus impatiens (common eastern bumble bee)
• Bombus pennsylvanicus​ (American bumble bee)
• Bombus rufocinctus (red–belted bumble bee)
• Bombus vagans (half-black bumble bee)
• Ceratina calcarata (spurred ceratina carpenter bee)
• Ceratina dupla (doubled ceratina carpenter bee)
• Ceratina mikmaqi (mikmaq ceratina carpenter bee)
• Ceratina strenua (nimble ceratina carpenter bee)
• Epeolus interruptus (interrupted cellophane-cuckoo bee)
• Epeolus scutellaris (notch-backed cellophane-cuckoo)
• Eucera hamata (digger bee)
• Melissodes agilis (long horned bee)
• Melissodes bimaculatus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes comptoides (long horned bee)
• Melissodes coreopsis (long horned bee)
• Melissodes dentiventris (long horned bee)
• Melissodes denticulatus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes desponsus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes druriellus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes niveus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes subillatus (long horned bee)
• Melissodes trinodis (long horned bee)
• Melissodes wheeleri (long horned bee)
• Nomada articulata (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada australis (sleeping nomada bee)
• Nomada bethunei (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada cressonii (Cresson's nomad  bee)
• Nomada denticulata (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada erigeronis (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada imbricata (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada lepida (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada luteoloides (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada obliterata (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada ovata (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada placida (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada pygmaea (pygmy nomad bee)
• Nomada superba (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada vegana (cuckoo bee)
• Nomada vincta (cuckoo bee)
• Peponapis pruinosa (Eastern cucurbit bee)
• Svastra obliqua (sunflower bee)
• Triepeolus distinctus (distinct dieunomia-cuckoo)
• Triepeolus helianthi (cuckoo bee)
• Triepeolus pectoralis (cuckoo bee)
• Triepeolus rhododontus (cuckoo bee)
• Xenoglossa strenua (squash bee)

PLASTERER, MASKED, & FORK-TONGUED BEES

• Colletes americanus (plasterer bee)
• Colletes inaequalis (plasterer bee)
• Colletes simulans (spine-shouldered cellophane bee)
• Colletes susannae (Susanna's cellophane bee)
• Colletes willistoni (plasterer bee)
• Hylaeus affinis (yellow-faced bee)
• Hylaeus mesillae (yellow-faced bee)
• Hylaeus modestus (yellow-faced bee)
• Hylaeus sp. A [sensu Arduser] (yellow-faced bee)

SWEAT, FURROW, NOMIINE, & SHORTFACE BEES

• Agapostemon sericeus (metallic green sweat bees)
• Agapostemon spledens (metallic green sweat bees)
• Agapostemon texanus (metallic green sweat bees)
• Agapostemon virescens (metallic green sweat bees)
• Augochlora pura (pure green-sweat bee)
• Augochlorella aurata (golden green-sweat bee)
• Augochlorella persimilis (a sweat bee)
• Augochloropsis metallica (metallic blue-green sweat bees​)
• Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (metallic green sweat bee​)
• Dieunomia herteropoda (sunflower nomia sweat bee)
• Dufourea marginata (sunflower shortface bee)
• Dufourea monardae (bee balm shortface bee)
• Halictus confusus (confused sweat bee)
• Halictus ligatus (ligated furrow bee)
• Halictus parallelus (parallel furrow bee)
• Halictus rubicundus (orange-legged furrow bee)
• Lasioglossum admirandum (a small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum albipenne (a small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum anomalum (anomalous metallic-sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum birkmanni (Birkmann's sweat bee​)
• Lasioglossum bruneri (Bruner's dialictus​)
• Lasioglossum carlinvillense (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum cattelae (a small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum coriaceum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum cressonii (Cresson's dialictus)
• Lasioglossum ellisiae (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum fedorense (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum floridanum (Florida dialictus)
• Lasioglossum foxii (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum fuscipenne (dark-winged sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum hitchensi (Hitchens's sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum illinoense (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum imitatum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum izawsum (​a cuckoo sweat bee​)
• Lasioglossum laevissimum (a small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum leucocomum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum lineatulum (lineated metallic-sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum macoupinense (macoupin sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum obscurum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum oceanicum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum paradmirandum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum pectorale (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum perpunctatum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum pilosum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum pruinosum (pruinose metallic-sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum rozeni (small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum subviridatum (small sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum tegulare (epaulette metallic-sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum versatum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum vierecki (Viereck's dialictus sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum viridatum (a sweat bee)
• Lasioglossum zephyrum (zephyr dialictus)
• Lasioglossum zonulum (a sweat bee)​
• Sphecodes atlantis (​a cuckoo sweat bee​)
• Sphecodes davisii (Davis' blood bee)
• Sphecodes dichrous (​a cuckoo sweat bee​)
• Sphecodes pimpinellae (​a cuckoo sweat bee​)
• Sphecodes mandibularis (​a cuckoo sweat bee​)

LEAFCUTTER, MASON, & RESIN BEES

• Anthidium oblongatum (oblong woolcarder) ​NON-NATIVE
• Coelioxys alternatus (cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee)
• Coelioxys hunteri (Hunter's cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee)
• Coelioxys modestus (modest cuckoo-leaf-cutter)
• Coelioxys moestus (cuckoo bee)
• Coelioxys octodentatus (eight-toothed cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee)
• Coelioxys porterae (Porter's cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee)
• Coelioxys sayi (​Say's cuckoo-leaf-cutter bee)
• Heriades carinatus (a small resin bee)
• Heriades leavitti (a small resin bee)
• Hoplitis pilosifrons (a mason bee)
• Hoplitis producta (a mason bee)
• Hoplitis spoliata (a mason bee)
• Megachile addenda (a leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile brevis (common little leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile frugalis (a leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile gemula (small-handed leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile inimica (hostile leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile latimanus (broad-handed leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile mendica (flat-tailed leaf-cutter bee​)
• Megachile montivaga (silver-tailed petal-cutter bee)
• Megachile pugnata (pugnacius leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile relativa (golden-tailed leaf-cutter bee)
• Megachile sculpturalis (sculptured resin bee) NON-NATIVE
• Melanosmia atriventris​ (a leaf-cutter bee)
• Osmia albiventris (white-bellied mason bee)
• Osmia atriventris (blueberry mason bee)
• Osmia bucephala (bufflehead mason bee)
• Osmia georgica (Georgia mason bee)
• Osmia pumila (a mason bee)

Wasps

• Ammophila procera (common thread waisted wasp)
• Bembix sp. (sand wasp)
• Polistes fuscatus (Northern paper wasp)
• Sphex pensylvanicus (great black wasp)
• Sphecius speciosus (cicada killer wasp)​
• ​Vespidae/Eumeninae? (potter wasp)

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UPDATED 4/2020