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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

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

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

Dragonflies & Damselflies

COMMON NAME (Genus species)
​Dragonflies
CLUBTAILS

• ​Midland Clubtail (Gomphus fraternus)
• Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus)
• Plains Clubtail (Gomphus externus)​

SKIMMERS

• Halloween Pennant (Celithemis ​eponina)
• Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
• Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis    simplicicollis)
• Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
• Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
• Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula   pulchella)
• Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta)
• Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata)
• Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina)
• Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
• Wandering Glider (Pantala flavescens)
• Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum​vicinum)
• Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum)
• Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
  
• White-faced Meadowhawk                   (Sympetrum obtrusum)
• Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)

DARNERS

• Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
• Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa)​
• Lance-tipped Darner (Aeshna constricta)
• Shadow Darner (Aeshnidae umbrosa)

EMERALDS

• Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
• Prince Baskettail (Epitheca princeps)

​​Damselflies
BROAD-WINGED

• Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

• American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana)

POND DAMSELS

• Eastern Red ( Amphiagrion saucium)
• Sedge sprite (Nehalennia irene)
  
• Springwater Dancer (Argia plana)
• Violet Dancer (Argia fumipennisviolacea)

AMERICAN BLUETS

• Azure Bluet (Enallagma aspersum)
• Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)
• River Bluet (Enallagma anna)
• Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum) 
• Stream Bluet (Enallagma exsulans)

FORKTAILS

• Citrine forktail (Ischnura hastata)
  
• Eastern Forktail (Ischnura veticalis)
• ​Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)

SPREADWINGS

• Elegant spreadwing (Lestes inaequalis)
  
• Emerald Spreadwing (Lestes dryas)
• Lyre-tipped Spreadwing (Lestes unguiculatus)
• Northern Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus)
• Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis)
• Spotted spreadwing (Lestes congener)
  

Grasshoppers

COMMON NAME (Genius species)

• Spotted Bird (Schistocerca lineata)
• Velvet-striped (Eritettix simplex)
• Admirable (Syrbula admirabilis)
• Clip-wing (Metaleptea brevicornis)
• Snakeweed (Hesperotettix veridis)
• Narrow-winged (Melanoplus angustipennis)
• Two-stripped (Melanoplus  bivittatus
• Differential (Melanoplus differentialis)
• Red-legged (Melanoplus femurrubrum)​
• Migratory (Melanoplus sanguinipes)
• Sulphur-winged (Arphia sulphurea)
• Carolina (Dissosteira carolina)
• Orange-winged (Pardalophora   phoenicoptera)
• Mottled Sand (Spharagemon collare)

True Bugs

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• An Acanalonid Planthopper (Acanalonia     bivittata)
• An Acanalonid Planthopper (Acanalonia        conica)
• A Spittlebug (Philaenacris bilineata)
• A Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
• A Leafhopper (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 Planthopper (Cixius sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Oliarus sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Clastoptera sp.)
• A Planthopper (Delphacodes campestris)
• A Planthopper (Delphacodes lutulenta)
• A Planthopper (Delphacodes sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Delphacodes sp. B)
• A Planthopper (Liburniella ornate)
• A Planthopper (Megamelus sp.)
• A Planthopper (Pissonotus sp.)
• A Planthopper (Prokelisia sp.)
• A Planthopper (Stenocranus sp.)
• A Planthopper (Stobaera sp.A)
• A Planthopper (Cedusa sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Otiocerus sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Phylloscelis pallescens)
• A Planthopper (Scolops angustatus)
• A Planthopper (Scolops sulcipes)
• A Planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa)
• A Planthopper (Ormenoides venusta)
• A Planthopper (Bruchomorpha oculata)
• ​A Planthopper (Acutalis tartarea)
• A Planthopper (Cyrtolobus sp. A)
• A Planthopper (Entylia carinata)
• A Planthopper (Stictocephala taurina)
• A Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp.)
• A Water Strider (Aquarius sp.)
• A Water Bug (Microvelia sp.)
• A Water Strider (Gerris)

Beetles

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• Opaque Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes        opacus)
  
• Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex)
  
• Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle                    (Labidomera clivicollis)
  
• A Long–toed Water Beetle (Helichus           basalis)
  
• A Predaceous Diving Beetle (Celina sp.)
  
• A Riffle Beetle (Optioservus fastiditus)
  
• A Handsome Fungus Beetle                    (Endomychidae sp.)
  
• A Water Scavenger Beetle (Berosus sp.)
  
• A Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrobius sp.)
• A Water Scavenger Beetle (Tropisternus lateralis)
  
• Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)

Hangingflies & Scorpionflies

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• A Hangingfly Water Beetle (Hylobittacus apicalis)
  
• A Scorpionfly (Panorpa sp) ​

Caddisflies

COMMON NAME (Genus species)

• A Saddlecase  (Glossosoma intermedia)
• A Snailcase (Heliocopsyche borealis)
• A Net–spinning (Cheumatopsyche               analis)
• A Net–spinning (Cheumatopsyche             campyla)
• A Net–spinning  (Cheumatopsyche oxa)
• A Net–spinning (Ceratopsyche morosagip)
• A Net–spinning (Hydropsyche betteni)
• A Net–spinning (Hydropsyche bidens)
• A Net–spinning (Hydropsyche bronta)
• A Net–spinning (Hydropsyche phalerata)
• A Net–spinning (Hydropsyche simulans)
• A Net–spinning (Macronema)
• A Net–spinning (Neophylax corannus)
• A Net–spinning (Potamyia flava)
• A Micro (Agraylea multipunctata)
• A Micro  (Hydroptila ajax)
• A Micro (Hydroptila armata)
• A Micro (Hydroptila consimilis)
• A Micro (Hydroptila grandiose)
• A Micro (Hydroptila waubesiana)
• A Micro (Hydroptila sp.)
• A Micro  (Orthotrichia aegerfasciella)
• A Micro (Oxyethira pallida)
• A Longhorn (Lepidostoma libum)
• A Longhorn (Ceraclea punctata)
• A Longhorn (Ceraclea tarsipunctata)
• A Longhorn (Ceraclea transversus)
• A Longhorn (Leptocerus americus)
• A Longhorn (Nectopsyche sp).
• A Longhorn (Nectopsyche diarina)
• A Longhorn (Oecetis cinerascens)
• A Longhorn (Oecetis ditissa)
• A Longhorn (Oecetis inconspicua)
• A Longhorn (Triaenodes tardus)
• ​A Longhorn (Anabolia consocia)
• A Longhorn (Frenesia missa)
• A Longhorn (Hydatophylax argus)
• A Longhorn (Platycentropus radiates)
• ​A Longhorn (Pycnopsyche sp).
• A Caddisfly (Onocosmoecus or ​Ironoquia)
• A Net–spinning (Chimarra obscura)
• A Large (Phryganea sayi)
• A Large (Ptilostomis ocellifera)
• A Stonecase Maker (Neophylax concinnus)

Butterflies & Moths

COMMON NAME (Genus species)
​Butterflies

• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
• Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
• Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
• Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
• Cabbage [White] (Pieris rapae)
• Common  Sulpher [Clouded] (Colias philodice  
• Alfalfa Butterfly [Orange Sulpher] (Colias eurytheme
• Dog Face Butterfly (Colias cesonia) 
• Little Yellow (Eurema lisa)
• Dainty Sulpher (Nathalis iole)
• Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus)
• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
• Little Copper [American copper] (Lycaena    phlaeas)
• Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus)
• Purplish Copper (Lycaena helloides)
• Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas)
• Spring Azure (Celastrina argiolus)
• Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
• Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta)
• Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Regal Fritillary † (Speyeria idalia)
• Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Silver–bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Meadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)
• Gorgone Checkerspot (Chlosyne gorgone)
• Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
• Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
• Baltimore (Euphydryas phaeton)
• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
• Comma [Hop Merchant] (Polygonia comma)
• Gray Comma (Polygonia progne)
• Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Milbert's Tortiseshell (Nymphalis milberti)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
• American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
• Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
• Red–spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis   astyanax)
• Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
• Hackberry Butterfly (Asterocampa celtis)
• Northern Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon)
• Eyed Brown (Satyrodes eurydice)
• Wood Nymph [Grayling] (Cercyonis pegal   alope)
• Large Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala   olympus)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Horace's Duskywing Skipper (Erynnis horatius)​
• Least Skipperling Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
• European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
• Northern Broken Dash Skipper   (Wallengrenia  egeremet​)
• Mulberry Wing Skipper (Poanes massasoit)
• Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok)
• Black Dash Skipper (Euphyes conspicua)
• Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)
• Sachem Skipper (Atalopedes campestris)
• Peck's Skipper (Polites coras)

Moths

• Banded Tussock Moth (Halysidota essellaris)
• Brown–hooded Owlet (Cucullia convexipennis)
• Eight–spotted Forester Moth  (Alypia octomaculata)
• Marked Noctuid (Tricholita notata)
  
• Milkweed Tussock Moth larva (Euchaetes    egle)​
• Large Maple (Prochoerodes)​
• Small–eyed Sphinx Moth (Paonias myops)​
• Spanworm Moth (transversata)
• Virginia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica)

Flies

​COMMON NAME (​Genus species)

• A Deer Fly (Chrysops sp.)
• A Midge (Cricoptopus. Orthc sp.)
• A Midge (Eukiefferiella sp.)
• A Midge (Polypedilum sp.)
• A Midge (Stictochironomus sp.)
• A Midge (Tanytarsus sp.)
• A Mosquito (Aedes sp.)
• A Mosquito Eater (Toxorhynchites sp.)
• A Black Fly (Simalimum sp.)
• A Hairy–eyed Crane Fly (Pedicia sp.)
• A Crane Fly (Tipula sp.)
• A Crane Fly (Tipulidae sp.)​​

Ants

​COMMON NAME (​Genus species)

• A mound ant (Formica schaufussi)
• A soil ant (Lasius alienus)
• Cornfield ant (Lasius neoniger)
• A soil ant (Myrmecina americana)
• An aphid milking ant (Myrmica americana)
• Ant (Myrmica brevinodis?)
• Ant (Myrmica emeryana)
• Ant (Myrmica incompleta)
• Ant (Paratrechina parvula)
• Ant (Ponera pennsylvanica)
• Winter ant (Prenolepis impairs)
• Odorus house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
• Ant (Tapinoma sp.)

Bees & Wasps

COMMON NAME (​Genus species)
Bees

• Black–and–gold bumble bee (Bombus    auricomus)
• Brown–belted bumble bee (Bombus       griseocollis)

• Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus          impatiens)

• Golden northern bumble bee (Bombus   fervidus)
• Red–belted bumble bee (Bombus   rufocinctus) 
• Rusty patched bumble bee ** (Bombus affinis)
• Two–spotted bumble bee (Bombus   bimaculatus)

Wasps

• Cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus)

UPDATED 04/2019

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