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**Federally Endangered Species
​  †State Threatened Species
††State Endangered Species
For more information about our insects, check bugguide.net.

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)
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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

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