Wildlife Diary: Invertebrates

Dragonflies

(?)

Butterflies and Moths

Red Admiral Butterfly
Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral Butterfly
Vanessa atalanta

Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar
Danaus plexippus

Unidentified Fritillary Butterfly
Perhaps Boloria selene

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Either Papilio canadensis or Papilio glaucus

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americanum

Dingy Cutworm Moth
Feltia jaculifera

Blinded Sphinx Moth
Paonias excaecatus

Spongy Moth
Lymantria dispar

Unidentified Plume Moth

Beetles

Red Milkweed Beetle
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

Stag Beetle
Lucanus placidus

Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle
Anatis labiculata

Spotted Lady Beetle
Coleomegilla maculata

Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola

Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Eyed Click Beetle
Alaus oculatus

Net-winged Beetle
Calopteron reticulatum (?)

Bees and Flies

Orange-belted Bumblebee
Bombus ternarius

Honeybee
Apis mellifera

Honeybee
Apis mellifera

A honeybee (left) and an unidentified hoverfly (right)

European wool carder bee (?)
Anthidium manicatum

Sweat Bee (?)
Halictus (?)

Bumblebee

?

Spiders

Unidentified American Grass Spider
Agelenopsis

Goldenrod Crab Spider
Misumena vatia

Crustaceans

Virile Crayfish (?)
Faxonius virilis