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Common Insects and Spiders of Wassumkeag Island (Sears Island)

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Milkweed Leaf Beetle 1
Labidomera clivicollis
Spring Azure 2
Celastrina ladon
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
Papilio glaucus
American Emerald 4
Cordulia shurtleffii
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 5
Malacosoma americanum
Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids 6
Eriosomatinae
Jumping Spiders 7
Salticidae
Crab Spiders 8
Thomisidae
Ichneumonid Wasps 9
Ichneumonidae
Northern Crescent 10
Phyciodes cocyta
Spotted Orbweavers 11
Neoscona
Yellow Garden Spider
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider 12
Argiope trifasciata
Cross Orbweaver 13
Araneus diadematus
Orchard Orbweaver 4
Leucauge venusta
Grass Spiders 14
Agelenopsis
American Nursery Web Spider 15
Pisaurina mira
Goldenrod Crab Spider 16
Misumena vatia
Ticks 17
Ixodida
Luna Moth 18
Actias luna
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail 19
Papilio canadensis
White Admiral 20
Limenitis camilla
Red Admiral 21
Vanessa atalanta
Mourning Cloak 22
Nymphalis antiopa
Common Ringlet 23
Ypthima doleta
Atlantis Fritillary 4
Speyeria atlantis
Great Spangled Fritillary 4
Speyeria cybele
Monarch 24
Danaus plexippus
Eastern Tailed-Blue 25
Cupido comyntas
Summer Azure 26
Celastrina neglecta
Cabbage White 27
Pieris rapae
Long Dash Skipper 28
Polites mystic
Peck's Skipper 29
Polites peckius
Essex Skipper 30
Thymelicus lineola

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