Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

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Elm Sphinx ¹
Ceratomia amyntor

One-eyed Sphinx ²
Smerinthus cerisyi

Cecropia Moth ³
Hyalophora cecropia

Polyphemus Moth ⁴
Antheraea polyphemus

Io Moth ⁵
Automeris io

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ⁶
Papilio canadensis

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ⁷
Papilio glaucus

Hobomok Skipper ⁸
Poanes hobomok

Dun Skipper ⁹
Euphyes vestris

Chequered Skipper ¹⁰
Carterocephalus palaemon

Juvenal's Duskywing ¹¹
Erynnis juvenalis

Red-spotted Admiral ⁹
Limenitis arthemis

American White Admiral ¹²
Limenitis arthemis arthemis

Western White Admiral ¹³
Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata

Northern Crescent ¹²
Phyciodes cocyta

Silvery Checkerspot ¹⁴
Chlosyne nycteis

Painted Lady ¹⁵
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ¹⁶
Nymphalis antiopa

Compton Tortoiseshell ¹⁷
Nymphalis l-album

Northern Pearly-eye ¹⁸
Lethe anthedon

Atlantis Fritillary ¹⁹
Speyeria atlantis

Monarch ²⁰
Danaus plexippus

Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica

Acadian Hairstreak ssp. acadica
Satyrium acadica acadica

Striped Hairstreak ²¹
Satyrium liparops

Silvery Blue ²²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Lucia Azure ²³
Celastrina lucia

Orange Sulphur ²⁴
Colias eurytheme

Isabella Tiger Moth ²⁵
Pyrrharctia isabella

Garden Tiger ²⁶
Arctia caja

Virginia Ctenucha Moth ²⁷
Ctenucha virginica

Cattail Borer Moth ²⁸
Bellura obliqua

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth ²⁹
Malacosoma americana

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth ³⁰
Malacosoma disstria

Orange-tipped Wood-digger Bee ³¹
Anthophora terminalis

Northern Amber Bumble Bee ³²
Bombus borealis

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ³³
Bombus griseocollis

Tricolored Bumble Bee ³⁴
Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee ³⁵
Bombus vagans

Western Honey Bee ³⁶
Apis mellifera

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant ³⁷
Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle ³⁸
Anatis labiculata

Asian Lady Beetle ³⁹
Harmonia axyridis

Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle ⁴⁰
Chilocorus stigma

Winter Firefly ⁴¹
Ellychnia corrusca

End Band Net-winged Beetle ⁴¹
Calopteron terminale

American Carrion Beetle ⁴²
Necrophila americana

Widow Skimmer ⁴³
Libellula luctuosa

Four-spotted Chaser ²³
Libellula quadrimaculata

Calico Pennant ⁴⁴
Celithemis elisa

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁴⁵
Sympetrum corruptum

White-faced Meadowhawk ⁴⁶
Sympetrum obtrusum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁴⁷
Sympetrum semicinctum

Chalk-fronted Corporal ⁹
Ladona julia

Blue Dasher ⁹
Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail ⁴⁸
Plathemis lydia

Horned Clubtail
Arigomphus cornutus

Lilypad Clubtail ⁹
Arigomphus furcifer

Common Green Darner ⁴⁹
Anax junius

American Emerald ⁵⁰
Cordulia shurtleffii

Tule Bluet ⁵¹
Enallagma carunculatum

Eastern Forktail ⁵¹
Ischnura verticalis

River Jewelwing ²⁸
Calopteryx aequabilis

Spotted Spreadwing ⁴⁷
Lestes congener

Eastern Calligrapher ⁵²
Toxomerus geminatus

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ⁵¹
Eristalis stipator

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