Itasca State Park Biodiversity

A guide to the Biota of Itasca State Park, Minnesota

compiled by Janet Rith-Najarian

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Dark Fishing Spider ¹
Dolomedes tenebrosus

Eastern Black-legged Tick ²
Ixodes scapularis

Black Cherry Leaf Gall Mite ³
Eriophyes cerasicrumena

Elm Sphinx ⁴
Ceratomia amyntor

One-eyed Sphinx ⁵
Smerinthus cerisyi

Cecropia Moth ⁶
Hyalophora cecropia

Polyphemus Moth ⁷
Antheraea polyphemus

Io Moth ⁸
Automeris io

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio canadensis

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio glaucus

Hobomok Skipper ¹¹
Poanes hobomok

Dun Skipper ¹²
Euphyes vestris

Chequered Skipper ¹³
Carterocephalus palaemon

Juvenal's Duskywing ¹⁴
Erynnis juvenalis

Red-spotted Admiral ¹²
Limenitis arthemis

American White Admiral ¹⁵
Limenitis arthemis arthemis

Western White Admiral ¹⁶
Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata

Northern Crescent ¹⁵
Phyciodes cocyta

Silvery Checkerspot ¹⁷
Chlosyne nycteis

Painted Lady ¹⁸
Vanessa cardui

Mourning Cloak ¹⁹
Nymphalis antiopa

Compton Tortoiseshell ²⁰
Nymphalis l-album

Northern Pearly-eye ²¹
Lethe anthedon

Atlantis Fritillary ²²
Speyeria atlantis

Monarch ²³
Danaus plexippus

Acadian Hairstreak
Satyrium acadica

Acadian Hairstreak ssp. acadica
Satyrium acadica acadica

Striped Hairstreak ²⁴
Satyrium liparops

Silvery Blue ²⁵
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Lucia Azure ²⁶
Celastrina lucia

Orange Sulphur ²⁷
Colias eurytheme

Isabella Tiger Moth ²⁸
Pyrrharctia isabella

Garden Tiger ²⁹
Arctia caja

Virginia Ctenucha Moth ³⁰
Ctenucha virginica

Cattail Borer Moth ³¹
Bellura obliqua

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth ³²
Malacosoma americana

Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth ³³
Malacosoma disstria

Orange-tipped Wood-digger Bee ³⁴
Anthophora terminalis

Northern Amber Bumble Bee ³⁵
Bombus borealis

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ³⁶
Bombus griseocollis

Tricolored Bumble Bee ³⁷
Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee ³⁸
Bombus vagans

Western Honey Bee ³⁹
Apis mellifera

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant ⁴⁰
Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Fifteen-spotted Lady Beetle ⁴¹
Anatis labiculata

Asian Lady Beetle ⁴²
Harmonia axyridis

Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle ⁴³
Chilocorus stigma

Winter Firefly ¹
Ellychnia corrusca

End Band Net-winged Beetle ¹
Calopteron terminale

American Carrion Beetle ⁴⁴
Necrophila americana

Widow Skimmer ⁴⁵
Libellula luctuosa

Four-spotted Chaser ²⁶
Libellula quadrimaculata

Calico Pennant ⁴⁶
Celithemis elisa

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁴⁷
Sympetrum corruptum

White-faced Meadowhawk ⁴⁸
Sympetrum obtrusum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁴⁹
Sympetrum semicinctum

Chalk-fronted Corporal ¹²
Ladona julia

Blue Dasher ¹²
Pachydiplax longipennis

Common Whitetail ⁵⁰
Plathemis lydia

Horned Clubtail
Arigomphus cornutus

Lilypad Clubtail ¹²
Arigomphus furcifer

Common Green Darner ⁵¹
Anax junius

American Emerald ⁵²
Cordulia shurtleffii

Tule Bluet ⁵³
Enallagma carunculatum

Eastern Forktail ⁵³
Ischnura verticalis

River Jewelwing ³¹
Calopteryx aequabilis

Spotted Spreadwing ⁴⁹
Lestes congener

Eastern Calligrapher ⁵⁴
Toxomerus geminatus

Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly ⁵³
Eristalis stipator

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