Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

One of three guides to Spark (the others cover Spark vertebrates, and Spark plants & fungi)

Discover the diverse and beautiful species that make their home in Spark. Please note that this is private property, and permission is needed to explore here.

Species in the guide are ...more ↓

All 393

Columbian Emerald ¹
Nemoria darwiniata

Synchlora ²

Knot-horn Moths ³
Phycitinae

Phycitini ⁴

Pyraustinae ⁵

Pearl Moths ⁶
Spilomelinae

Scythris ⁷

Bucculatrix ⁸

Marmara ⁹

Chrysidini ¹⁰

Hedychrum ¹¹

Tiphiinae

Thread-waisted Sand Wasps ¹²
Ammophila

Cutworm Wasps ¹³
Podalonia

Great Golden Digger Wasp ¹⁴
Sphex ichneumoneus

Eucerceris provancheri

Beewolves ¹⁵
Philanthus

Sand Wasps ¹⁶
Bembicini

Stictiellina ¹⁷

Steniolia ¹⁷

Astata ¹⁸

Masked Bees ¹⁹
Hylaeus

Digger Bees ²⁰
Anthophorini

Urbane Digger Bee ²¹
Anthophora urbana

California Cuckoo Bee ²²
Xeromelecta californica

Crotch's Bumble Bee ²³
Bombus crotchii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee ¹⁶
Bombus melanopygus

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee
Bombus vandykei

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee ²⁴
Bombus vosnesenskii

Pterocheilus ²⁵

California Bumble Bee ²⁶
Bombus californicus

Western Honey Bee ²⁷
Apis mellifera

Zadontomerus ²⁸

Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex ³

Nomad Bees ²⁹
Nomada

Halictinae ³⁰

Peridot Bee
Augochlorella pomoniella

Striped Sweat Bees ³¹
Agapostemon

Agapostemon ³²

Blood Bees ³³
Sphecodes

Seladonia ³⁴

Tripartite Sweat Bee ³⁵
Halictus tripartitus

Wide-striped Sweat Bee
Halictus farinosus

Metallic Sweat Bees ³⁶
Dialictus

Osmiini ³⁷

Ashmeadiella ³⁸

Mason Bees ³⁹
Osmia

Melanosmia ⁴⁰

Prong-faced Slender-Mason ⁴¹
Protosmia rubifloris

Stelis

Anthidium

Dianthidium ⁷

Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bees ⁴²
Coelioxys

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees ⁴³
Megachile

Nearctic resin bees ⁴⁴
Chelostomoides

Sayapis ⁴⁵

Silver-tailed Petalcutter Bee ⁴⁶
Megachile montivaga

Panurginus ⁴⁷

Andrena ⁴⁸

Melandrena ⁴⁹

Spider Wasps ⁵⁰
Pompilidae

Formicine Ants ⁵¹
Formicinae

Velvety Tree Ant ⁵²
Liometopum occidentale

Carpenter and Sugar Ants ⁵³
Camponotus

Myrmentoma ⁵⁴

Bicolored Carpenter Ant ⁵⁵
Camponotus vicinus

Legionary Ants ⁵⁶
Neivamyrmex

Cocktail Ants ⁵⁷
Crematogaster

Red-haired Velvet Ant ³
Dasymutilla aureola

Ancistrocerus ²⁸

Eumenes ⁵⁸

Leptochilus ⁵⁹

Pterocheilus ²⁵

Stenodynerus

Euodynerus foraminatus-complex ⁶⁰

Pseudomasaris

Golden Paper Wasp ⁶¹
Polistes aurifer

Ground Yellowjackets ⁶²
Vespula

Prairie Yellowjacket ⁶³
Vespula atropilosa

Western Yellowjacket ⁶⁴
Vespula pensylvanica

Pepsis ⁶⁵

Ophion ⁶⁶

Diplazon ⁶⁷

Microgastrinae ⁶⁸

Chalcidoid Wasps ⁶⁹
Chalcidoidea

Seed Chalcidoid Wasps ⁴⁷
Eurytomidae

Gall Wasps ⁷⁰
Cynipidae

Andricus ⁷¹

Golden Oak Apple Gall Wasp ⁷²
Andricus vacciniifoliae

Heteroecus ⁷³

Tapered Stem Gall Wasp ⁷⁴
Protobalandricus spectabilis

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp ⁷⁴
Amphibolips quercuspomiformis

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp ⁷⁵
Callirhytis perdens

Eurytoma

Common Sawflies
Tenthredinidae

Arroyo Willow Stem Sawfly ⁷⁶
Euura lasiolepis

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly ⁷⁴
Pontania californica

Blennocampini ⁷⁷

Tenthredo ⁷⁸

Hypherpes ⁷⁹

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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

Columbian Emerald 1 Nemoria darwiniata

Knot-horn Moths 3 Phycitinae

Pearl Moths 6 Spilomelinae

Thread-waisted Sand Wasps 12 Ammophila

Cutworm Wasps 13 Podalonia

Great Golden Digger Wasp 14 Sphex ichneumoneus

Beewolves 15 Philanthus

Sand Wasps 16 Bembicini

Masked Bees 19 Hylaeus

Digger Bees 20 Anthophorini

Urbane Digger Bee 21 Anthophora urbana

California Cuckoo Bee 22 Xeromelecta californica

Crotch's Bumble Bee 23 Bombus crotchii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee 16 Bombus melanopygus

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee Bombus vandykei

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 24 Bombus vosnesenskii

California Bumble Bee 26 Bombus californicus

Western Honey Bee 27 Apis mellifera

Nomad Bees 29 Nomada

Peridot Bee Augochlorella pomoniella

Striped Sweat Bees 31 Agapostemon

Blood Bees 33 Sphecodes

Tripartite Sweat Bee 35 Halictus tripartitus

Wide-striped Sweat Bee Halictus farinosus

Metallic Sweat Bees 36 Dialictus

Mason Bees 39 Osmia

Prong-faced Slender-Mason 41 Protosmia rubifloris

Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bees 42 Coelioxys

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 43 Megachile

Nearctic resin bees 44 Chelostomoides

Silver-tailed Petalcutter Bee 46 Megachile montivaga

Spider Wasps 50 Pompilidae

Formicine Ants 51 Formicinae

Velvety Tree Ant 52 Liometopum occidentale

Carpenter and Sugar Ants 53 Camponotus

Bicolored Carpenter Ant 55 Camponotus vicinus

Legionary Ants 56 Neivamyrmex

Cocktail Ants 57 Crematogaster

Red-haired Velvet Ant 3 Dasymutilla aureola

Golden Paper Wasp 61 Polistes aurifer

Ground Yellowjackets 62 Vespula

Prairie Yellowjacket 63 Vespula atropilosa

Western Yellowjacket 64 Vespula pensylvanica

Chalcidoid Wasps 69 Chalcidoidea

Seed Chalcidoid Wasps 47 Eurytomidae

Gall Wasps 70 Cynipidae

Golden Oak Apple Gall Wasp 72 Andricus vacciniifoliae

Tapered Stem Gall Wasp 74 Protobalandricus spectabilis

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp 74 Amphibolips quercuspomiformis

Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp 75 Callirhytis perdens

Common Sawflies Tenthredinidae

Arroyo Willow Stem Sawfly 76 Euura lasiolepis

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly 74 Pontania californica