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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 ↓

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Zadontomerus 2
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex 3
Nomad Bees 4
Nomada
Halictinae 5
Peridot Bee
Augochlorella pomoniella
Striped Sweat Bees 6
Agapostemon
Agapostemon 7
Blood Bees 8
Sphecodes
Seladonia 9
Tripartite Sweat Bee 10
Halictus tripartitus
Wide-striped Sweat Bee
Halictus farinosus
Metallic Sweat Bees 11
Dialictus
Osmiini 12
Ashmeadiella 13
Mason Bees 14
Osmia
Melanosmia 15
Prong-faced Slender-Mason 16
Protosmia rubifloris
Stelis
Anthidium
Dianthidium 17
Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bees 18
Coelioxys
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 19
Megachile
Nearctic resin bees 20
Chelostomoides
Sayapis 21
Silver-tailed Petalcutter Bee 22
Megachile montivaga
Panurginus 23
Andrena 24
Melandrena 25
Spider Wasps 26
Pompilidae
Formicine Ants 27
Formicinae
Velvety Tree Ant 28
Liometopum occidentale
Carpenter and Sugar Ants 29
Camponotus
Myrmentoma 30
Bicolored Carpenter Ant 31
Camponotus vicinus
Legionary Ants 32
Neivamyrmex
Cocktail Ants 33
Crematogaster
Red-haired Velvet Ant 3
Dasymutilla aureola
Ancistrocerus 2
Eumenes 34
Leptochilus 35
Pterocheilus 36
Stenodynerus
Euodynerus foraminatus-complex 37
Pseudomasaris
Golden Paper Wasp 38
Polistes aurifer
Ground Yellowjackets 39
Vespula
Prairie Yellowjacket 40
Vespula atropilosa
Western Yellowjacket 41
Vespula pensylvanica
Pepsis 42
Ophion 43
Diplazon 44
Microgastrinae 45
Chalcidoid Wasps 46
Chalcidoidea
Seed Chalcidoid Wasps 23
Eurytomidae
Gall Wasps 47
Cynipidae
Andricus 48
Golden Oak Apple Gall Wasp 49
Andricus vacciniifoliae
Heteroecus 50
Tapered Stem Gall Wasp 51
Protobalandricus spectabilis
Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp 51
Amphibolips quercuspomiformis
Ruptured Twig Gall Wasp 52
Callirhytis perdens
Eurytoma
Common Sawflies
Tenthredinidae
Arroyo Willow Stem Sawfly 53
Euura lasiolepis
Willow Apple Gall Sawfly 51
Pontania californica
Blennocampini 54
Tenthredo 55
Hypherpes 56
Predaceous Diving Beetles 57
Dytiscidae
Skin Beetles 58
Dermestidae
Deathwatch, Spider, and Wood-borer Beetles 59
Ptinidae
Carpet Beetles 60
Anthrenus
Trogoderma 61
Orphilus subnitidus
Babiina 62
Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Saxinis saucia
Flea Beetles 63
Alticini
Metallic Flea Beetles 61
Altica
Systena 54
Eggplant Tortoise Beetle 64
Gratiana pallidula
Painted Ladybird 23
Mulsantina picta
Convergent Lady Beetle 65
Hippodamia convergens
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 33
Coccinella septempunctata
Two-spotted Lady Beetle 66
Adalia bipunctata
Western Spotless Lady Beetle 23
Cycloneda polita
Western Fairy Lady Beetle 67
Psyllobora borealis
Darkling Beetles
Tenebrionidae
Ironclad beetles 68
Zopheridae
Woolly Darkling Beetle 69
Eleodes osculans
Nemognatha 70
Lytta 71
Mordella 72
Soft-winged Flower Beetles 43
Melyridae
Asydates grandiceps 73
Malachiini 74
Tanaops 75
True Weevils 76
Curculionidae
Broad-nosed Weevils 77
Entiminae
Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil 78
Rhinocyllus conicus

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