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.

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Predaceous Diving Beetles ¹
Dytiscidae

Skin Beetles ²
Dermestidae

Deathwatch, Spider, and Wood-borer Beetles ³
Ptinidae

Carpet Beetles ⁴
Anthrenus

Trogoderma ⁵

Orphilus subnitidus

Babiina ⁶

Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
Saxinis saucia

Flea Beetles ⁷
Alticini

Metallic Flea Beetles ⁵
Altica

Systena ⁸

Eggplant Tortoise Beetle ⁹
Gratiana pallidula

Painted Ladybird ¹⁰
Mulsantina picta

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹¹
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ¹²
Coccinella septempunctata

Two-spotted Lady Beetle ¹³
Adalia bipunctata

Western Spotless Lady Beetle ¹⁰
Cycloneda polita

Western Fairy Lady Beetle ¹⁴
Psyllobora borealis

Darkling Beetles
Tenebrionidae

Ironclad beetles ¹⁵
Zopheridae

Woolly Darkling Beetle ¹⁶
Eleodes osculans

Nemognatha ¹⁷

Lytta ¹⁸

Mordella ¹⁹

Soft-winged Flower Beetles ²⁰
Melyridae

Asydates grandiceps ²¹

Malachiini ²²

Tanaops ²³

True Weevils ²⁴
Curculionidae

Broad-nosed Weevils ²⁵
Entiminae

Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil ²⁶
Rhinocyllus conicus

Rhinusa tetra

Phymatodes hirtellus ²¹

Brothylus gemmulatus

Callimoxys fuscipennis ²⁷

Red Net-winged Beetle ²⁸
Dictyoptera simplicipes

Brown Leather Wing Beetle ²⁹
Pacificanthia consors

Cultellunguis hatchi ³⁰

Anthaxia ³¹

Melanthaxia

Acmaeodera connexa ³⁰

Acmaeodera curtilata ²¹

Acmaeodera hepburnii ³²

Acmaeodera prorsa ¹⁴

Rove Beetles ¹²
Staphylinidae

Xantholinini ³³

June Beetles ³⁴
Melolonthinae

Ten-lined June Beetle ³⁵
Polyphylla decemlineata

Western Brush Cricket
Hoplosphyrum boreale

Common Tree Crickets ³⁶
Oecanthus

Prairie Tree Cricket ³⁷
Oecanthus argentinus

Leaf Katydids ³⁸
Phaneropterinae

Shieldback Katydids ³⁹
Tettigoniinae

Angle-winged Katydids ⁴⁰
Microcentrum

California Orange-winged Grasshopper ⁶
Arphia ramona

Painted Meadow Grasshopper ⁴¹
Chimarocephala pacifica

Fontana Grasshopper ⁴²
Trimerotropis fontana

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ¹⁰
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Cochlorhinus ziczac ⁴³

Cuerna ⁴⁴

Occidental Sharpshooter ⁶
Cuerna occidentalis

Ceratagallia ⁴⁵

Whip Cicadas ⁴⁶
Okanagana

Flatormenis saucia ⁴⁷

Aphids ⁴⁸
Aphididae

Aphis ⁴⁹

Oleander Aphid ²⁶
Aphis nerii

Uroleucon

Manzanita Leafgall Aphid ⁵⁰
Tamalia coweni

Four-spurred Assassin Bug ⁵¹
Zelus tetracanthus

Rhynocoris ventralis ⁵²

California Bee Assassin ⁵³
Apiomerus californicus

Western Bloodsucking Conenose ⁵⁴
Triatoma protracta

Irbisia ⁵⁵

Western Tarnished Plant Bug
Lygus hesperus

Closterocoris amoenus ⁵⁶

Corythucha ²⁶

Gerrini ⁵⁷

Common Water Strider ⁵⁸
Aquarius remigis

Saldula ⁵⁹

Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, and Allies ⁶⁰
Pentatomoidea

Stilt Bugs ¹²
Berytidae

Mediterranean Seed Bug ⁶¹
Xanthochilus saturnius

Geocoris ⁶²

Orsillinae ⁶³

Small Milkweed Bug ⁶⁴
Lygaeus kalmii

Jalysus ⁶⁵

Red-shouldered Stink Bug ⁶⁶
Thyanta custator

Rough Stink Bugs ⁶⁷
Brochymena

Homaemus parvulus ¹⁴

Rhopalinae ⁶⁸

Harmostes ⁶⁹

Western Boxelder Bug ⁷⁰
Boisea rubrolineata

California Bordered Plant Bug ⁷¹
Largus californicus

Mezirinae ⁷²

Spot-winged Glider ⁷³
Pantala hymenaea

Red Rock Skimmer ¹⁸
Paltothemis lineatipes

Vivid Dancer ⁷⁴
Argia vivida

Common Snakeflies ⁷⁵
Agulla

Crane Flies ⁵³
Tipulomorpha

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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

Predaceous Diving Beetles 1 Dytiscidae

Skin Beetles 2 Dermestidae

Deathwatch, Spider, and Wood-borer Beetles 3 Ptinidae

Carpet Beetles 4 Anthrenus

Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle Saxinis saucia

Flea Beetles 7 Alticini

Metallic Flea Beetles 5 Altica

Eggplant Tortoise Beetle 9 Gratiana pallidula

Painted Ladybird 10 Mulsantina picta

Convergent Lady Beetle 11 Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 12 Coccinella septempunctata

Two-spotted Lady Beetle 13 Adalia bipunctata

Western Spotless Lady Beetle 10 Cycloneda polita

Western Fairy Lady Beetle 14 Psyllobora borealis

Darkling Beetles Tenebrionidae

Ironclad beetles 15 Zopheridae

Woolly Darkling Beetle 16 Eleodes osculans

Soft-winged Flower Beetles 20 Melyridae

True Weevils 24 Curculionidae

Broad-nosed Weevils 25 Entiminae

Nodding Thistle Receptacle Weevil 26 Rhinocyllus conicus

Red Net-winged Beetle 28 Dictyoptera simplicipes

Brown Leather Wing Beetle 29 Pacificanthia consors

Rove Beetles 12 Staphylinidae

June Beetles 34 Melolonthinae

Ten-lined June Beetle 35 Polyphylla decemlineata

Western Brush Cricket Hoplosphyrum boreale

Common Tree Crickets 36 Oecanthus

Prairie Tree Cricket 37 Oecanthus argentinus

Leaf Katydids 38 Phaneropterinae

Shieldback Katydids 39 Tettigoniinae

Angle-winged Katydids 40 Microcentrum

California Orange-winged Grasshopper 6 Arphia ramona

Painted Meadow Grasshopper 41 Chimarocephala pacifica

Fontana Grasshopper 42 Trimerotropis fontana

Pallid-winged Grasshopper 10 Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Occidental Sharpshooter 6 Cuerna occidentalis

Whip Cicadas 46 Okanagana

Aphids 48 Aphididae

Oleander Aphid 26 Aphis nerii

Manzanita Leafgall Aphid 50 Tamalia coweni

Four-spurred Assassin Bug 51 Zelus tetracanthus

California Bee Assassin 53 Apiomerus californicus

Western Bloodsucking Conenose 54 Triatoma protracta

Western Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus hesperus

Common Water Strider 58 Aquarius remigis

Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, and Allies 60 Pentatomoidea

Stilt Bugs 12 Berytidae

Mediterranean Seed Bug 61 Xanthochilus saturnius

Small Milkweed Bug 64 Lygaeus kalmii

Red-shouldered Stink Bug 66 Thyanta custator

Rough Stink Bugs 67 Brochymena

Western Boxelder Bug 70 Boisea rubrolineata

California Bordered Plant Bug 71 Largus californicus

Spot-winged Glider 73 Pantala hymenaea

Red Rock Skimmer 18 Paltothemis lineatipes

Vivid Dancer 74 Argia vivida

Common Snakeflies 75 Agulla

Crane Flies 53 Tipulomorpha