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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 ↓

Culicoides 1
Western Treehole Mosquito 2
Aedes sierrensis
Tipula 3
March Flies 4
Bibionidae
Gall and Forest Midges 5
Cecidomyiidae
Dark-winged Fungus Gnats 6
Sciaridae
Cecidomyiini 7
Ceanothus Bud Gall Midge 8
Asphondylia ceanothi
Willow Rosette Gall Midge
Rabdophaga salicisbrassicoides
Neolasioptera 9
Bibiodes halteralis
Syrphini 10
Allograpta 11
Oblique Streaktail 12
Allograpta obliqua
Common Loopwing Aphideater 13
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Diamond Spottail 14
Fazia micrura
White-bowed Smoothwing 15
Scaeva affinis
Bird Hover Fly 8
Eupeodes volucris
Western Aphideater 16
Eupeodes fumipennis
Sedgesitters 17
Platycheirus
Black-backed Grass Skimmer
Paragus haemorrhous
Eristalis 18
Black-footed Drone Fly 19
Eristalis hirta
Yellow-shouldered Drone Fly 20
Eristalis stipator
Foxlee's Hornet Fly
Spilomyia foxleei
Golden Copperback 21
Ferdinandea croesus
Muscoid Flies 10
Muscoidea
Root-maggot Flies 22
Anthomyiidae
House Flies and Allies 10
Muscidae
Bot Flies, Blow Flies, and Allies 23
Oestroidea
Bristle Flies 24
Tachinidae
Cephenemyia jellisoni 25
Tachinine Flies 26
Tachinini
Cylindromyia 10
Dexiini 10
Satellite Flies
Miltogramminae
Sphenometopa
Sarcophaga 10
Calliphorinae 10
Calliphora 10
Greenbottle Flies 27
Lucilia
Black Blow Fly 28
Phormia regina
Cluster Flies 10
Pollenia
Lispe 29
Muscina 10
Agromyzinae 30
Trupanea nigricornis 31
Trupanea signata 32
Zodion 10
Minettia flaveola 28
Lesser Dung Flies 33
Sphaeroceridae
Dance Flies, Long-legged Flies, and Allies 34
Empidoidea
Long-legged Flies 35
Dolichopodidae
Enoplempis
Pegasomyia abaureus
Bee Flies 36
Bombyliidae
Anthracinae 37
Aphoebantini 8
Bombyliinae 38
Lordotini 39
Lordotus 40
Lordotus zona 41
Micro Bee Flies 42
Mythicomyiidae
Mythicomyia
Asilinae 43
Efferia 44
Neoitamus 45
Stenopogonini 44
Machimus 10
Lestomyia 46
Cophura 47
Cyrtopogon
Hemipenthes 48
Sinuous Bee Fly 49
Hemipenthes sinuosa
Poecilanthrax 50
Villa 51
Villa agrippina 52
Geron 53
Empidigeron
Greater Bee Flies 54
Bombylius
Greater Bee Fly 55
Bombylius major
Conophorus 52
Conophorus nigripennis 52
Thevenetimyia 56
Speckled Dun 57
Callibaetis pictus
Minor Ground Mantis 41
Litaneutria pacifica
Chrysopinae 58
Common Green Lacewings 59
Chrysoperla
Chrysopa coloradensis 45
Myrmeleon 60
Reticulitermes 61
Tube-tailed Thrips 28
Phlaeothripidae
Common Pill Woodlouse 28
Armadillidium vulgare

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