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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 ↓

Earwigs 1
Dermaptera
Curved-horn Moths 2
Gelechioidea
Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths 3
Pyraloidea
Strawberry Crown Moth 4
Synanthedon bibionipennis
Ancylis
Cydia 5
Rocky Mountain Clearwing 6
Hemaris thetis
Elegant Sphinx 7
Sphinx perelegans
Pale Swallowtail 8
Papilio eurymedon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 9
Papilio rutulus
Umber Skipper 10
Lon melane
Woodland Skipper 11
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Juba Skipper 12
Hesperia juba
Silver-spotted Skipper 13
Epargyreus clarus
Funereal Duskywing 14
Erynnis funeralis
Propertius Duskywing 15
Erynnis propertius
Mournful Duskywing 16
Erynnis tristis
Northern White-Skipper 17
Heliopetes ericetorum
California Sister 15
Adelpha californica
Lorquin's Admiral 18
Limenitis lorquini
Edith's Checkerspot 19
Euphydryas editha
Mylitta Crescent 20
Phyciodes mylitta
Painted Lady 21
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 22
Vanessa virginiensis
Mourning Cloak 23
Nymphalis antiopa
California Tortoiseshell 24
Nymphalis californica
Common Buckeye 25
Junonia coenia
Great Basin Wood-Nymph 20
Cercyonis sthenele
Coronis Fritillary 26
Speyeria coronis
Gray Hairstreak 27
Strymon melinus
California Hairstreak 20
Satyrium californica
Hedgerow Hairstreak 28
Satyrium saepium
Sylvan Hairstreak 28
Satyrium sylvinus
Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 29
Satyrium tetra
Brown Elfin 28
Callophrys augustinus
Lotus Hairstreak 11
Callophrys dumetorum
Gorgon Copper 30
Lycaena gorgon
Echo Azure 12
Celastrina echo
American Dotted Blues 31
Euphilotes
Bernardino Blue 32
Euphilotes bernardino
Marine Blue 33
Leptotes marina
Reakirt's Blue 34
Echinargus isola
Acmon Blue 31
Icaricia acmon
Lupine Blue 35
Icaricia lupini
Ceraunus Blue 36
Hemiargus ceraunus
California Dogface 37
Zerene eurydice
Orange Sulphur 38
Colias eurytheme
Sara Orangetip 39
Anthocharis sara
Cabbage White 40
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 41
Pontia protodice
Behr's Metalmark 42
Apodemia virgulti
Plume Moths
Pterophoridae
Artichoke Plume Moth 43
Platyptilia carduidactylus
Idia occidentalis 30
Apantesis hewletti 44
Orgyia 45
Heliothinae 46
Cutworms and Dart Moths 47
Noctuinae
Egira crucialis 45
Orthosia pacifica 45
Ponometia 48
Silver Y 49
Autographa gamma
Dagger Moths 30
Acronicta
Copanarta sexpunctata 17
Geometer Moths 50
Geometridae
Ennominae 51
Macariini 52
Pug Moths 53
Eupithecia
Drepanulatrix 45
Columbian Emerald 4
Nemoria darwiniata
Synchlora 48
Knot-horn Moths 30
Phycitinae
Phycitini 54
Pyraustinae 55
Pearl Moths 51
Spilomelinae
Scythris 56
Bucculatrix 36
Marmara 57
Chrysidini 58
Hedychrum 59
Tiphiinae
Thread-waisted Sand Wasps 60
Ammophila
Cutworm Wasps 61
Podalonia
Great Golden Digger Wasp 62
Sphex ichneumoneus
Eucerceris provancheri
Beewolves 63
Philanthus
Sand Wasps 64
Bembicini
Stictiellina 17
Steniolia 17
Astata 65
Masked Bees 66
Hylaeus
Digger Bees 67
Anthophorini
Urbane Digger Bee 68
Anthophora urbana
California Cuckoo Bee 69
Xeromelecta californica
Crotch's Bumble Bee 32
Bombus crotchii
Black-tailed Bumble Bee 64
Bombus melanopygus
Van Dyke's Bumble Bee
Bombus vandykei
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 70
Bombus vosnesenskii
Pterocheilus 71
California Bumble Bee 72
Bombus californicus

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