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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All 393

Bristletails ¹
Archaeognatha

Earwigs ²
Dermaptera

Curved-horn Moths ³
Gelechioidea

Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths ⁴
Pyraloidea

Strawberry Crown Moth ⁵
Synanthedon bibionipennis

Ancylis

Cydia ⁶

Rocky Mountain Clearwing ⁷
Hemaris thetis

Elegant Sphinx ⁸
Sphinx perelegans

Pale Swallowtail ⁹
Papilio eurymedon

Western Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio rutulus

Umber Skipper ¹¹
Lon melane

Woodland Skipper ¹²
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Juba Skipper ¹³
Hesperia juba

Silver-spotted Skipper ¹⁴
Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing ¹⁵
Erynnis funeralis

Propertius Duskywing ¹⁶
Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing ¹⁷
Erynnis tristis

Northern White-Skipper ¹⁸
Heliopetes ericetorum

California Sister ¹⁶
Adelpha californica

Lorquin's Admiral ¹⁹
Limenitis lorquini

Edith's Checkerspot ²⁰
Euphydryas editha

Mylitta Crescent ²¹
Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Lady ²²
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ²³
Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak ²⁴
Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell ²⁵
Nymphalis californica

Common Buckeye ²⁶
Junonia coenia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ²¹
Cercyonis sthenele

Coronis Fritillary ²⁷
Speyeria coronis

Gray Hairstreak ²⁸
Strymon melinus

California Hairstreak ²¹
Satyrium californica

Hedgerow Hairstreak ²⁹
Satyrium saepium

Sylvan Hairstreak ²⁹
Satyrium sylvinus

Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak ³⁰
Satyrium tetra

Brown Elfin ²⁹
Callophrys augustinus

Lotus Hairstreak ¹²
Callophrys dumetorum

Gorgon Copper ³¹
Lycaena gorgon

Echo Azure ¹³
Celastrina echo

American Dotted Blues ³²
Euphilotes

Bernardino Blue ³³
Euphilotes bernardino

Marine Blue ³⁴
Leptotes marina

Reakirt's Blue ³⁵
Echinargus isola

Acmon Blue ³²
Icaricia acmon

Lupine Blue ³⁶
Icaricia lupini

Ceraunus Blue ³⁷
Hemiargus ceraunus

California Dogface ³⁸
Zerene eurydice

Orange Sulphur ³⁹
Colias eurytheme

Sara Orangetip ⁴⁰
Anthocharis sara

Cabbage White ⁴¹
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ⁴²
Pontia protodice

Behr's Metalmark ⁴³
Apodemia virgulti

Plume Moths
Pterophoridae

Artichoke Plume Moth ⁴⁴
Platyptilia carduidactylus

Idia occidentalis ³¹

Apantesis hewletti ⁴⁵

Orgyia ⁴⁶

Heliothinae ⁴⁷

Cutworms and Dart Moths ⁴⁸
Noctuinae

Egira crucialis ⁴⁶

Orthosia pacifica ⁴⁶

Ponometia ⁴⁹

Silver Y ⁵⁰
Autographa gamma

Dagger Moths ³¹
Acronicta

Copanarta sexpunctata ¹⁸

Geometer Moths ⁵¹
Geometridae

Ennominae ⁵²

Macariini ⁵³

Pug Moths ⁵⁴
Eupithecia

Drepanulatrix ⁴⁶

Columbian Emerald ⁵
Nemoria darwiniata

Synchlora ⁴⁹

Knot-horn Moths ³¹
Phycitinae

Phycitini ⁵⁵

Pyraustinae ⁵⁶

Pearl Moths ⁵²
Spilomelinae

Scythris ⁵⁷

Bucculatrix ³⁷

Marmara ⁵⁸

Chrysidini ⁵⁹

Hedychrum ⁶⁰

Tiphiinae

Thread-waisted Sand Wasps ⁶¹
Ammophila

Cutworm Wasps ⁶²
Podalonia

Great Golden Digger Wasp ⁶³
Sphex ichneumoneus

Eucerceris provancheri

Beewolves ⁶⁴
Philanthus

Sand Wasps ⁶⁵
Bembicini

Stictiellina ¹⁸

Steniolia ¹⁸

Astata ⁶⁶

Masked Bees ⁶⁷
Hylaeus

Digger Bees ⁶⁸
Anthophorini

Urbane Digger Bee ⁶⁹
Anthophora urbana

California Cuckoo Bee ⁷⁰
Xeromelecta californica

Crotch's Bumble Bee ³³
Bombus crotchii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee ⁶⁵
Bombus melanopygus

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee
Bombus vandykei

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee ⁷¹
Bombus vosnesenskii

Pterocheilus ⁷²

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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

Bristletails 1 Archaeognatha

Earwigs 2 Dermaptera

Curved-horn Moths 3 Gelechioidea

Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths 4 Pyraloidea

Strawberry Crown Moth 5 Synanthedon bibionipennis

Rocky Mountain Clearwing 7 Hemaris thetis

Elegant Sphinx 8 Sphinx perelegans

Pale Swallowtail 9 Papilio eurymedon

Western Tiger Swallowtail 10 Papilio rutulus

Umber Skipper 11 Lon melane

Woodland Skipper 12 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Juba Skipper 13 Hesperia juba

Silver-spotted Skipper 14 Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing 15 Erynnis funeralis

Propertius Duskywing 16 Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing 17 Erynnis tristis

Northern White-Skipper 18 Heliopetes ericetorum

California Sister 16 Adelpha californica

Lorquin's Admiral 19 Limenitis lorquini

Edith's Checkerspot 20 Euphydryas editha

Mylitta Crescent 21 Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Lady 22 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 23 Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak 24 Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell 25 Nymphalis californica

Common Buckeye 26 Junonia coenia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph 21 Cercyonis sthenele

Coronis Fritillary 27 Speyeria coronis

Gray Hairstreak 28 Strymon melinus

California Hairstreak 21 Satyrium californica

Hedgerow Hairstreak 29 Satyrium saepium

Sylvan Hairstreak 29 Satyrium sylvinus

Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 30 Satyrium tetra

Brown Elfin 29 Callophrys augustinus

Lotus Hairstreak 12 Callophrys dumetorum

Gorgon Copper 31 Lycaena gorgon

Echo Azure 13 Celastrina echo

American Dotted Blues 32 Euphilotes

Bernardino Blue 33 Euphilotes bernardino

Marine Blue 34 Leptotes marina

Reakirt's Blue 35 Echinargus isola

Acmon Blue 32 Icaricia acmon

Lupine Blue 36 Icaricia lupini

Ceraunus Blue 37 Hemiargus ceraunus

California Dogface 38 Zerene eurydice

Orange Sulphur 39 Colias eurytheme

Sara Orangetip 40 Anthocharis sara

Cabbage White 41 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 42 Pontia protodice

Behr's Metalmark 43 Apodemia virgulti

Plume Moths Pterophoridae

Artichoke Plume Moth 44 Platyptilia carduidactylus

Cutworms and Dart Moths 48 Noctuinae

Silver Y 50 Autographa gamma

Dagger Moths 31 Acronicta

Geometer Moths 51 Geometridae

Pug Moths 54 Eupithecia

Columbian Emerald 5 Nemoria darwiniata

Knot-horn Moths 31 Phycitinae

Pearl Moths 52 Spilomelinae

Thread-waisted Sand Wasps 61 Ammophila

Cutworm Wasps 62 Podalonia

Great Golden Digger Wasp 63 Sphex ichneumoneus

Beewolves 64 Philanthus

Sand Wasps 65 Bembicini

Masked Bees 67 Hylaeus

Digger Bees 68 Anthophorini

Urbane Digger Bee 69 Anthophora urbana

California Cuckoo Bee 70 Xeromelecta californica

Crotch's Bumble Bee 33 Bombus crotchii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee 65 Bombus melanopygus

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee Bombus vandykei

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 71 Bombus vosnesenskii