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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Curved-horn Moths ¹
Gelechioidea

Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths ²
Pyraloidea

Strawberry Crown Moth ³
Synanthedon bibionipennis

Ancylis

Cydia ⁴

Rocky Mountain Clearwing ⁵
Hemaris thetis

Elegant Sphinx ⁶
Sphinx perelegans

Pale Swallowtail ⁷
Papilio eurymedon

Western Tiger Swallowtail ⁸
Papilio rutulus

Umber Skipper ⁹
Lon melane

Woodland Skipper ¹⁰
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Juba Skipper ¹¹
Hesperia juba

Silver-spotted Skipper ¹²
Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing ¹³
Erynnis funeralis

Propertius Duskywing ¹⁴
Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing ¹⁵
Erynnis tristis

Northern White-Skipper ¹⁶
Heliopetes ericetorum

California Sister ¹⁴
Adelpha californica

Lorquin's Admiral ¹⁷
Limenitis lorquini

Edith's Checkerspot ¹⁸
Euphydryas editha

Mylitta Crescent ¹⁹
Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Lady ²⁰
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ²¹
Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak ²²
Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell ²³
Nymphalis californica

Common Buckeye ²⁴
Junonia coenia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ¹⁹
Cercyonis sthenele

Coronis Fritillary ²⁵
Speyeria coronis

Gray Hairstreak ²⁶
Strymon melinus

California Hairstreak ¹⁹
Satyrium californica

Hedgerow Hairstreak ²⁷
Satyrium saepium

Sylvan Hairstreak ²⁷
Satyrium sylvinus

Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak ²⁸
Satyrium tetra

Brown Elfin ²⁷
Callophrys augustinus

Lotus Hairstreak ¹⁰
Callophrys dumetorum

Gorgon Copper ²⁹
Lycaena gorgon

Echo Azure ¹¹
Celastrina echo

American Dotted Blues ³⁰
Euphilotes

Bernardino Blue ³¹
Euphilotes bernardino

Marine Blue ³²
Leptotes marina

Reakirt's Blue ³³
Echinargus isola

Acmon Blue ³⁰
Icaricia acmon

Lupine Blue ³⁴
Icaricia lupini

Ceraunus Blue ³⁵
Hemiargus ceraunus

California Dogface ³⁶
Zerene eurydice

Orange Sulphur ³⁷
Colias eurytheme

Sara Orangetip ³⁸
Anthocharis sara

Cabbage White ³⁹
Pieris rapae

Checkered White ⁴⁰
Pontia protodice

Behr's Metalmark ⁴¹
Apodemia virgulti

Plume Moths
Pterophoridae

Artichoke Plume Moth ⁴²
Platyptilia carduidactylus

Idia occidentalis ²⁹

Apantesis hewletti ⁴³

Orgyia ⁴⁴

Heliothinae ⁴⁵

Cutworms and Dart Moths ⁴⁶
Noctuinae

Egira crucialis ⁴⁴

Orthosia pacifica ⁴⁴

Ponometia ⁴⁷

Silver Y ⁴⁸
Autographa gamma

Dagger Moths ²⁹
Acronicta

Copanarta sexpunctata ¹⁶

Geometer Moths ⁴⁹
Geometridae

Ennominae ⁵⁰

Macariini ⁵¹

Pug Moths ⁵²
Eupithecia

Drepanulatrix ⁴⁴

Columbian Emerald ³
Nemoria darwiniata

Synchlora ⁴⁷

Knot-horn Moths ²⁹
Phycitinae

Phycitini ⁵³

Pyraustinae ⁵⁴

Pearl Moths ⁵⁰
Spilomelinae

Scythris ⁵⁵

Bucculatrix ³⁵

Marmara ⁵⁶

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Field Guide to Spark Invertebrates

Curved-horn Moths 1 Gelechioidea

Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths 2 Pyraloidea

Strawberry Crown Moth 3 Synanthedon bibionipennis

Rocky Mountain Clearwing 5 Hemaris thetis

Elegant Sphinx 6 Sphinx perelegans

Pale Swallowtail 7 Papilio eurymedon

Western Tiger Swallowtail 8 Papilio rutulus

Umber Skipper 9 Lon melane

Woodland Skipper 10 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Juba Skipper 11 Hesperia juba

Silver-spotted Skipper 12 Epargyreus clarus

Funereal Duskywing 13 Erynnis funeralis

Propertius Duskywing 14 Erynnis propertius

Mournful Duskywing 15 Erynnis tristis

Northern White-Skipper 16 Heliopetes ericetorum

California Sister 14 Adelpha californica

Lorquin's Admiral 17 Limenitis lorquini

Edith's Checkerspot 18 Euphydryas editha

Mylitta Crescent 19 Phyciodes mylitta

Painted Lady 20 Vanessa cardui

American Lady 21 Vanessa virginiensis

Mourning Cloak 22 Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell 23 Nymphalis californica

Common Buckeye 24 Junonia coenia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph 19 Cercyonis sthenele

Coronis Fritillary 25 Speyeria coronis

Gray Hairstreak 26 Strymon melinus

California Hairstreak 19 Satyrium californica

Hedgerow Hairstreak 27 Satyrium saepium

Sylvan Hairstreak 27 Satyrium sylvinus

Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 28 Satyrium tetra

Brown Elfin 27 Callophrys augustinus

Lotus Hairstreak 10 Callophrys dumetorum

Gorgon Copper 29 Lycaena gorgon

Echo Azure 11 Celastrina echo

American Dotted Blues 30 Euphilotes

Bernardino Blue 31 Euphilotes bernardino

Marine Blue 32 Leptotes marina

Reakirt's Blue 33 Echinargus isola

Acmon Blue 30 Icaricia acmon

Lupine Blue 34 Icaricia lupini

Ceraunus Blue 35 Hemiargus ceraunus

California Dogface 36 Zerene eurydice

Orange Sulphur 37 Colias eurytheme

Sara Orangetip 38 Anthocharis sara

Cabbage White 39 Pieris rapae

Checkered White 40 Pontia protodice

Behr's Metalmark 41 Apodemia virgulti

Plume Moths Pterophoridae

Artichoke Plume Moth 42 Platyptilia carduidactylus

Cutworms and Dart Moths 46 Noctuinae

Silver Y 48 Autographa gamma

Dagger Moths 29 Acronicta

Geometer Moths 49 Geometridae

Pug Moths 52 Eupithecia

Columbian Emerald 3 Nemoria darwiniata

Knot-horn Moths 29 Phycitinae

Pearl Moths 50 Spilomelinae