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Phoenix Zoo Pollinator Project

This guide provides a list of pollinator species found in the Sonoran Desert. We encourage you to look for these species in your own backyards and neighborhoods! Check out the Phoenix Zoo's iNatuarlist blog to learn more about the importance of pollinators in their ecosystems and what actions ...more ↓

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 2
Megachile
Blackened Bluewing 3
Myscelia cyananthe
Painted Lady 4
Vanessa cardui
Pipevine Swallowtail 5
Battus philenor
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 6
Papilio cresphontes
Black Swallowtail 7
Papilio polyxenes
Checkered White 8
Pontia protodice
Cloudless Sulphur 9
Phoebis sennae
Southern Dogface 10
Zerene cesonia
Mexican Yellow 11
Eurema mexicana
Gray Hairstreak 12
Strymon melinus
Great Purple Hairstreak 13
Atlides halesus
Marine Blue 14
Leptotes marina
Western Pygmy-Blue 15
Brephidium exilis
Gulf Fritillary 16
Agraulis vanillae
American Lady 15
Vanessa virginiensis
Texan Crescent 17
Anthanassa texana
Common/White Checkered-Skipper Complex 18
Burnsius communis
White Checkered-Skipper 16
Burnsius albescens
Desert Checkered-Skipper 19
Burnsius philetas
Orange Skipperling 20
Copaeodes aurantiaca
Fiery Skipper 21
Hylephila phyleus
Eufala Skipper 22
Lerodea eufala
Bee Flies 23
Bombyliidae
Hover Flies 24
Syrphidae
Tachinid Flies 25
Tachinidae
White-lined Sphinx 26
Hyles lineata
Five-spotted Hawkmoth 27
Manduca quinquemaculata
Lasioglossum 28
Metallic Sweat Bees 29
Dialictus
Squash Bees 30
Peponapis
Xenoglossa
Squash Bees 30
Peponapis
Xenoglossa
Diadasia 31
Mason Bees 32
Osmia
Centris 20
Common Digger Bees 33
Anthophora
Large Carpenter Bees 34
Xylocopa
Bumble Bees 35
Bombus
Blastophaga psenes
Thread-waisted Wasps 36
Sphecidae
Spider Wasps 37
Pompilidae
Scoliid Wasps 38
Scoliidae
Scoliid Wasps 38
Scoliidae
Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies 32
Vespidae
Pollen Wasps
Masarinae
Spider Wasps 37
Pompilidae
Soldier Beetles 39
Cantharidae
New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps 40
Pepsis
Old and New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps 41
Hemipepsis
Checkered Beetles 42
Cleridae
Sap-feeding Beetles 43
Nitidulidae
Metallic Wood-boring Beetles 44
Buprestidae
Soldier Beetles 39
Cantharidae
Checkered Beetles 42
Cleridae
Sap-feeding Beetles 43
Nitidulidae
Metallic Wood-boring Beetles 44
Buprestidae

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