A guide to california's Yosemite and it's wildlife

A guide to the animals of Yosemite and their many surroundings

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Western Honey Bee ¹
Apis mellifera

Western Tiger Swallowtail ²
Papilio rutulus

Western Black Widow ³
Latrodectus hesperus

Polyphemus Moth ⁴
Antheraea polyphemus

Common Buckeye ⁵
Junonia coenia

Dasymutilla coccineohirta ⁶

Painted Lady ⁷
Vanessa cardui

American Lady ⁸
Vanessa virginiensis

Monarch ⁹
Danaus plexippus

Oak Treehopper ¹⁰
Platycotis vittata

Douglas-fir tussock moth ¹¹
Orgyia pseudotsugata

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹²
Hippodamia convergens

Manzanita Leafgall Aphid ¹³
Tamalia coweni

Red Admiral ¹⁴
Vanessa atalanta

White-lined Sphinx ¹⁵
Hyles lineata

California Tortoiseshell ¹⁶
Nymphalis californica

Hoary Comma ¹⁷
Polygonia gracilis

West Coast Lady ¹⁸
Vanessa annabella

Lorquin's Admiral ¹⁹
Limenitis lorquini

Variable Checkerspot ²⁰
Euphydryas chalcedona

Ceanothus Silk Moth ²¹
Hyalophora euryalus

Gray Hairstreak ²²
Strymon melinus

False Tarantula ²³
Calisoga longitarsis

Anise Swallowtail ²³
Papilio zelicaon

Pallid-winged Grasshopper ²⁴
Trimerotropis pallidipennis

Cardinal Meadowhawk ²⁵
Sympetrum illotum

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ²⁶
Coccinella septempunctata

Gray Bird Grasshopper ²⁷
Schistocerca nitens

Echo Azure ²⁸
Celastrina echo

Western Forest Scorpion ²⁹
Uroctonus mordax

Western Tiger Beetle ⁴
Cicindela oregona

Black Saddlebags ³⁰
Tramea lacerata

Bald-faced Hornet ³¹
Dolichovespula maculata

California Bordered Plant Bug ²²
Largus californicus

Bembix amoena

Western Boxelder Bug ³²
Boisea rubrolineata

Signal Crayfish ³³
Pacifastacus leniusculus

Northern Checkerspot ³⁴
Chlosyne palla

European Mantis ³⁵
Mantis religiosa

California Hairstreak ³⁶
Satyrium californica

Callippe Fritillary ³⁷
Speyeria callippe

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ³⁸
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Western Polished Lady Beetle ²⁴
Cycloneda polita

Pale Swallowtail ³⁹
Papilio eurymedon

Large Milkweed Bug ²⁶
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Cabbage White ⁴⁰
Pieris rapae

Vivid Dancer ⁴¹
Argia vivida

Silvery Blue ⁴²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Mourning Cloak ⁴³
Nymphalis antiopa

Four-spotted Skimmer ⁴⁴
Libellula quadrimaculata

Figeater Beetle ⁴⁵
Cotinis mutabilis

Urbane Digger Bee ⁴⁶
Anthophora urbana

Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee ⁴⁷
Xylocopa tabaniformis

California Carpenter Bee ⁴⁸
Xylocopa californica

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee ⁴⁹
Bombus vosnesenskii

Hairy Tufted Jumping Spider ⁵⁰
Phidippus comatus

Orange Sulphur ⁵¹
Colias eurytheme

Brown Elfin ⁵²
Callophrys augustinus

American Snout ⁵³
Libytheana carinenta

Checkered White ⁵⁴
Pontia protodice

Large Marble ¹³
Euchloe ausonides

Tailed Copper ⁵⁵
Lycaena arota

Sara Orangetip ⁵⁶
Anthocharis sara

Great Purple Hairstreak ⁵⁷
Atlides halesus

Sylvan Hairstreak ⁵²
Satyrium sylvinus

Hedgerow Hairstreak ⁵²
Satyrium saepium

Thicket Hairstreak ⁵⁸
Callophrys spinetorum

Marine Blue ⁵⁹
Leptotes marina

Sonoran Blue ⁶⁰
Philotes sonorensis

Mylitta Crescent ⁶¹
Phyciodes mylitta

Edith's Checkerspot ⁵⁷
Euphydryas editha

Common Ringlet ⁶²
Coenonympha tullia

Great Basin Wood-Nymph ³⁶
Cercyonis sthenele

Propertius Duskywing ⁶³
Erynnis propertius

Northern White-Skipper ⁶⁴
Heliopetes ericetorum

Sandhill Skipper ⁶⁵
Polites sabuleti

Woodland Skipper ²⁸
Ochlodes sylvanoides

Common Water Strider ⁶⁶
Aquarius remigis

Isabella Tiger Moth ⁶⁷
Pyrrharctia isabella

California Root Borer Beetle ⁶⁸
Prionus californicus

Ornate Checkered Beetle ¹³
Trichodes ornatus

Small Milkweed Bug ⁶⁹
Lygaeus kalmii

Ancilla Blue ⁷⁰
Euphilotes ancilla

Pacific Spiketail ²⁸
Cordulegaster dorsalis

Wild Forget-me-not Moth ⁷¹
Gnophaela latipennis

White-tipped Ctenucha ⁷²
Ctenucha rubroscapus

California Sister ⁶³
Adelpha californica

Black Petaltail ⁷³
Tanypteryx hageni

Variable Darner ⁷⁴
Aeshna interrupta

Paddle-tailed Darner ⁷⁴
Aeshna palmata

Shadow Darner ⁷⁵
Aeshna umbrosa

Common Green Darner ⁵⁰
Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner ⁴⁷
Rhionaeschna multicolor

Western Conifer Seed Bug ⁷⁶
Leptoglossus occidentalis

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁷⁷
Sympetrum corruptum

Clodius Parnassian ⁷⁸
Parnassius clodius

California Crescent ⁷⁹
Phyciodes orseis

Zerene Fritillary ⁸⁰
Speyeria zerene

Great Basin Fritillary ³⁶
Speyeria egleis

Two-tailed Swallowtail ⁸¹
Papilio multicaudata

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