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

A guide to the animals of Yosemite and their many surroundings

Indra Swallowtail 1
Papilio indra
Hydaspe Fritillary 2
Speyeria hydaspe
Hoffmann's Checkerspot 3
Chlosyne hoffmanni
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 4
Aglais milberti
Mormon Fritillary 5
Speyeria mormonia
Nokomis Fritillary 6
Speyeria nokomis
Northwestern Fritillary 7
Speyeria hesperis
Pacific Fritillary 8
Boloria epithore
Sierra Nevada Checkerspot 9
Chlosyne whitneyi
Sierra Nevada Parnassian 10
Parnassius behrii
Western Paper Wasp 11
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
Smooth carpenter ant 12
Camponotus laevigatus
Western Carpenter Ant 13
Camponotus modoc
Bicolored Carpenter Ant 14
Camponotus vicinus
Velvety Tree Ant 15
Liometopum occidentale
Black Burying Beetle 16
Nicrophorus nigrita
Grappletail 17
Octogomphus specularis
Golden Hairstreak 18
Habrodais grunus
California Glowworm 19
Ellychnia californica
Oleander Aphid 12
Aphis nerii
Grapevine Hoplia 11
Hoplia callipyge
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 20
Libellula pulchella
Silver-spotted Skipper 21
Epargyreus clarus
American Giant Water Bug 22
Lethocerus americanus
Large Yellow Underwing 23
Noctua pronuba
Pine White 9
Neophasia menapia
Western Pine Elfin 8
Callophrys eryphon
Six-spotted Orbweaver 24
Araniella displicata
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 25
Monochamus scutellatus
Field Crescent 26
Phyciodes pulchella
Western Sculptured Pine Borer 27
Chalcophora angulicollis
Western Sheep Moth 28
Hemileuca eglanterina
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 29
Cicindela tranquebarica
Margined White 30
Pieris marginalis
Sacken's Velvet Ant 31
Dasymutilla sackenii
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper 5
Pyrgus ruralis
Juniper Hairstreak 17
Callophrys gryneus
Common Whitetail 32
Plathemis lydia
Ten-lined June Beetle 33
Polyphylla decemlineata
European Paper Wasp 34
Polistes dominula
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 35
Lophocampa argentata
Great Golden Digger Wasp 36
Sphex ichneumoneus
Western Red Damsel 37
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Great Spreadwing 38
Archilestes grandis
American Emerald 39
Cordulia shurtleffii
Spotted Spreadwing 37
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 40
Lestes disjunctus
Emerald Spreadwing 37
Lestes dryas
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 38
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 41
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Mountain Emerald 41
Somatochlora semicircularis
Striped Meadowhawk 42
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 43
Sympetrum semicinctum
Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle 44
Anastrangalia laetifica
Sierra Sulphur 10
Colias behrii
Lustrous Copper 45
Lycaena cupreus
Edith's Copper 24
Lycaena editha
Lilac-bordered Copper 46
Lycaena nivalis
Mariposa Copper 16
Lycaena mariposa
Gray Marble 47
Anthocharis lanceolata
Dotted Blue 48
Euphilotes enoptes
Lupine Blue 6
Icaricia lupini
Chryxus Arctic 49
Oeneis chryxus
Juba Skipper 50
Hesperia juba
Sonoran Skipper 51
Polites sonora
Macaria adonis 28
Common Aerial Yellowjacket 52
Dolichovespula arenaria
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 53
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Dasymutilla aureola 16
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle 54
Chrysochus cobaltinus
Columbian Emerald 48
Nemoria darwiniata
Pine Trogossitid Beetle 55
Temnoscheila chlorodia
Spiny Tachinid Fly 56
Paradejeania rutilioides
Arizona Mantis 37
Stagmomantis limbata
Blue Orchard Bee 57
Osmia lignaria
Sphex lucae 58
Red Flat Bark Beetle 53
Cucujus clavipes
Leanira Checkerspot 9
Chlosyne leanira
Melissa Blue 39
Plebejus melissa
Anna's Blue 59
Plebejus anna
Edwards' Glassy-wing Moth 60
Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii
Beaked Spindle Gall Wasp 28
Heteroecus pacificus
Sequoia Sphinx 48
Sphinx sequoiae
Dispirited Tiger Beetle 28
Cicindela depressula
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 61
Cicindela longilabris
Callimoxys fuscipennis 62
Neomyia cornicina 63
White-spotted Midget 64
Eutricopis nexilis
Black-tailed Bumble Bee 11
Bombus melanopygus
Yellow Dung Fly 65
Scathophaga stercoraria
Villa lateralis 66
Simple Wave 35
Scopula junctaria
Mushroom Gall Wasp 67
Heteroecus sanctaeclarae
Mormon Cricket 68
Anabrus simplex
Spinytail Fairy Shrimp 14
Streptocephalus sealii
Shasta Grasshopper 69
Circotettix shastanus
Crackling Forest Grasshopper 70
Trimerotropis verruculata
Golden Paper Wasp 71
Polistes aurifer
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 47
Megarhyssa nortoni
Eubrianax edwardsii

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