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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

Marine Blue 1
Leptotes marina
Sonoran Blue 2
Philotes sonorensis
Mylitta Crescent 3
Phyciodes mylitta
Edith's Checkerspot 4
Euphydryas editha
Common Ringlet 5
Coenonympha tullia
Great Basin Wood-Nymph 6
Cercyonis sthenele
Propertius Duskywing 7
Erynnis propertius
Northern White-Skipper 8
Heliopetes ericetorum
Sandhill Skipper 9
Polites sabuleti
Woodland Skipper 10
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Common Water Strider 11
Aquarius remigis
Isabella Tiger Moth 12
Pyrrharctia isabella
California Root Borer Beetle 13
Prionus californicus
Ornate Checkered Beetle 14
Trichodes ornatus
Small Milkweed Bug 15
Lygaeus kalmii
Ancilla Blue 16
Euphilotes ancilla
Pacific Spiketail 10
Cordulegaster dorsalis
Wild Forget-me-not Moth 17
Gnophaela latipennis
White-tipped Ctenucha 18
Ctenucha rubroscapus
Big-eared Woodrat 7
Neotoma macrotis
Yosemite Toad 19
Anaxyrus canorus
American Bullfrog 20
Lithobates catesbeianus
California Red-legged Frog 21
Rana draytonii
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog 22
Rana sierrae
California Sister 7
Adelpha californica
Sacramento Sucker 23
Catostomus occidentalis
Black Petaltail 24
Tanypteryx hageni
Variable Darner 25
Aeshna interrupta
Paddle-tailed Darner 25
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 26
Aeshna umbrosa
Common Green Darner 27
Anax junius
Blue-eyed Darner 28
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Western Conifer Seed Bug 29
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Variegated Meadowhawk 30
Sympetrum corruptum
Clodius Parnassian 31
Parnassius clodius
California Crescent 32
Phyciodes orseis
Zerene Fritillary 33
Speyeria zerene
Great Basin Fritillary 6
Speyeria egleis
Two-tailed Swallowtail 34
Papilio multicaudata
Indra Swallowtail 35
Papilio indra
Hydaspe Fritillary 36
Speyeria hydaspe
Hoffmann's Checkerspot 37
Chlosyne hoffmanni
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 38
Aglais milberti
Mormon Fritillary 3
Speyeria mormonia
Nokomis Fritillary 39
Speyeria nokomis
Northwestern Fritillary 40
Speyeria hesperis
Pacific Fritillary 32
Boloria epithore
Sierra Nevada Checkerspot 2
Chlosyne whitneyi
Sierra Nevada Parnassian 41
Parnassius behrii
Western Paper Wasp 42
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis
Smooth carpenter ant 43
Camponotus laevigatus
Western Carpenter Ant 44
Camponotus modoc
Bicolored Carpenter Ant 45
Camponotus vicinus
Velvety Tree Ant 46
Liometopum occidentale
Black Burying Beetle 47
Nicrophorus nigrita
Grappletail 48
Octogomphus specularis
Golden Hairstreak 49
Habrodais grunus
California Glowworm 50
Ellychnia californica
Oleander Aphid 43
Aphis nerii
Spotted Sandpiper 51
Actitis macularius
Sooty Grouse 52
Dendragapus fuliginosus
California Towhee 53
Melozone crissalis
Western Pond Turtle 54
Actinemys marmorata
Gilbert's Skink 55
Plestiodon gilberti
Domestic Cattle 56
Bos taurus
Grapevine Hoplia 42
Hoplia callipyge
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 57
Libellula pulchella
Common Earthworm 58
Lumbricus terrestris
Silver-spotted Skipper 59
Epargyreus clarus
American Giant Water Bug 60
Lethocerus americanus
Large Yellow Underwing 61
Noctua pronuba
Pine White 2
Neophasia menapia
Western Pine Elfin 32
Callophrys eryphon
Six-spotted Orbweaver 62
Araniella displicata
White-spotted Sawyer Beetle 63
Monochamus scutellatus
Field Crescent 64
Phyciodes pulchella
Western Sculptured Pine Borer 65
Chalcophora angulicollis
Western Sheep Moth 14
Hemileuca eglanterina
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 66
Cicindela tranquebarica
Margined White 28
Pieris marginalis
Sacken's Velvet Ant 67
Dasymutilla sackenii
Two-banded Checkered-Skipper 3
Pyrgus ruralis
Juniper Hairstreak 48
Callophrys gryneus
Common Whitetail 68
Plathemis lydia
Ten-lined June Beetle 69
Polyphylla decemlineata
European Paper Wasp 70
Polistes dominula
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 71
Lophocampa argentata
Great Golden Digger Wasp 72
Sphex ichneumoneus
Western Red Damsel 73
Amphiagrion abbreviatum
Great Spreadwing 25
Archilestes grandis
American Emerald 74
Cordulia shurtleffii
Spotted Spreadwing 73
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 75
Lestes disjunctus
Emerald Spreadwing 73
Lestes dryas
Crimson-ringed Whiteface 25
Leucorrhinia glacialis
Hudsonian Whiteface 6
Leucorrhinia hudsonica
Mountain Emerald 6
Somatochlora semicircularis
Striped Meadowhawk 76
Sympetrum pallipes
Band-winged Meadowhawk 77
Sympetrum semicinctum
Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Beetle 78
Anastrangalia laetifica

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