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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

Osprey 1
Pandion haliaetus
Phainopepla 2
Phainopepla nitens
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Regulus satrapa
Sierra Sulphur 5
Colias behrii
Lustrous Copper 6
Lycaena cupreus
Edith's Copper 7
Lycaena editha
Lilac-bordered Copper 8
Lycaena nivalis
Mariposa Copper 9
Lycaena mariposa
Gray Marble 10
Anthocharis lanceolata
Dotted Blue 11
Euphilotes enoptes
Lupine Blue 12
Icaricia lupini
Chryxus Arctic 13
Oeneis chryxus
Juba Skipper 14
Hesperia juba
Sonoran Skipper 15
Polites sonora
Macaria adonis 16
Domestic Cat 17
Felis catus
Common Aerial Yellowjacket 18
Dolichovespula arenaria
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 19
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Dasymutilla aureola 9
Cobalt Milkweed Beetle 20
Chrysochus cobaltinus
Columbian Emerald 11
Nemoria darwiniata
Pine Trogossitid Beetle 21
Temnoscheila chlorodia
Spiny Tachinid Fly 22
Paradejeania rutilioides
Sierran Tree Frog 23
Pseudacris sierra
Arizona Mantis 24
Stagmomantis limbata
Blue Orchard Bee 25
Osmia lignaria
Sphex lucae 26
Red Flat Bark Beetle 19
Cucujus clavipes
Leanira Checkerspot 27
Chlosyne leanira
Melissa Blue 28
Plebejus melissa
Anna's Blue 29
Plebejus anna
Edwards' Glassy-wing Moth 23
Pseudohemihyalea edwardsii
Beaked Spindle Gall Wasp 16
Heteroecus pacificus
Sequoia Sphinx 11
Sphinx sequoiae
Dispirited Tiger Beetle 16
Cicindela depressula
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 30
Cicindela longilabris
Callimoxys fuscipennis 31
Neomyia cornicina 32
White-spotted Midget 33
Eutricopis nexilis
Black-tailed Bumble Bee 34
Bombus melanopygus
Yellow Dung Fly 35
Scathophaga stercoraria
Villa lateralis 36
Sierra Newt 37
Taricha sierrae
Simple Wave 38
Scopula junctaria
Black-billed Magpie 39
Pica hudsonia
Mushroom Gall Wasp 40
Heteroecus sanctaeclarae
Mormon Cricket 41
Anabrus simplex
Spinytail Fairy Shrimp 42
Streptocephalus sealii
Mountain Chickadee 43
Poecile gambeli
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 34
Poecile rufescens
Pacific Wren 44
Troglodytes pacificus
Varied Thrush 45
Ixoreus naevius
MacGillivray's Warbler 46
Geothlypis tolmiei
Yellow Warbler 47
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 48
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Setophaga nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler 49
Setophaga townsendi
Hermit Warbler 50
Setophaga occidentalis
Wilson's Warbler 51
Cardellina pusilla
Pine Siskin 52
Spinus pinus
Lawrence's Goldfinch 28
Spinus lawrencei
Yosemite Mariposa Sideband 53
Monadenia yosemitensis
Shasta Grasshopper 54
Circotettix shastanus
Crackling Forest Grasshopper 55
Trimerotropis verruculata
Golden Paper Wasp 56
Polistes aurifer
Norton's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 10
Megarhyssa nortoni
Eubrianax edwardsii
Yosemite Millipede 57
Californiulus yosemitensis
Fontana Grasshopper 27
Trimerotropis fontana
Clear-winged Grasshopper 2
Camnula pellucida
Bollmaniulus pachysomus
Paeromopus paniculus 57
Crystalline Gall Wasp 16
Andricus crystallinus
Judolia instabilis 58
Parnopes edwardsii 17
Belding's Ground Squirrel 59
Urocitellus beldingi
California Ground Squirrel 60
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 61
Callospermophilus lateralis
Western Eyed Click Beetle 62
Alaus melanops
McNeill's White Grasshopper
Trimerotropis albescens
Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee 63
Bombus fernaldae
Cassin's Finch 1
Haemorhous cassinii
Calliope Hummingbird 64
Selasphorus calliope
Wapiti 65
Cervus canadensis
Meadow Slug 66
Deroceras laeve
Western White 67
Pontia occidentalis
Sierra Blue 11
Agriades podarce
Mexican Cloudywing 28
Thorybes mexicana
California Tiger Moth 11
Leptarctia californiae
Flying Saucer Lady Beetle 68
Anatis rathvoni
Alder Flea Beetle 69
Altica ambiens
Langton's Forester 70
Alypia langtoni
Golden Buprestid Beetle 71
Buprestis aurulenta
green rose chafer 11
Dichelonyx backii
Currant Eulithis Moth
Eulithis propulsata
Western Carpet 38
Melanolophia imitata
Alpine Chipmunk 72
Neotamias alpinus
Least Chipmunk 73
Neotamias minimus
Long-eared Chipmunk 74
Neotamias quadrimaculatus

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