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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Lodgepole Chipmunk ¹
Neotamias speciosus

California Flattened Jumping Spider ²
Platycryptus californicus

One-banded Pyrausta ³
Pyrausta unifascialis

Alticola Looper Moth ⁴
Syngrapha alticola

Mountain Beauty Moth ⁵
Syngrapha ignea

Northern Rubber Boa ⁶
Charina bottae

Acmaeodera hepburnii ⁷

Hedge Nettle Stink Bug ⁸
Cosmopepla conspicillaris

White-crossed Seed Bug ⁹
Neacoryphus bicrucis

Spotted Pine Sawyer ²
Monochamus clamator

Lion Beetle ¹⁰
Ulochaetes leoninus

Nevada Dampwood Termite ¹¹
Zootermopsis nevadensis

Dasymutilla californica ¹²

Ortholeptura valida

Xylotrechus albonotatus ¹³

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee ¹⁴
Bombus mixtus

California Pink Glowworm ¹⁵
Microphotus angustus

Neobellamira delicata ¹⁶

Ornate Tiger Moth ¹⁷
Apantesis ornata

Monochamus obtusus ¹⁸

Spotted Tree Borer ¹⁹
Synaphaeta guexi

Rugose Stag Beetle ²⁰
Sinodendron rugosum

Yellow Cellar Slug ²¹
Limacus flavus

Mountain Cicada ²²
Okanagana bella

Acmaeodera connexa ¹⁶

Yellow Velvet Beetle ²³
Lepturobosca chrysocoma

Buprestis intricata

Pemphigus populivenae

Callinicus pollenius ²⁴

Dioxyna picciola ²⁵

Litocala sexsignata

Sabulodes edwardsata ²⁶

California Horntail ²⁷
Urocerus californicus

Golden-haired Miner Bee
Andrena auricoma

Xestoleptura crassipes ²⁸

California Mountain Kingsnake ⁶
Lampropeltis zonata

Octoglena anura

Common Loopwing Aphideater ²⁹
Lapposyrphus lapponicus

Rockslide Checkerspot ³⁰
Chlosyne damoetas

Caloreas occidentella ³¹

Chrysobothris mali

Ceruchus punctatus ³²

Marsh meadow grasshopper ³³
Pseudochorthippus curtipennis

Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil ³⁴
Eustenopus villosus

Live Oak Erineum Mite ³⁵
Aceria mackiei

Round Leaf Gall Wasp ¹⁵
Heteroecus flavens

Western Amazon Ant ³⁶
Polyergus mexicanus

Pacific Tent Caterpillar ¹⁵
Malacosoma constricta

Adela eldorada ³⁷

Sympistis kelloggii ³⁷

Copanarta sexpunctata ³⁸

Laphria franciscana ³⁹

Tragosoma harrisii ⁵

Zuma tioga ⁴⁰

Woolly Gall Wasp
Heteroecus dasydactyli

California Scrub-Jay ⁴¹
Aphelocoma californica

Hypochilus petrunkevitchi ⁴²

Pleocoma tularensis ⁴³

Greenish Blue ⁴⁴
Icaricia saepiolus

Shasta Blue ¹¹
Icaricia shasta

Acmon Blue ⁴⁴
Icaricia acmon

Boisduval's Blue ³⁸
Icaricia icarioides

Snow Goose ⁴⁵
Anser caerulescens

Cinnamon Teal ¹⁶
Spatula cyanoptera

Northern Harrier ⁴⁶
Circus hudsonius

Okanagana magnifica ⁴⁷

Striped Racer ⁴⁸
Masticophis lateralis

Dysmicohermes ingens

Okanagana tristis ⁴⁹

Cylindrical Wasp Fly ³²
Sphiximorpha cylindrica

Nuttall's Woodpecker ⁵⁰
Dryobates nuttallii

Downy Woodpecker ⁵¹
Dryobates pubescens

Hairy Woodpecker ⁵²
Dryobates villosus

White-headed Woodpecker ⁵³
Dryobates albolarvatus

Macaria quadrilinearia

Etorofus obliteratus ⁵⁴

Nashville Warbler ⁵⁵
Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁹
Leiothlypis celata

White-bowed Smoothwing ⁵⁶
Scaeva affinis

Andricus frondeum ⁵⁷

Reticulate Taildropper ¹⁵
Prophysaon andersonii

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