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Arthropods of Massachusetts

Arthropods of Massachusetts

Codling Moth 1
Cydia pomonella
Western Honey Bee 2
Apis mellifera
Odorous House Ant 3
Tapinoma sessile
Yellow-necked Caterpillar Moth 4
Datana ministra
Gypsy Moth 5
Lymantria dispar
Pandorus Sphinx 6
Eumorpha pandorus
North American Luna Moth 7
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 8
Antheraea polyphemus
Widow Skimmer 9
Libellula luctuosa
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 10
Megarhyssa atrata
gold-and-brown rove beetle 11
Ontholestes cingulatus
Eastern Elderberry Borer 12
Desmocerus palliatus
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 13
Megarhyssa macrurus
Blue-fronted Dancer 14
Argia apicalis
Great Spangled Fritillary 15
Speyeria cybele
Rosy Maple Moth 12
Dryocampa rubicunda
Lesser Anglewing 16
Microcentrum retinerve
Grapevine Beetle 17
Pelidnota punctata
Spotted Apatelodes Moth 18
Apatelodes torrefacta
Asian Lady Beetle 19
Harmonia axyridis
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
Painted Lady 21
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 22
Vanessa virginiensis
Cloudless Sulphur 18
Phoebis sennae
Monarch 23
Danaus plexippus
Great Black Digger Wasp 24
Sphex pensylvanicus
Wheel Bug 25
Arilus cristatus
Convergent Lady Beetle 26
Hippodamia convergens
Red Oak Borer 27
Enaphalodes rufulus
Red Admiral 1
Vanessa atalanta
Gulf Fritillary 28
Agraulis vanillae
White-lined Sphinx 29
Hyles lineata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 30
Cicindela sexguttata
Atlantic Deer Fly 31
Chrysops atlanticus
Blinded Sphinx 25
Paonias excaecata
Pipevine Swallowtail 20
Battus philenor
Horace's Duskywing 32
Erynnis horatius
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 33
Papilio cresphontes
Halloween Pennant 34
Celithemis eponina
Vesper Bluet 35
Enallagma vesperum
Pitch Twig Moth
Retinia comstockiana
Fiery Skipper 36
Hylephila phyleus
Gray Hairstreak 37
Strymon melinus
Cherry Dagger 38
Acronicta hasta
Eastern Carpenter Bee 39
Xylocopa virginica
Emergent Mayfly 40
Hexagenia bilineata
Giant Mayfly 41
Hexagenia limbata
Hawthorn Lace Bug 42
Corythucha cydoniae
Greater Bee Fly 43
Bombylius major
Danaid Eggfly 44
Hypolimnas misippus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 32
Coccinella septempunctata
Queen 45
Danaus gilippus
American Rubyspot 46
Hetaerina americana
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 47
Sphecius speciosus
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 48
Spoladea recurvalis
Sachem 49
Atalopedes campestris
Common Flower Fly 50
Syrphus ribesii
Two-spotted Lady Beetle 51
Adalia bipunctata
Spot-winged Glider 52
Pantala hymenaea
Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle 53
Cicindela hirticollis
Dark Paper Wasp 54
Polistes fuscatus
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 55
Bombus fervidus
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 56
Bombus bimaculatus
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee 57
Megachile rotundata
Sculptured Resin Bee 58
Megachile sculpturalis
Black Saddlebags 46
Tramea lacerata
Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth 59
Nola clethrae
Clover Looper Moth 60
Caenurgina crassiuscula
Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 59
Palthis asopialis
Elegant Grass-veneer 61
Microcrambus elegans
Cloaked Marvel 62
Chytonix palliatricula
Bald-faced Hornet 59
Dolichovespula maculata
Pearl Crescent 46
Phyciodes tharos
White-striped Black 63
Trichodezia albovittata
American Sand Wasp 8
Bembix americana
Eastern Boxelder Bug 64
Boisea trivittata
White-horned Horntail
Urocerus albicornis
Black-and-red Horntail 65
Urocerus cressoni
Tulip-tree Silkmoth 66
Callosamia angulifera
Purple Tiger Beetle 67
Cicindela purpurea
Rose Aphid 68
Macrosiphum rosae
Forked Fungus Beetle 69
Bolitotherus cornutus
Brazilian Skipper 46
Calpodes ethlius
European Mantis 70
Mantis religiosa
Waterlily Leaf Beetle 71
Galerucella nymphaeae
Eastern Comma 72
Polygonia comma
Silver-bordered Fritillary 73
Boloria selene
Early Hairstreak 74
Erora laeta
European Hornet 75
Vespa crabro
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 76
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Polished Lady Beetle 77
Cycloneda munda
Large Milkweed Bug 32
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Cabbage White 78
Pieris rapae
Small Magpie 79
Anania hortulata
Small Copper 80
Lycaena phlaeas
Common Drone Fly 81
Eristalis tenax
Lily Leaf Beetle 82
Lilioceris lilii
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid 83
Scudderia furcata
Canada Darner 84
Aeshna canadensis
Meadow spittlebug 85
Philaenus spumarius

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