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

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