SITP Balboa Park Species Guide

A guide for School in the Park students to help them identify species for their SITP project at The San Diego Natural History Museum.

White-lined Sphinx 1
Hyles lineata
West Coast Lady 3
Vanessa annabella
Mourning Cloak 4
Nymphalis antiopa
Gulf Fritillary 5
Agraulis vanillae
Monarch 6
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 7
Strymon melinus
Marine Blue 8
Leptotes marina
Cloudless Sulphur 9
Phoebis sennae
Eufala Skipper 10
Lerodea eufala
Fiery Skipper 11
Hylephila phyleus
Umber Skipper 12
Poanes melane
Woodland Skipper 13
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Erythrina borer 14
Terastia meticulosalis
Sonoran Bumblebee 15
Bombus sonorus
Honey Bee 16
Apis mellifera
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber 17
Sceliphron caementarium
Argentine Ant 18
Linepithema humile
Western Yellowjacket 19
Vespula pensylvanica
Lesser Eucalyptus Longhorn 20
Phoracantha recurva
Australian Tortoise Beetle 21
Trachymela sloanei
Lady Beetles 22
Coccinellidae
Asian Lady Beetle 23
Harmonia axyridis
Wooly Darkling Beetle 24
Eleodes osculans
Green Fig Beetle 25
Cotinis mutabilis
Ten-lined June Beetle 26
Polyphylla decemlineata
Tropical House Cricket 27
Gryllodes sigillatus
Gray Bird Grasshopper 28
Schistocerca nitens
Red Gum Lerp Psyllid 29
Glycaspis brimblecombei
Red-shouldered Bug 9
Jadera haematoloma
Variegated Meadowhawk 30
Sympetrum corruptum
Common Earwig 31
Forficula auricularia
Filter Fly 32
Clogmia albipunctata
Mexican Cactus Fly 33
Copestylum mexicanum
American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana

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