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Lincoln Park Zoo BioBlitz Guide

A guide of selected species found near and within Lincoln Park Zoo.

Common Green Darner 1
Anax junius
Water Scorpion 2
Nepa cinerea
Riffle Beetles 3
Elmidae
Caddisflies 4
Trichoptera
Mayflies 5
Ephemeroptera
Predaceous Diving Beetles 6
Dytiscidae
Blue Dasher 7
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 8
Perithemis tenera
Beetles
Coleoptera
Crawling Water Beetles 3
Haliplidae
Whirligig Beetle 9
Gyrinus convexiusculus
Predaceous Diving Beetles 6
Dytiscidae
Riffle Beetles 3
Elmidae
Water Penny Beetles
Psephenidae
Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles 3
Hydrophiloidea
Flies 10
Diptera
Mosquitoes and Midges 11
Culicomorpha
Mosquitoes and Midges 11
Culicomorpha
black fly
Simulium nigricoxum
Crane Flies 12
Tipulomorpha
Drone Fly 13
Eristalis tenax
Snipe Flies 14
Rhagionidae
Black Horsefly
Tabanus atratus
Mayflies 5
Ephemeroptera
Antlions, Lacewings and Allies 15
Neuroptera
Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids
Orthoptera
Stoneflies 16
Plecoptera
Caddisflies 4
Trichoptera
Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths 17
Pyraloidea
Black Swallowtail 18
Papilio polyxenes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 19
Papilio glaucus
Fiery Skipper 20
Hylephila phyleus
Spotted Skipper
Melanopyge erythrosticta
Red-spotted Purple 21
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Red Admiral 22
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 23
Vanessa cardui
Question Mark 24
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 25
Junonia coenia
Monarch 8
Danaus plexippus
American Snout 26
Libytheana carinenta
Spring Azure 27
Celastrina ladon
Orange Sulphur 12
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 12
Colias philodice
Cabbage White 28
Pieris rapae
Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps
Aculeata
Bumble Bees 29
Bombus
Western Honey Bee 30
Apis mellifera
Hornets and Paper Wasps 31
Vespidae
Cicadas 32
Cicadoidea
Backswimmers 33
Notonectidae
Greater Water Boatman 34
Notonecta glauca
Water Scorpion 2
Nepa cinerea
Giant Water Bug 35
Lethocerus americanus
Water Treaders 36
Mesoveliidae
Dragonflies 37
Anisoptera
Pondhawks
Erythemis
Widow Skimmer 38
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 39
Libellula pulchella
Calico Pennant 40
Celithemis elisa
Halloween Pennant 19
Celithemis eponina
Variegated Meadowhawk 41
Sympetrum corruptum
White-faced Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum obtrusum
Autumn Meadowhawk 1
Sympetrum vicinum
Wandering Glider 7
Pantala flavescens
Carolina Saddlebags 42
Tramea carolina
Black Saddlebags 7
Tramea lacerata
Dot-tailed Whiteface 43
Leucorrhinia intacta
Eastern Amberwing 8
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 44
Plathemis lydia
Common Green Darner 1
Anax junius
Green-striped Darner 45
Aeshna verticalis
Swamp Darner 39
Epiaeschna heros
Prince Baskettail 46
Epitheca princeps
Damselflies 47
Zygoptera
Familiar Bluet 48
Enallagma civile
Citrine Forktail 49
Ischnura hastata
Fragile Forktail
Ischnura posita
Eastern Forktail 7
Ischnura verticalis
Ebony Jewelwing 50
Calopteryx maculata
Eastern Dobsonfly 51
Corydalus cornutus
Alderfly 52
Sialis lutaria

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