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Insects of the Francis Beidler Forest

There has never been an inventory of insects. Therefore, this section is incomplete and reflect only those specimens that have been photographed or have otherwise caught our attention. We welcome any efforts to help complete these lists.

Coleoptera (beetles)

Diptera (flies)

Family: Cuterebridae
Squirrel Bot Fly (Cuterebra emasculator)

Family: Syrphidae
American Hover Fly (Metasyrphus americanus) - images

Hemiptera (bugs)

Family: Coreidae
Leaf-footed Bug (Acanthocephala declivis) - images

Family: Reduviidae
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) - images

Homoptera (cicadas)

Family: Cicadidae
Dog-day Cicada (Tibicen pruinosa) - images

Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, and bees)

Family: Halictidae
Halictid Bee - images

Family: Formicdide
Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Family: Mutillidae
Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) - images

Family: Vespidae
Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)
Southern Yellow Jacket (Vespula squamosa) - images

Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

Butterflies

Family: Papilionidae
Palamedes Swallowtail (Pterourus palamedes) - images
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Pterourus glaucus) - images
Spicebush Swallowtail (Pterourus troilus) - images
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) - images

Family: Pieridae
Cloudless Giant Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)

Family: Nymphalidae
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Red-spotted Purple (Basilarchia astyanax) - images
Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) - images
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) - images
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) - images

Family: Danaidae
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - images

Moths

Family: Lasiocampidae
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma disstria) - images
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma americanum) - images

Family: Saturniidae
Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus)
Royal Walnut Moth (Citheronia regalis)
Luna Moth (Actias luna) - images

Family: Arctiidae
Pale Tussock Moth (Halysidota tessellaris) - images

Family: Notodontidae
Red-humped Oakworm (Symmerista canicosta) - images

Family: Lymantriidae
Whitemarked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma) - images

Neuroptera (lacewings, antlions, owlflies)

Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)

Freshwater-associated insect orders:

Ephemeroptera (mayflies)

Megaloptera (dobsonflies and alderflies)

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)

Family: Calopterygidae
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

Plecoptera (stoneflies)

Trichoptera (caddisflies)

Remaining orders:

Archaeognatha (bristletails)

Blattodea (cockroaches)

Collembola (springtails)

Dermaptera (earwigs)

Diplura (two-pronged bristletails)

Embiidina (web spinners)

Isoptera (termites)

Mantodea (mantises)

Mecoptera (scorpionflies)

Phasmatodea (stick insects)

Family: Heteronemiidae
Common Walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) - images

Protura (wingless insect)

Thysanoptera (thrips)

Thysanura (fishmoths)

 

American Hover Fly
 
Black Swallowtail
 
Common Walkingstick
   
Dog Day Cicada
   
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
   
Forest Tent Moth Caterpillar
 
Halictid Bee
Leaf-footed Bug
   
Little Wood Satyr
 
Luna Moth
   
Monarch Butterfly
Palamedes Swallowtail
   
Pale Tussock Moth Caterpillar
   
Pearl Crescent
 
Red Admiral
 
Red-humped Oakworm Caterpillar
   
Red-spotted Purple
Southern Yellow Jacket
   
Spicebush Swallowtail
 
Velvet Ant
   
Wheel Bug
   
Whitemarked Tussock Moth Caterpillar
   

 

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