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This list is under construction, but we wanted to present a few of the more common flying invertebrates seen on the SMFP.

Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)

Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis)

Gabb's Checkerspot (Chlosyne gabbii)

Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara)

Hoverfly

Araneae - Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata)

California Jumping Spider (Phidippus californicus)

Funnel Weavers (Agelenidae)

Golenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

California Lady Beetle (Coccinella californica)

Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)

Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae)

Dentate Stink Beetle (Eleodes dentipes)

Diabolical Ironclad Beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus)

Margined Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus)

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

Stink beetle (Coelocnemis magna)

Woolly Darkling Beetle (Eleodes osculans)

Dermaptera European Earwig (Forficula Auricularia)

Calfornia Bumble Bee (Bombus californicus)

Gouty Stem Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercussuttoni)

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercuspomiformis)

Live Oak Petiole Gall Wasp (Melikaiella flora)

Sausage Flower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis congregate)

Thisbe’s Tarantula-Hawk Wasp (Pepsis thisbe)

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly (Euura Californica)

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)

Lepidoptera Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon)

Cabbage Webworm Moth (Hellula undalis,)

Checkered White (Pontia protodice)

Common Ringlet (Coenonympha California)

Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole)

Gray Buckeye (Junonia grisea)

Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis)

Northern White-Skipper (Helipetes ericetorum)

Ornate Tiger Moth (Apantesis ornate)

Painted lady (Vanessa Cardui)

Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta)

Small White (Pieris rapae)

West Coast Lady (Vanessa Annabella)

Western Panthea Moth (Panthea virginarius)

Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis )

White Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius albezens)

Mantodea European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Red-mantled Saddlebags (Tramea onusta)

Pallid-winged Grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis)

Painted Meadow Grasshopper (Chimarocephala pacifica)

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Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus californicus)

Steidachner’s Ebony Tarantula (Aphonopelma eutylenum)

Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)

Blattodea Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes Hesperus)

Coleoptera Black Calosoma (Calosoma Semilaeve)

Brown Leather Wing Beetle (Pacificanthia consors)

Desert Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes)

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Diptera Baccharis Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia baccharis)

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia californica)

Dark-winged fungus gnats (Sciaridae)

Honeysuckle Gall Midge (Lonicerae lonicera)

Large-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes volucris)

Oblique Streaktail (Allograpta obliqua)

Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)

Sagerbrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia floccose)

White Sage Leaf Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia audibertiae)

Willow Rosette Gall Midge (Rabdophaga rosaria)

Hemiptera Cabbage Aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae)

California Bordered Plant Bug (Largus californicus)

(Campyloneura virgula)

Irbisia

Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)

Mediterranean Red Bug (Scantius aegyptius)

Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)

Peppertree Psyllid (Calophya schini)

Potato Mirid (Closterotomus norvegicus)

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid (Glycaspis brimblecombei)

True Cochineal Bug (Dactylopius coccus)

Hymenoptera American Winter Ant (Prenolepis impairs)

Andre’s Harvester Ant (Veromessor Andrei)

Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile)

California Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)

Texas Range Grasshopper (Psoloessa texana)

Orthoptera Graceful Grasshopper (Chloealtis gracilis)

Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Ixodida Pacific Coast Tick (Dermacentor occidentalis)

Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)

Odonata Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)

White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)

Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)

California Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)

Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp (Diplolepis polita)

Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla californica)

Documented:

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Banded Garden Spider

California Jumping Spider

Desert Tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes)

Funnel Weavers

Golenrod Crab Spider

Ground Crab Spider

Steidachner’s Ebony Tarantula

Western Subterranean Termite

Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus californicus)

Steidachner’s Ebony Tarantula (Aphonopelma eutylenum)

Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)

Order Blattodea (Termites and Cockroaches)

Blattodea Western Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes Hesperus)

Order Coleoptera (beetles)

Black Calosoma

Brown Leather Wing Beetle (Pacificanthia consors)

California Lady Beetle

Coleoptera Black Calosoma (Calosoma Semilaeve)

Convergent Lady Beetle

Darkling Beetle

Dentate Stink Beetle

Diabolical Ironclad Beetle

Margined Burying Beetle

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Stink beetle

Woolly Darkling Beetle

Order Dermaptera (Earwigs)

European Earwig

Order Diptera (Flies)

Baccharis Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia baccharis)

Cabbage Aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae)

Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia californica)

Dark-winged fungus gnats (Sciaridae species)

Honeysuckle Gall Midge (Lonicerae lonicera)

Hoverfly

Large-tailed Aphideater (Eupeodes volucris)

Margined Calligrapher (Toxomerus marginatus)

Oblique Streaktail (Allograpta obliqua)

Sagerbrush Woolly Stem Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia floccose)

White Sage Leaf Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia audibertiae)

Willow Rosette Gall Midge

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs and Aphids)

Cabbage Aphid

California Bordered Plant Bug (Largus californicus)

Irbisia species

Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)

Mediterranean Red Bug (Scantius aegyptius)

Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)

Peppertree Psyllid (Calophya schini)

Potato Mirid (Closterotomus norvegicus)

Predatory Bug (Campyloneura virgula)

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid (Glycaspis brimblecombei)

True Cochineal Bug (Dactylopius coccus)

Order Hymenoptera (Wasps, Bees and Ants)

American Winter Ant

American Winter Ant (Prenolepis impairs)

Andre’s Harvester Ant (Veromessor Andrei)

Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile)

Calfornia Bumble Bee

California Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex californicus)

European Honey Bee

Gouty Stem Gall Wasp

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp

Live Oak Petiole Gall Wasp

Sausage Flower Gall Wasp

Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp (Diplolepis polita)

Thisbe’s Tarantula-Hawk Wasp

Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla californica)

Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)

Willow Apple Gall Sawfly

Willow Rosette Gall Midge (Rabdophaga rosaria)

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Order Ixodida (Ticks)

Pacific Coast Tick (Dermacentor occidentalis)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths):

Acmon Blue

Anise Swallowtail

Cabbage Webworm Moth

Checkered White

Common Buckeye

Common Checkered-Skipper

Common Ringlet

Dainty Sulphur

Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)

Gabb's Checkerspot

Gray Buckeye

Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Lorquin's Admiral

Monarch

Mournful Duskywing

Mourning Cloak

Northern White-Skipper

Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)

Ornate Tiger Moth

Painted lady

Red Admiral

Sara Orangetip

Small White

West Coast Lady

Western Panthea Moth

Western Pygmy Blue

White Checkered-Skipper

White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)

Order Mantodea (Mantises)

European Mantis

Order Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselfies)

Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile)

Red-mantled Saddlebags

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Locusts, and crickets)

Graceful Grasshopper (Chloealtis gracilis)

Painted Meadow Grasshopper

Pallid-winged Grasshopper

Texas Range Grasshopper (Psoloessa texana)