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Alderfly - genus Sialis

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Ground Beetle - Scarites
Alderflies
Ants
Beetles
Bees
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
Centipedes & Millipedes
Cockroaches
Cicadas
Earwigs
Flea

          Alderflies
  •  Alderfly - (Sialis) - brown, lace-winged aquatic insect at Bear River MBR
          Ants
Beetles
Bees
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus - species unknown) - at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus huntii ) - yellow bumble bee with orange at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Be e (Bombus centralis) - yellow, black and orange bee at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus morrisoni) - mostly yellow bumble bee with black markings
  • Cellophane Bee - (Colletes) - on Antelope Island
  • Cuckoo Bee - (Nomadinae) -  black and yellow wasp-like bee at Pineview Reservoir
  • Cuckoo Bee - (Epeolus) - gray and black striped bee on Antelope Island
  • Cuckoo Bee - (genus Nomada) - orange parasitic bee at the Jordanelle wetlands
  • Digger Bee with Oil Beetle larvae - at Strawberry Reservoir
  • Digger Bee   - (Diadasia enavata ) - gorgeous large brown bee at Promontory Point
  • Digger Bee - (Anthophora urbana ) - hairy little bee on Antelope Island
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee - (Bombus fervidus) - in Southern Utah
  • Honey Bee - (Apis mellifera) - golden honey bees in Uta
  • Leaf-cutting Bees
    • Leaf-cutting Bee - (Megachile parallela ) - small cute bee at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, UT
    • Leaf-cutting Bee - (Megachile inermis) - black and white bee with a big head in Wasatch County
  • Long-horned Bee - (Eucerini) - bee on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
  • Metallic Green Bee - (genus Agapostemon) - two photos at Bear River and Antelope Islan
  • Mining Bees
    • Mining Bee - (genus Andrena) - furry cool-weather pollinators on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena prunorum) - hairy yellow and black bee on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena pronorum) - small colorful bee with long slender wings on Ant. Island
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena transnigra) - attractive solitary bee sporting a boa in Brighton, Utah
  • Resin Bee - (Dianthidium) - 2 photos of resin bees and a pebble nest
  • Sonoran Bumble Bee - (Bombus sonorus) - at Tonaquint Nature Park in St. George, U
  • Sweat Bees
    • Sweat Beee - (subgenus Halictus sensu lato) - small striped black bee at Red Butte Gardens
    • Sweat Bee - 3 photos - two of Halictus ligatus and one of Lasioglossum
    • Sweat Bee - possibly Lasioglossum zephyrum - tiny ant-like bee in Taylorsville, Utah
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
  • Caddisfly - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands (2 species - 3 photos)    
Centipedes and Millipedes
  • Centipede - (probably Geophilomorpha) - small yellow centipede in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Centipede - (Chilopoda) - many-legged, brown insect in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Millipede - (Diplopoda) - small brown, many-legged insect in Taylorsville, Utah

Cicadas
  • Cicada - (Okanagana vanduzeei) - black and gold cicada at Promontory Point
  • Cicada - (Platypedia) - black and gold cicada at Payson Lakes
  • Cicada - (Okanagana) - teneral (having just emerged from exuvia)
  • Cicada - (Diceroprocta apache) - loudest cicadas on Earth in St. George, Utah
  • Cicada - (Magicicada septendecim ) - from Ohio
  • Cicada - (Tibicen_pruinosus) - "Scissors Grinder" in Gallatin, Missouri - photos by Joe Richardson
Cockroaches
  • Cockroach - (Luridiblatta trivittata) - small gold cockroach in a wetlands near Las Vegas Nevada
Earwigs
Flea
  • Flea - (Siphonaptera) - article on fleas
Flies
  • Bee Flies
    • Bee Fly - (Bombylius) - hovering fringed insect on Antelope Island
    • Bee Fly - (Exoprosopa dodrina) - a striped bee fly with a spot on each wing
    • Bee Fly - (Hemipenthes) - brown fly with patterned wing at Brighton, Utah
    • Bee Fly - (Heterostylum robustum) - "Bomber Fly" - pretty and noisy bee fly on the Nebo Loop
    • Bee Fly - (Poecilognathus) - tan fly with spotted wings on Antelope Island
    • Bee Fly - (Poecilanthrax californicus) - large bee fly in the desert near St. George. Utah
    • Bee Fly - (Systoechus) - fuzzy yellow fly with a long snout at Bear River MBR
    • Bee Fly - (Thevenetimyia) - tiny black bee fly at Brighton, Utah
    • Bee Fly - (genus Villa) - black and gray striped fly on Antelope Island
  • Blow Fly - Common Green Bottle fly - (Lucilia sericata) - on Antelope Island
  • Cluster Fly - (Pollenia) - gold-speckled blow fly at Pineview Reservoir
  • Crane Fly - at Payson Lakes and Taylorsville, UT
  • Deer Fly - ( Chrysops discalis) -mating pair and two other photos on Antelope Island
  • Deer Fly II - ( Chrysops callidus) - on Antelope Island
  • Dung Fly - (Scathophaga) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
  • Fruit Fly - (possible Cryptotret) - at Pineview Reservoir, Weber County, UT
  • Fruit Fly - ( Neotephritis finalis) - mating threesome on Antelope Island
  • Fruit Fly - (Paracantha) - on Antelope Island
  • Fruit Fly - (Trupanea nigricornis) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Uta
  • Horse Fly - Western   - (Tabanus punctifer) - in Southern Utah
  • Long-legged Fly - ( Dolichopodidae) - on Antelope Island & in Taylorsville, Utah
  • March Fly - (Bibionidae ) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • March Fly - (Bibionidae)   - a fly as art on Antelope Island
  • Marsh Fly - (Dictya) - speckled black fly in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Marsh Fly - (Sciomyzidae) - a reddish snail-eating fly
  • Midge - (Chironomidae) - on Antelope Island, Utah
  • Net-winged Midge - (Blephariceridae) - below Jordanelle Dame in Wasatch Count
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Ceroxys) - pattern-winged fly with a striped body at Bear River MBR
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Chaetopsis) - small fly with striped wings at Jordanelle wetlands
  • Robber Flies
  • Satellite Fly - (subfamily Miltogramminae) - tiny cleptoparasitic flies at Strawberry Reservoir
  • Shore Fly - "Brine Fly" - (genus Ephydridae) - a brown and and black Brine Fly on Antelope Island
  • Soldier Fly - (Hedriodiscus binotatus) - green and black fly on Antelope Island
  • Soldier Fly - (Stratiomyida Odontomyia ) - at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, UT
  • Stiletto Fly - (Therevidae) -  in Kolob Canyon, Zion NP
  • Sun Fly - (family Heleomyzidae) - tiny fly with hairy wing edgess found on Antelope Island
  • Syrphid Flies
    • Syrphid Fly - (Allograpta obliqua) - in St. George, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Ceriana tridens) - in Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Syprid Fly - (Eristalinus aeneus) - brown fly with spotted eyes on Antelope Island
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eristalis arbustorum) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eristalis flavipes) -large black and yellow bumble bee mimic at the Jordanelle wetlands
    • Syprhid Fly - ( Eristalis tenax) - 4 photos from Antelope Island & Taylorsville, UT
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes volucris)  - "Bird Hover Fly" - striped fly in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes) - black and yellow fly in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (genus Helophilus ) - crusty bee-like fly on Antelope Island
    • Syrphid Fly - (Lejops polygrammus) - patterned fly at Red Butte Gardens and Antelope Island
    • Syrphid Fly - (Sphaerophoria) - in the Jordanelle Wetlands, Wasatch County, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Spilomyia liturata ) - yellow and black wasp-like, wing-waving fly in the Jordanelle wetlands 
    • Syrphid Fly - (Syritta pipiens) - small oblong fly with hefty thighs in Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Syrphid Fl y - (Toxomerus marginatus) - beneficial striped fly at Promontory Point
  • Tachinid Flies
    • Tachinid Fly - (Cylindromyia ) - skinny orange and black fly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Tachinid Fly - (Gymnosoma) - on Antelope Island
    • Tachnid Fly - (Oestrophasia signifera) - orange parasitic fly with striped wings on Antelope Island
    • Tachnid Fly - (genus Paradidyma) - brown and white striped fly on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (Tachininae) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Tachinid Fly , Spiny - ( Paradejeania rutilioides) - large orange fly in the Jordanelle wetlands
  • Thick-headed Fly - (Thecophora) - at Pineview Reservoir
  • Thick-headed Fly - (Conopidae) - on Antelope Island
  • Vinegar Fly - (Chymomyza) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids
Lacewings and Antlions  (Neuroptera)
Ladybugs (Ladybird Beetles, Lady Beetles)
Leafhoppers, Spittlebugs & Treehoppers
Mantids
Mayflies
Snakefly
  • Snakefly - (Agulla) - 2 photos at Brighton, Utah
Springtails
Wasps & Hornets
    • Apoid Wasp - (genus Cerceris) - at Promontory Point, Utah
    • Bald-faced Hornet - black & white hornets at Red Butte Gardens
    • Beewolf - (Philanthus gibbosus) - in the Jordanelle dam wetlands and o n Antelope Island, Utah
    • Blackjacket - Vespula consobrina - "black yellowjacket" at Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Braconid Wasps
      • Braconid Wasp - (Agathidinae ) - tiny red and black was on Antelope Island
      • Braconid Wasp - (Cheloninae) - small swarming brown wasps on Antelope Island
      • Braconid Wasp - (Ephialtini) - tiny black and white wasp near St. George, Utah
    • " Carrot Wasp " - (genus Gasteruption) - in the Jordanelle wetlands in Wasatch Cnty, UT
    • Cuckoo Wasp - (Chrysididae) - at Bear River MBR
    • Cutworm Wasp - (genus Podalonia) - red and black mating wasps in the mountains above Strawberry Res.
    • Digger Wasp - (Bembix) - on Antelope Island
    • Ichneumon Wasps
      • Ichneumon Wasp - ( Ichneumon ambulatorius) - orange, black and white wasp in Red Butte Gardens, SLC
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Anomalon) - tiny male and female wasps at Promontory Point
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (subfamily Banchinae) - female red and black wasp with white stripes on the end
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Pimplini) - black and orange wasp in November on Antelope Island
    • Chalcidoid Wasp - (genus Leucospis) - tiny yellow and black wasp with fat abdomen in Taylorsville, UT
    • Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus) - at Payson Lakes, Utah County, Utah
    • Mud Dauber & the Velvet Ant - (Sceliphron caementarium)  - one wasp's fascination with a Velvet Ant
    • Mud Dauber - (Sceliphron caementarium) - black and yellow thread-waisted wasp on Antelope Is.
    • Paper Wasp, European - (Polistes dominula) - at Red Butte Gardens, Ant. Island, Brighton, UT & Bear River MBR
    • Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer ) - "Bearer of Gold" on Antelope Island
    • Pigeon Horntail - (Tremex columbo aureus) - huge stingless wood wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Potter Wasp - (Genus Ancistrocerus) - black wasp with yellow stripes - on Antelope Island and at Red Butte Gardens
    • Potter Wasp nests - (subfamily Eumeninae) - turrets of mud in the Kolob Terraces of Zion National Park
    • Sand Wasp - (Bembix americana) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
    • Sawfly - (genus Fenusa ) - leaf-mining wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Sawfly - (Hemichroa crocea ) - Striped Alder Sawfly adult in Wasatch County, UT
    • Sawfly - (genus Tenthredo) - orange and black common sawfly with yellow stripes
    • Spider Wasps
      • Spider Wasp - (genus Ageniella) - red spider wasp on Antelope Island
      • Spider Wasp - (Auplopus caerulescens or A. architectus ) - small blue-green wasp with a Yellow Sac Spider as prey
      • Spider Wasp -  (Pompilidae) - blue-black wasp on Antelope Island
      • Spider Wasp - (Tachypompilus unicolor) - red-orange wasp with bluish-purple wings on Antelope Island
      • Spider Wasp - (species unknown) - small black and blue spider was in Red Butte Gardens
    • Square-headed Wasps
    • Tarantula Hawk - (Pepsis) - large black wasp with orange wings near Promontory Point in Box Elder County, Utah
    • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Isodontia elegans) - brown and black "grass-carrying wasp" in Red Butte Gardens
    • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Sphecidae) - in Millard County and Davis County
    • Tiphiid Wasp - (subfamily Tiphiinae) - long-bellied black wasp at Strawberry Res. in Wasatch County, Utah
    • Tiphid Wasp - (family Tiphiidae) - long-bodied black wasps on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (Dasymutilla) - two photos of a winged male on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (Dasymutilla californica& Dasymutilla vesta) - two types of velvet ants on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (Odontophotopsis venusta) - orange male velvet ant on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (Sphaeropthalma marpesia) - female nocturnal velvet ant & a male Dasymutilla vesta
    • Western Cicada Killer - (Sphecius grandis) - huge, huge orange, black and yellow wasp at Bear River MBR
    • Yellowjacket - Prairie Yellowjacket - (Vespula atropilosa) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, UT
          Weevils
    • Amblycerus - (Bruchinae Amblycerus) -  seed weevil in Salt Lake City, UT
    • Billbug - (Sphenophorus aequalis ochreus) - Clay-colored Billbug narrowed to subspecies at Bear River MBR
    • Billbug - (Sphenophorus gentilis ) - munching on grass at Bear River MBR, Box Elder Cnty., Utah
    • Billbug - (Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal) - bluegrass billbug in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Canada Thistle Bud Weevil - (Larinus planus) - gold and gray weevil on Antelope Island
    • Crusted Root Weevil - (Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus) - tiny tan weevil in Taylorsville, Utah
    • European Curculionid Weevil - (Gymnaetron tetrum) - weevils on Mullein on Antelope Island & insect preying on them
    • Ironweed curculio - (Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus) - on a sunflower leaf on Antelope Island
    • Rose Curculio or Rose Weevil - (Merhynchites bicolor) - red and black weevil in a wild rose (Rosa woodsii)
    • Sacred Datura Weevil - (Trichobaris compacta) -   in Snow Canyon State Park near St. George, Utah
    • Snout Beetle - (Anthonomus) - in the Jordanelle wetlands
    • Snout Beetle - (Myrmex lineatus) - gray weevil with black stripes on rabbitbrush
    • Snout Beetle - (Cryptorhynchus lapathi ) - at the North Arm of Pineview Reservoir
    • Strawberry Root Weevil -(Otiorhynchus ovatus) -black root-chewing bug with brown legs in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Sunflower Stem Weevil - (Cylindrocopturus adspersus) - destructive weevil in Box Elder and Davis Counties
          Miscellaneous
      
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