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Syrphid Fly - Syritta pipiens

Seed-eating Ground Beetle - genus Amara

  Scissors Grinder cicada - Tibicen pruinosus

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   Ants
Beetles
Bees
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
  • Caddisfly - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands (2 species - 3 photos)    
Centipedes and Millipedes
  • Centipede - (Chilopoda) - many-legged, brown 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 Fly - genus Geron (video 1.3 MB) - tiny humpbacked bee fly with long proboscis
  • 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, Utah
  • 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 - (Sciomyzidae) - a reddish snail-eating fly
  • Midge - (Chironomidae) - on Antelope Island, Utah
  • Net-winged Midge - (Blephariceridae) - below Jordanelle Dame in Wasatch County
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Chaetopsis) - small fly with striped wings at Jordanelle wetlands
  • Robber Fly vs. the Spider - battle over a poor dragonfly
  • Robber Fly - (Asilidae) - small fly dining on an even tinier parasitic wasp near Lytle Ranch in Utah
  • Robber Fly "Hanging Thief " - (Diogmites angustipennis ) - orange robber fly with green eyes on Antelope Island
  • Robber Fly - 2 pages of  photos at different locations
  • Robber Fly Smarts - a tale of survival in the desert
  • 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
  • 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 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
    • Braconid Wasp - (Macrocentrus) - tiny orange wasp in Taylorsville, 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 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
    • Ichneumon Wasp - (Ophion) - small orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Ichneumon Wasp - 3 pages of different species
    • Ichneumon Wasp - (Netelia) - orange female wasp 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 Wasp - (genus Ageniella) - red spider wasp on Antelope Island
    • Spider Wasp - (Aporinellus) - gray 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 Wasp - (Crabronini ectemnius) - black and yellow wasp on Antelope Island
    • Square-headed Wasp - (Crabro latipes) - yellow and black wasp with leg flaps
    • Square-headed Wasp - (Larrini) - near Hoover Dam in Nevada
    • Square-headed Wasp -(genus Tachytes) - black and orange wasp with green eyes at Promontory Point, Utah
    • Tarantula Hawk - (Pepsis) - large black wasp with orange wings near Promontory Point in Box Elder County, Utah
    • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Sphecidae) - in Millard County and Davis County
    • 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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These works by Carol Davis are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License .
The logo at the top of the page is a photo of a Syrphid Fly, copyright Carol Davis, 2011

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