updated Feb 2017 Page 1

Lawther - Deer Park Prairie

Insect List

Total species to date 107

Order Coleoptera

Family Cerambycidae - (Longhorn Beetles)

Six-spotted Flower Longhorn Strangalia sexnotata

Family Chrysomelidea - (Leaf Beetles)

Spotted undecimpunctata

Family Coccinellidae - (Lady Beetles)

Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis

Family Meloidae - (Blister Beetles)

Prairie Blister Beetle Zonitis vittigera

Family - (Scarab Beetles)

Delta Flower Scarab Trigonopeltastes delta

Dark Flower Scarab sepulcralis

Order Diptera Flies

Family - (Robber Flies)

Hanging Thieves (Robber Fly) Diogmites sp.

Robber Fly Efferia sp.

Dolichopodidae - (Long Legged Flies)

Long-legged Fly Condylostylus longicornis

Family Muscidae - (House Flies)

House Fly Musca sp.

Family Mydidae - (Mydas Flies)

Mydas Fly Mydas clavatus

Family Stratiomyidae - (Soldier Flies)

Soldier Fly Hedriodiscus trivittatus

Soldier Fly Hoplitimyia sp.

Family Syrphinae - (Flower Flies, Syrphid Flies)

Flower Fly Eristalis transversa

Flower Fly Toxomerus marginatus

Flower fly Toxomerus politus

Family Tachinidae - (Tachinid Flies)

Tachinid Fly Epalpus signifer updated Feb 2017 Page 2

Family Tephritidae - (Fruit Flies)

Texas Fruitfly Trupanea texana

Order True Bugs

Family - (Stilt Bugs)

Stilt Bug Neoneides muticus

Family Cicadellidae - ()

Bristly Green Penestragania robusta

Deltocephaline Leafhopper Balclutha neglecta

Sharpshooter Draeculacephala sp.

Family Clastopteridae - (Spittlebugs)

Sunflower Spittlebug xanthocephala

Family - ()

Two-lined Spittle Bug Prosapia bicincta

Family - (Leaf-footed and Stink Bugs)

Eastern Leaf-footed Bug Leptoglossus phyllopus

Spined Soldier Stink Bug Podisus maculiventris

Family - (Seed Bugs)

Baccharis Seed Bug Ochrimnus mimulus

Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus

Family Miradae - (Plant Bugs)

Black Line Seed Bug Americodema nigrolineatum

Family - (Stink Bugs)

Rice Stink Bug Oebalus pugnax

Family - (Assassin and Ambush Bugs)

Jagged Ambush Bug Phymata americana

Milkweed Assassin Bug Zelus longipes

Yellow-bellied Assassin Apiomerus flaviventris

Family - (Seed Bugs)

Long-necked Seed Bug Myodocha serripes

Order , , Ants

Family - (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bummble and Honey Bees)

American Bumble Bee Bombus pensylvanicus

Southern Xylocopa micans

Honey Bee Apis mellifera updated Feb 2017 Page 3

Family Braconidae - (Braconid Wasps)

Braconid Atanycolus sp.

Family Halictidae - (Sweat Bees)

Metalic Sweat Bee Agapostemon sp.

Sweat Bee Halictus ligatus

Family Scoliidae - (Scolid Wasps)

Feather-legged Scolid Wasp Campsomeris plumipes

Family Sphecidae - (Thread-wasted Wasps)

Black and Yellow Mud Dauber Sceliphron caementarium

Family Vespidae - (Yellowjackets, Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter, Mason and Wasps)

Mason Wasp Monobia quadridens

Paper Wasp Polistes exclamans

Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus

Red-marked Pachodynerus Pachodynerus erynnis

Family Formicidae - (Ants)

Crazy Ant Nylanderia fulva

Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

Order Butterflies and

Family Geometridae - (Inchworm Moths)

White-tipped Black chephise

Family Hesperiidae - (Skippers)

Common Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis

Clouded Skipper Lerema accius

Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala

Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus

Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor

Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus

Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola

Sachem Skipper Atalopedes campestris

Southern Skipperling Copaeodes minima

Family Megalopygidae - (Flannel Moths)

Southern Flannel Moyh Megalopyge opercularis

Family Nymphalidae - (Brush-footed Butterflies)

Common Buckeye Junonia coenia

Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae updated Feb 2017 Page 4

Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos

Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon

Monarch Danaus plexippus

Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia

Family Lycaenidae - (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)

Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus

Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus

Family Papilionoidae - (Swallowtails, Parnassians)

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

Family Pieridae - (Whites Sulphurs, Yellows)

Checkered White Pontia protodice

Little Yellow Pyrisitia lisa

Family Psychidae - (Bagworm Moth)

Abbot’s Bagworm Moth Oiketicus abbotii

Family - (Sphinx Moths)

Banded Sphinx fasciatus

Mournful Sphinx Enyo lugubris

Order Mantodea Mantids

Family Mantidae

Carolina Stagmomantis carolina

Family - (Grass-like Mantid)

Grass-like Mantis Thesprotia graminis

Order Neuroptera Lacewings, Owlflies, Dobsonflies, Antlions and Mantispids

Family Ascalaphidae - (Owlflies)

Owlfly Ululodes macleayanus

Family Chrysopidae - (Lacewings)

Green Lacewing Chrysoperia rufilabris

Order Odonata Dragonflies and Damselflies

Suborder Anisoptera - Dragonflies

Family Aeshnidae - (Darners)

Common Green Darner Anax junius

Family Libellulidae - (Skimmers)

Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis

Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata updated Feb 2017 Page 5

Seaside Dragonlet Erythrodiplax berenice

Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea

Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens

Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum

Four-spotted Pennant Brachymesia gravida

Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina

Marl Pennant Macrodiplax balteata

Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis

Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata

Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta

Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans

Needham’s Skimmer Libellula needhami

Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea

Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia

Suborder Zygoptera - Damselflies

Family Coenagrionidae - (Pond Damsels)

Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile

Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula

Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata

Rambur’s Forktail Ischnura ramburii

Family Lestidae - (Spreadwings)

Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis

Order Orthoptera Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets

Family Acrididae - (Grasshopers)

American Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca americana

Cattail Toothpick Grasshopper Leptysma marginicollis

Mischievous Bird Grasshopper Schistocerca damnifica

Spurthroated Grasshopper Melanoplus sp.

Family Tettigoniidae - (Katydids)

Bush Katydid Scudderia sp.

Order Phasmida Walkingsticks

Family Heteronemiidae - (Walkingsticks)

Short-horned Walkingstick Parabacillus sp.

Family Pseudophasmatidae - (Striped Walkingsticks)

Two-striped Walikngstick Anisomorpha sp. updated Feb 2017 Page 6