Checklist of Invertebrates Found on Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area A selection of the species likely to be of greatest interest; there are many, many others

Common Name Scientific Name

Dragonflies & Damselflies Coenagrionidae Emma's dancer Argia emma Pacific forktail Ischnura cervula Boreal bluet Enallagma boreale Western red damsel Amphiagrion abbreviatum

Lestidae Northern Spreadwing Lestes disjunctus Emerald Spreadwing Lestes dryas Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus

Aeschnidae Paddle-tailed Darner Aeshna palmata Lord of June Anax junius Lance-tipped Darner Aeshna constricta Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor

Libellulidae Western Pondhawk Erythemis collocata Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata Common Whitetail Platythemis lydia Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale Striped Meadowhawk Sympetrum pallipes Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata

Grasshoppers & Katydids Carolina Grasshopper Dissosteira carolina Fork-tailed Bush Katydid Scudderia furcata Pronotal range grasshopper Cratypedes neglecta

Mantids Praying mantis Stagomantis spp

Butterflies & Moths Moths (showy and/or day-flying) Ranchman's Tiger Moth Platyprepia virginalis Garden Tiger Moth Arctia caja utahensis Police Car Moth Gnophaela vermiculata Ornate Tiger Moth Grammia ornata Yellow-spotted tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata St Lawrence Tiger Moth Platarctia parthenos Ranchman's Tiger Moth Platyprepia virginalis Western snowberry clearwing moth Hemaris thetis Boisduval White-lined Sphinx Moth Hyles lineata Blinded Sphinx Moth Paonias excaecata One-eyed Sphinx Moth Smerinthus cerisyi Wild Cherry Sphinx Moth Sphinx drupiferarum Vashti Sphinx Moth Sphinx vashti Modest Sphinx Moth Pachysphinx modesta Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus

Butterflies Skippers Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides Persius duskywing Erynnis persius Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis icelus Common Checkered Skipper Pyrgus communis Two-banded Checkered Skipper Pyrgus ruralis Boisduval Juba Skipper Hesperia juba Common Roadside Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis Western Branded Skipper Hesperia colorado

Swallowtails Anis Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus rutulus Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus Mountain Parnassian Parnassius smintheus

Whites, Sulphurs Western White Pontia occidentalis Cabbage White Pieris rapae Becker's White Pontia beckerii (WH Edwards) Large Marble Euchloe ausonides Sara's Orangetip Anthocharissara Clouded sulphur Colias philodice Western Sulphur Colias occidentalis

Coppers, Blues, Elfins Purplish Copper Lycaena helloides Blue Copper Lycaena hteronea Edith's Copper Lycaena editha Mead Brown Elfin Callophrys augustinus Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphon Thicket Hairstreak Callophrys spinetorum Moss' Elfin Callophrys mossii (Hy. Edwards) Echo Azure Celastrina argiolus Lucia Blue Celastrina lucia (R. Kirby) Cascadia Blue None Assigned Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exilis Western Tailed Blue Everes amyntula (Boisduval) Arrowhead Blue Glaucopsyche piasus (Boisduval) Greenish Blue Plebejus saepiolus Melissa's Blue Lycaeides melissa (W.H.Edwards) Boisduval's Blue Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval) Acmon Blue Icaricia acmon (Boisduval) Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Fritillaries, Checkerspots, Nymphs Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele(Fabricius) Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis (W.H. Edwards) Hydaspe Fritillary Speyeria hydaspe (Boisduval) Zerene Fritillary Speyeria zerene (Boisduval) Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchellus Northern Checkerspot Chlosyne palla Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta Chalcedona Checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona Anicia Checkerspot Euphydryas anicia Edith's checkerspot Euphydryas editha Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Milbert's Tortoiseshell Nymphalis milberti Lorquin's Admiral Limenitis lorquini Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala Ochre Ringlet Coenonympha tullia (Müller) Butler's Alpine Erebia epipsodea Monarch Danaus plexippus

Bumble Bees White-shouldered Bumble Bee Bombus appositus Two Form Bumble Bee Bombus bifarius Yellow Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus Yellow Head Bumble Bee Bombus flavifrons Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus insularis Black-tail Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus Mixed Bumble Bee Bombus mixtus Nevada Bumble Bee Bombus nevadensis Western Bumble Bee Bombus occidentalis Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus Forest Bumble Bee Bombus sylvicola Half-black Bumble Bee Bombus vagans Vosnesensky Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii