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Fresh Pond Insects, Spiders, and Other Arthropods
Identifications by Tom Murray
2005-2011

 

1. American Hover Fly - Eupeodes americanus*
2. American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis
3. Ant - Tapinoma sessile*
4. Ants - Myrmica sp.
5. Aphid - Aphididae
6. Asteroid Moth (caterpillar) - Cucullia asteroides
7. Autumn Meadowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum*
8. Bald-faced Hornet- Dolichovespula maculata
9. Bark Crab Spider - Bassaniana sp.*
10. Birch Catkin Bug - Kleidocerys resedae*
11. Black Saddlebag Dragonfly - Tramea lacerata
12. Black Scavenger Fly - Sepsidae
13. Black Vine Weevil - Otiorhynchus sulcatus*
14. Blow Fly - Lucilia sp.*
15. Bold Jumping Spider - Phidippus audax
16. Braconid Wasp - Braconidae sp.
17. Broad-shouldered Water Strider - Veliidae
18. Brown Lacewing - Micromus posticus
19. Bumble Bee - Bombus impatiens
20. Cabbage White Butterfly - Artogeia rapae
21. Carolina Grasshopper - Dissosteira carolina
22. Carpenter Ant - Camponotus sp.
23. Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica
24. Centipede - Class: Chilopoda
25. Centipede - Geophilomorph sp.
26. Click Beetle - Ampedus sp.
27. Clouded Sulfur (Butterfly) - Colias philodice
28. Common Green Darner - Anax junius
29. Coralus Beetle Carabus nemoralis
30. Cranefly - Tipula sp.
31. Damsel Bug - Nabus sp.
32. Damselfly Nymph - Suborder Zygoptera
33. Darkling Beetle - Neomida bicornis
34. Darner - Anax sp.
35. Diplura sp. - Campodeidae
36. Dirt-colored Seed Bug - Heraeus plebejus*
37. Diurnal Firefly - Ellychnia
38. Dung Fly - Scathophaga sp.
39. Dwarf Spider - Subfamily Erigoninae
40. Earthworm
41. Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticalis
42. Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
43. European Paper Wasp - Polistes sp.
44. Fire Colored Beetle larva - Pyrochroidae
45. Flat-backed Millipede - Polydesmus sp.
46. Flatid Planthopper - Anormenis chloris
47. Fly Larva - Tipula sp.
48. Fly larva - Xylophagus sp.
49. Fungus Gnat - Mycetophilidae
50. Geometrid Moth Caterpillar
51. Goldenrod Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
52. Grass Moth Crambus sp.
53. Grass Spider - Agelenopsis sp.*
54. Green Bottle Fly - Calliphoridae
55. Green Leaf Hopper - Helochara communis
56. Green Metallic Bee - Family Halictidae
57. Ground Beetle - Scarites subterraneus*
58. Ground Beetle - Subfamily Harpalinae
59. Ground Beetles - Pterostichus caudicalis
60. Ground Cricket - Family Gryllidae,
61. Gypsy Moth Caterpillar and adult - Lymantria dispar
62. Hacklemesh Weaver - Amaurobiidae
63. Halictid Bee - Agapostemon sp.*
64. Harvestman (Daddy Long Legs) - Order Opiliones
65. Honey Bee - Apis mellifera
66. Ichneumon Wasp - Pimpla sp.*
67. Ichneumon Wasp - Bathyplectes infernalis
68. Ichneumon Wasp - Ichneumonidae sp.
69. Large Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus fasciatus
70. Leaf Beetle - Family Chrysomelidae
71. Leaf Hopper - Agallia quadripunctata
72. Leaf Hopper - Graphalocephala sp.
73. Leaf-Rolling Weevil - Homoeolabus analis
74. Little Brown Beetle - Mioptachys flavicauda
75. Locust Borer - Megacyllene robineae
76. Longhorn Beetle - Ribbed Pine Borer - Rhagium inquisitor
77. Longhorn caddisfly - Leptoceridae
78. Long-jawed Orb Weaver - family Tetragnathidae
79. Long-legged fly - Dolichopodidae - Subfamily Sciapodinae
80. Lucerne Moth - Nomophila nearctica
81. March Fly - Bibio slossonae*
82. Meadow Katydid - Subfamily Conocephalinae
83. Meadow Spittlebug Adult - Philaenus spumarius

84. Meadowhawk (Dragonfly) - Sympetrum sp.
85. Mesh Web Weaver Spider - Dictyna sp.
86. Micro Moth - Coleophora sp.
87. Micro Moth - Lepidoptera sp.
88. Midge - Chironomidae
89. Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
90. Millipede (with red spots) - Order Julida*
91. Millipede Blaniulus guttulatus
92. Millipede Ophyiulus pilosus
93. Mite - Subclass Acarina - Pergamasus sp.
94. Monarch Butterfly - Danaus plexippus
95. Mosquito - Culicidae - Aedes sp.
96. Moth Caterpillar - Caenurgina sp
97. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Larva, Pupa, Adult - Harmonia              axyridis
98. Oleander Aphid - Aphis nerii
99. Orange Sulfur Butterfly - Colias eurytheme
100. Orb-weaver Spider - Araneidae
101. Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta*
102. Peck's Skipper - Polites peckius
103. Pillbug - Armadillidium vulgare*
104. Plant Bug - Family Miridae
105. Pointed-wing Fly - Lonchoptera sp.
106. Potato Leafhopper - Empoasca fabae
107. Potter Wasp - Eumenes fraternus
108. Pygmy Grasshopper - Family Tetrigidae
109. Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
110. Red Ant - Myrmica rubra*
111. Red-banded Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea
112. Robber Fly - Machimus sp.
113. Robber Fly - Eferia sp.
114. Root Maggot Fly - Anthomyiidae
115. Rove Beetle - Family Staphylinidae
116. Seraphid Fly (a hoverfly) - Eristalis arbustorum
117. Shadow Darner - Aeshna umbrosa*
118. Sixspotted Orbweaver Spider - Araniella displicata
119. Skulleton Beetle
120. Slug - Class Gastropoda
121. Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus kalmii
122. Snail - Class Gastropoda
123. Soil Centipede - Geophilomorpha
124. Sow Bug - Oniscidae
125. Spider Wasp - Family Pompilidae
126. Spittlebug nymphs - Cercopidae
127. Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica undecimpunctata
128. Spot-winged Glider - Pantala hymenaea
129. Springtail - Hypogastrura sp.
130. Springtail - Cyphoderus similes*
131. Springtail - Lepidocyrtus sp.
132. Springtail - Orchesella cincta
133. Springtail - Pogonognathellus flavescens
134. Springtail - Tomocerus vulgaris
135. Springtail, Elongate-bodied - Suborder Arthropleona
136. Spur-throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus sp.
137. Square-headed Wasp - Ectemnius sp.
138. Stone Centipede - Order Lithobiomorpha
139. Striped Garden Caterpillar - Trichordestra legitima
140. Swamp Milkweed Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis
141. Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Labidomera clivicollis*
142. Sweat Bee - Lassioglossum sp.
143. Syrphid Fly - Helophilus fasciatus
144. SyrphiD Fly - Eristalis arbustorum*
145. Syrphid Fly - Orthonevra nitida
146. Syrphid Fly - Spilomyia longicornis*
147. Syrphid Fly - Syritta pipiens*
148. Tarnished Plant Bug - Lygus lineolaris
149. Tawny Cockroach - Ectobius lapponicus
150. Thick-headed Fly - Physoconops sp.
151. Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila sp.
152. Tiger Fly - Coenosia tigrina*
153. Tropical centipede - Cryptops hortensis
154. Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
155. Twice-stabbed Stinkbug - Cosmopepla lintneriana
156. Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens
157. Weevil - Cossonus corticola
158. Weevil (black) - Brentidae: Apion sp.
159. White Cabbage Butterfly - Pieris rapae
160. Wolf Spider - Lycosa sp.
161. Wolf Spider Pardosa sp
162. Wood Roach - Parcoblatta sp.
163. Woodlouse - Oniscidea
164. Wooly Bear Caterpillar - Pyrrharctia Isabella*
165. Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis*