.
beetle logo

Creative Commons License
These works by Carol Davis are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License .
  Use of my photos must include my name as the photographer, as per the license agreement, and may not be used for profit.   Please feel free to use the
photos for non-profit educational purposes. This is a hobby photo site and in no way should be confused with a scientific site (more info at bottom of page).
My Other Sites:       Utah Wings          Moths          Spiders         Butterflies         Dragonflies & Damselflies        Mammals

New
  September 28, 2016
Page Index


Black and White Spider Wasp

Minnow Mayfly - Callibaetis ferrugineus

Picture-winged Fly - Ceroxys latiusculus

Potter Wasp Rivalry - Eumeninae
Alderflies
Ants
Aphids
Beetles
Bees
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
Centipedes & Millipedes
Cockroaches
Cicadas
Earwigs
          Alderflies
  •  Alderfly - (Sialis) - brown, lace-winged aquatic insect at Bear River MBR
             Ants
  • Carpenter Ant - (Camponotus) - at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah
  • Mound-building Ant - (Formica -rufa group) - emerging females in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, UT
  • Pavement Ant - (Tetramorium species-e) - winged male in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Velvet Ant - see Wasps
 Aphids
  • Woolly Aphid - (Eriosomatinae) - tiny fuzzy white winged insect giving birth

Beetles
Bees
  • Alkali Bee - Sweat Bee - - (Nomia melanderi) - black and yellow bee on Rocky Mtn. Bee Plant, Ant. Islan
  • Bumble Bees
  • Carpenter Bee - (Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca) - all black female at Red Butte Garden, SLC. Utah
  • Carpenter Bee - (Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca) - big-eyed black and tan male at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • Cellophane Bee - (Colletes) - on Antelope Island
  • Chimney Bee - "Sunflower Chimney Bee" - (Diadasia enavata) - gorgeous large brown bee at Promontory Point
  • 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) - red or orange parasitic bee at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah (2016)
  • Cuckoo Bee - (genus Nomada) - orange parasitic bee at the Jordanelle wetland
  • Cuckoo Bee - (Nomada edwardsii group) - yellow bee with black stripes at Red Butte Gardens
  • Cuckoo Bee - (Nomada vegana group) - yellow and black bee with green eyes on Antelope Island
  • Cuckoo Bee - (genus Triepeolus) - black and white striped bee on Antelope island, Davis Cnty., Utah
  • Digger-Bee Cuckoo - (Pacifica fulvida or thoracica) - black bee with dark orange fuzz at Lava Point, ZNP, Utah
  • Digger Bee with Oil Beetle larvae - bee with larvae crawling on its back at Strawberry Res., Wasatch Cnty., Utah
  • Digger Bee  - (Diadasia enavata) - brown, very hairy ground-nesting bee at Promontory Point, Utah 
  • Digger Bee - (Anthophora urbana) - hairy little bee on Antelope Island
  • Digger Bee - (Centris - subgenus Paracentris) - hairy, stocky, black and gold bee near Lytle Ranch, UT
  • Digger Bee - (Ericrocis lata) - black and white striped "cuckoo bee" on the road to Lytle Ranch, Washington Cnty, Utah
  • Globe Mallow Bee - (Diadasia diminuta) - busy little bees building nests in Kolob
  • Globe Mallow Bee turrets - (Diadasia diminuta) - tiny sand castles surrounding nests of these bees
  • Honey Bee - (Apis mellifera) - golden honey bees in Utah
  • Leaf-cutter Bees & Mason Bees (Megachilidae)
    • Leaf-cutter Bee Nests - plugs found in nesting tubes  
    • Mason Bee - (genus Osmia) - blue-black, stocky bee with a gold diamond on its forehead - Red Butte Gardens, SLC
    • Mason Bee - (subgenus Cephalosmia) - good-sized, hairy, black, vibrating bee on the road to Powder Mtn., Weber Cnty, UT
  • Long-horned Bee - (Eucerini) - bee on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
  • Long-horned Bee - (genus Melissodes) - beautiful, fuzzy, big-eyed bee at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Metallic Green Bee - (genus Agapostemon) - near some flowers on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • Metallic Green Bee - (genus Agapostemon) - four photos at Taylorsville, Bear River and Antelope Island
  • Mining Bees
    • Mining Bee - (genus Andrena) - black and yellow hairy bee at Red Butte Garden
    • Mining Bee - (genus Andrena) - tiny, fuzzy bee on Biscuitroot on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (genus Andrena) - furry cool-weather pollinators on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (genus Melandrena or Tylandrena) - shiny black, hairy bee at Strawberry Reservoir, UT
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena prunorum) - hairy yellow and black bee on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena pronorum) - colorful bee with long slender wings on Ant. Island
    • Mining Bee - (tribe Protandrenini) - small black and yellow hairy bee on Antelope Island
    • Mining Bee - (Andrena transnigra) - attractive solitary bee sporting a boa in Brighton, Utah
    • Mining Bee - (Pseudopanurgus aethiops) - small black bee with yellow face and legs on Antelope Island
  • Resin Bee - (Dianthidium curvatum sayi) - brown, black and yellow bee on Antelope Island
  • Resin Bee - (Dianthidium) - 2 photos of resin bees and two pebble nests
  • Sweat Bees
    • Sweat Bee - (Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis) - orange and black bee on Antelope Island
    • Sweat Bee - (Halictus farinosus) - on the road to Powder Mtn., Weber County, Utah
    • Sweat Bee - (Halictus ligatus) - tiny bee with gold legs on catnip in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Sweat Bee - (subgenus Halictus sensu lato) - striped black bee at Red Butte Gardens
    • Sweat Bee - (Lasioglossum semicaeruleum) - three photos of tiny gray bees from Antelope Island, UT
    • Sweat Bee - (Lasioglossum sisymbrii) - tiny bee with damaged wing on Antelope Island in March
    • Sweat Bee - possibly Lasioglossum zephyrum - tiny ant-like bee in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Sweat Bee - Alkali Bee - (Nomia melanderi) - black and yellow bee on Rocky Mtn. Bee Plant, Ant. Island
Bristletails   Bugs   Caddisflies
  • Caddisfly - (genus - Limnephilus) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
  • Caddisfly - (genus Bracycentrus) - small brown caddisfly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    •
Centipedes and Millipedes
  • Centipede - (probably Geophilomorpha) - yellow centipede in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Centipede - (Chilopoda) - many-legged, brown insect in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Millipede - (genus Brachyiulus) - brown, many-legged insect in Taylorsville, Utah
Cicadas
  • Cicada - (Okanagana vanduzeei) - black and gold cicada at Promontory Point
  • Cicada - (Platypedia putnami) - black and gold cicada at Zion National Park & Payson Lake, Utah Cnty.
  • Cicada - (Platypedia) - green teneral (having just emerged from exuvia)
  • Cicada - (Diceroprocta apache) - "citrus cicada" - 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
  • Noisy Cicada Consequences - how Northern Utah Cicadas learned to be more quiet (predators)
    •
Cockroaches
  • Cockroach - (Luridiblatta trivittata) - gold cockroach in a wetlands near Las Vegas Nevada
Earwigs 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 - (Exoprosopa dorcadion) - fly with chocolate-dipped wings at Jordanelle wetlands
    • 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 - (genus Lepidanthrax) - orange, brown & white fly with spotted wings and abdomen on Ant. Is.
    • Bee Fly - (Lordotus striatus) - mating pair of different colors on Antelope Island, Davis Cnty, UT
    • Bee Fly - (Paravilla syrtis) - bee fly with darkened orange wings in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Bee Fly - (Poecilanthrax) - orange and black bee fly with patterned wings
      •
    • 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 - (Poecilanthrax tegminipennis) - hairy brown bee fly on Antelope island
      •
    • 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) - striped bee fly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, UT
    • Bee Fly - (genus Villa) - fuzzy fly with four spots in the yellow abdomen fringe
      •
    • Bee Fly - (genus Villa) - black and gray striped fly on Antelope Island
    • Bee Fly - (genus Villa) - creamy yellow and black striped fuzzy fly in Taylorsville, UT
      •
  • Black Scavenger Fly - (genus Sepsis) - tiny black fly blowing a bubble on Antelope Island
  • Blow Fly - Common Green Bottle fly - (Lucilia sericata) - on Antelope Island
  • Bot Fly - "Deer Bot Fly" - genus Cephenemyia - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • Cluster Fly - (Pollenia) - gold-speckled blow fly at Pineview Reservoir
  • Crane Fly - at Payson Lakes and Taylorsville, UT
  • Dance Fly "Hybotid Dance Fly" - (genus Platypalpus) - tiny Robber-fly-like dancing fly in 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, Utah
  • Face Fly - (Musca autumnalis) - horse-and-cattle-annoying flies at Garr Ranch on Antelope Island
  • Fireflies - see Beetles
  • Flesh Fly - (Sarcophaga) - black and gray carrion-eating fly in Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • Frit Fly - (Thaumatomyia) - tiny grass-eating or aphid-eating striped fly in Taylorsville, Utah -
  • Fruit Fly "Apple Maggot Fly" - (Rhagoletis pomonella) - black fly with striped wings and blue eyes
  • Fruit Fly - (Tephritis webbii) - 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, UT
  • Horse Fly -" Western Greenhead" - large biting fly with green eyes at Bear River MBR
  • Horse Fly - Western   - (Tabanus punctifer) - lounging on grass at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah
  • Lauxaniidae Fly - (genus Homoneura) - yellow fly with black wing spots in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Long-legged Fly - (Genus Scellus) - with spotted wings - on Antelope Island
  • Long-legged Fly - (Consylostylus) - green iridescent fly in Taylorsville, Utah
  • March Fly - (Bibionidae ) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • March Fly - (Bibionidae)   - two unusual photos from Ant. Island and Bear River MBR
  • Marsh Fly - (Dictya) - speckled black fly in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Marsh Fly - (genus Sepedon) - a reddish snail-eating fly at Bear River MBR, Box Elder Cnty, UT
  • Midge - (Alotanypus venustus) - stripe-winged midge at Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT
  • Midge - (Chironomidae) - on Antelope Island, Uta
  • Narcissus Bulb Fly - see Syrphid Flies (Merodon Equestris)
  • Net-winged Midge - (genus Blepharicera) - beautiful midge below Jordanelle Dam in Wasatch Count
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Ceroxys latiusculus) - pattern-winged fly with a striped body at Bear River MBR
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Chaetopsis) - fly with striped wings at Jordanelle wetlands
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Physiphora) - brown male fly waving its legs in the air on Antelope Island, Davis, UT
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Tritoxa) - brownish-red fly with striped wings at Strawberry Res., Utah
  • Robber Flies
    • Robber Fly "Hanging Thief " - (Diogmites angustipennis ) - orange robber fly with green eyes on Antelope Island
    • Hanging Thief" Robber Fly - (Diogmites angustipennis) - hunting in the grasses of Antelope Island
    • Robber Fly - (genus Efferia) - golden Robber Fly near Lytle Ranch, Washington County, Utah
    • Robber Fly - (Promachus - species albifacies or nigrialbus) - with white-tipped abdomen on Antelope Island, Davis Cnty, UT
    • Robber Fly - (genus Stichopogon) - tiny, tiny robber fly on Antelope Island
    • Robber Fly - (genus Stichopogon) - tiny robber fly with big eyes on Antelope Island
      •
  • Root Maggot Fly - (Anthomyia procellaris) - spotted female fly in Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • 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
  • Small-headed Fly - (Turbopsebius diligens) - small black fly in the grasp of a flower crab spider
  • Small-headed Fly - (Ogcodes rufoabdominalis - previously ID'd as Acrocera obsoleta) - orange and black fly laying eggs at Bear River MBR
  • Snipe Fly "Rocky Mountain Bite Fly" - (genus Symphoromyia) - biting fly near Strawberry Res., Wasatch Cnty, UT
  • Soldier Fly - (Hedriodiscus binotatus) - green and black fly on Antelope Island
  • Soldier Fly - (Microchrysa polita) - tiny green fly with two yellow spots by the wings in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Soldier Fly - (genus Odontomyia ) - on Antelope Island and at Bear River MBR
  • Stiletto Fly - (genus Nebritus tanneri) - striped brown fly in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Kane Cnty, Utah
  • Stiletto Fly - (Thereva fucata) - gold fly with brown stripes on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
  • Stiletto Fly - (Therevidae) -  in Kolob Canyon, Zion National Park
  • Stiletto Fly - (Genus Thereva) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch County, Utah
  • Sun Fly - (family Heleomyzidae) - tiny fly with hairy wing edges found on Antelope Island in winter
  • Syrphid Flies
    • Syrphid Fly - (Allograpta obliqua) - beneficial yellow and black fly in Taylorsville and 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
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eristalis stipator) - bee mimic with spotted wings on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
    • Syprhid Fly - ( Eristalis tenax) - 4 photos from Antelope Island & Taylorsville, UT
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes volucris)  - "Bird Hover Fly" - striped fly in Red Butte Garden &Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes) - black and yellow fly in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (genus Ferdinandea) - bronze fly at Pineview Reservoir, Weber County, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (genus Helophilus) - crusty bee-like fly on Antelope Islad
    • Syrphid Fly - (Lejops lineatus) - striped black and cream colored fly in the Jordanelle Wetlands & Ant. Island
    • Syrphid Fly - (Lejops polygrammus) - patterned fly at Red Butte Gardens and Antelope Island
    • Syprhid Fly - (Lejops polygrammus) - mating pair at Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch County, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Merodon equestris) - "Narcissus Bulb Fly" - large, hairy, golden fly that damages Narcissus bulbs
    • Syrphid Fly - (Merodon equestris) - "Narcissus Bulb Fly" - another color variation at Red Butte Garden, SLC
    • Syrphid Fly - (Paragus haemorrhous) - orange & black fly, whose larvae eat aphids, at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Parhelophilus laetus) - bee-like fly captured by a crab spider in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Syrphid Fly - (genus Platycheirus) - orange and green fly with orange racing stripe in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Syrphid Fly - (Sphaerophoria philanthus) - yellow and brown (skinny) striped fly in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
    • 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) - oblong fly with hefty thighs in Red Butte Gardens, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Temnostoma excentrica) - yellow and black wasp mimic mating pair in the Jordanelle dam wetlands
    • Syrphid Fl y - (Toxomerus marginatus) - beneficial striped fly at Promontory Point
    • Syrphid Fly Larva - (Syrphidae) - small, tan, caterpillar-like larva in  Taylorsville, UT
      •
  • Tachinid Flies
    • Tachinid Fly - (Cylindromyia) - black and orange cylindrical fly at Red Butte Gardens
    • Tachinid Fly - (Cylindromyia ) - skinny orange and black fly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Tachnid Fly - (genus Gonia) - brown-headed fly with black and white striped body at Red Butte Garden
    • Tachnid Fly - (genus Gymnoclytia) - pretty golden fly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, UT
    • Tachinid Fly - (Gymnosoma) - on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (Oestrophasia signifera) - orange parasitic fly in Taylorsville, Utah and on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (genus Paradidyma singularis) - hairy brown and white striped fly on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (Tachinidae) - fly with stunted wings having just emerged from the pupa stage
    • Tachinid Fly - (Tachininae) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Tachnid Fly - (tribe Tachinini) - large spiky fly near Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah
    • Tachinid Fl y , Spiny - (Paradejeania rutilioides) - large orange fly in the Jordanelle wetlands
  • Thick-headed Fly - (Thecophora) - at Pineview Reservoir
  • Thick-headed Fly - (Physocephala texana) - orange-brownish fly with a thin abdomen on Antelope Island
  • Thick-headed Fly - (genus Zodion) - mating pair of fancy flies at Bear River MBR, Utah
  • Vinegar Fly - (Chymomyza) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids   Lacewings, Mantidflies and Antlions  (Neuroptera)
  • Antlion - (Myrmeleontidae) - on Antelope Island in Utah
  • Antlion - (Myrmeleontidae) - two different antlions on Antelope Island (2013)
  • Brown Lacewing - (Micromus posticus) - in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Green Lacewing - (Chrysopa coloradensis) - in Taylorsville, UT
  • Lacewing Larvae - predatory larvae in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Mantidfly or Mantisfly
    •
    • Wasp Mantidfly - (Climaciella brunnea) - early June mantidflies on Antelope Island
    • Wasp Mantidfly  - (Climaciella brunnea) - painting-like photo from Antelope island in 2014
    • Wasp Mantidfly - (Climaciella brunnea) - yellow, orange and black mantis-like wasp imitator on Ant. Island, 2013
    • Wasp Mantidfly - (Climaciella brunnea) - more photos from Antelope Island a few days later,  2013
    • Wasp Mantidfly - (Climaciella brunnea) - invited for lunch on Antelope Island
      •
Ladybugs (Ladybird Beetles, Lady Beetles)
Leafhoppers, Spittlebugs & Treehoppers
Mantids
Mayflies
  • Minnow Mayfly - (Callibaetis ) - 4 photos -   in Taylorsville, Antelope Island & Bear River MBR
  • Minnow Mayfly - (Callibaetis) - two molting mayflies in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Minnow Mayfly - (Callibaetis ferrugineus) - with beautifully patterned wings in Taylorsville & the Jordanelle wetlands, UT
    •
Snakefly
  • Snakefly - (Agulla) - 2 photos of a very strange-looking insect at Brighton, Utah
Springtails
Wasps & Hornets
  • Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)
    •
    • Aphid Wasp - (genus Passaloecus) - tiny black aphid-controlling wasp in my garden and yours
    • Apoid Wasp - (genus Astana) - small black wasp in Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT
    • Apoid Wasp - (genus Cerceris) - at Promontory Point, Utah
    • Apoid Wasp - (genus Cerceris) - yellow and black wasp at Promontory Point, Utah
    • Apoid Wasp - (subfamily Pemphredonina) - "Aphid Wasp" - black gnat-sized wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Apoid Wasp - (genus Zanysson) - black wasp with yellow stripes and orange legs on Antelope Island, UT 2013 & 2016
    • Thread-waisted Wasps
      •
      • Cutworm Wasp - (genus Podalonia) - mating red and black wasps in the mountains above Strawberry Res.
      • Great Golden Digger Wasp - (Sphex ichneumoneus) - large orange and black wasp at Red Butte Garden
      • Mud Dauber - (Sceliphron caementarium) - black and yellow thread-waisted wasp on Antelope Island
      • Mud Dauber & the Velvet Ant - (Sceliphron caementarium)  - one wasp's fascination with a Velvet Ant
      • Muddy Mud Dauber - (Sceliphron caementarium) - dauber with gray thorax - muddy, perhaps?
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Genus Ammophila) - long-bodied orange and black wasp at Bear River MBR
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Ammophila aberti) - fuzzy silver and orange wasp with long, slim abdomen
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Isodontia - possible mexicana) - black wasp with red spot on the abdomen, Taylorsville, UT
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Isodontia elegans) - brown and black "grass-carrying wasp" in Red Butte Garden
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (genus Prionyx) - very large black wasp on Antelope Island (dueling with a paper wasp)
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (family Sphecidae) - hairy black wasps at Pine Valley Reservoir, Wash. Cnty., UT
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (family Sphecidae) - orange and black wasp in Wasatch County, Utah
      • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Sphecidae) - in Millard County and Davis County
    • Sand Wasp (Bembicini)
      • Sand Wasp "Digger Wasp" - (genus Bembix) - beautiful green-eyed wasp on Antelope Island
      • Sand Wasp - (Bembix americana) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
      • Sand Wasp - (Bicyrtes capnopterus) - black and yellow wasp with reddish wings at Willard Bay State Park
      • Sand Wasp - (genus Bicyrtes) - black and yellow wasp at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
      • Sand Wasp - (genus Hoplisoides) - dark orange and yellow wasp with patterned wings and green eyes
      • Sand Wasp - (Stizoides renicinctus) - black wasps with an orange stripe on Antelope Island, Utah
      • Sand Wasp - (genus Steniolia) - bright yellow and black wasps with green eyes at on Ant. Isl. & Red Butte Gardens, Utah
      • Western Cicada Killer - (Sphecius grandis) - huge, huge orange, black and yellow wasp at Bear River MB
    • Square-headed Wasp
      • Square-headed Wasp - (Crabro latipes) - yellow and black wasp with leg flaps
      • Square-headed Wasp - (Crabronini ectemnius) - black and yellow wasp on Antelope Island
      • Square-headed Wasp - (subtribe Gastrosericina) - pint-sized, big-eyed gray wasp on Antelope Island
      • Square-headed Wasp - (tribe Larrini) - black wasp with a red-tipped abdomen on Antelope Island
      • Square-headed Wasp - (tribe Larrini) - near Hoover Dam in Nevada
      • Square-headed Wasp - (tribe Larrini, subtribe Gastrosericina) - small red and black wasp with green eyes on Ant. Island
      • Square-headed Wasp - (genus Tachytes) - green-eyed wasp with redish-brown adbomen on Antelope Island, UT
      • Square-headed Wasp - (genus Tachytes distinctus) - green-eyed male guarding the Phlox in Red Butte Garden
      • Square-headed Wasp - (genus Tachytes) - territorial males fighting in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Beewolves
      • Beewolf - (Philanthus species unknown) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, Utah
      • Beewolf - (Philanthus crabroniformis) - in the Jordanelle wetlands, Wasatch County, UT
      • Beewolf - (Philanthus gibbosus) - in the Jordanelle dam wetlands and on Antelope Island, Utah
      • Beewolf - (Philanthus multimaculatus) - tiny wasp with many yellow and black markings (Ant. Is. & Jordanelle)
      • Beewolf - (Philanthus ventilabris) - funny-faced, colorful male wasp guarding the weeds on Antelope Island, UT
    • Braconid Wasps
      • Braconid Wasp - (Agathidinae ) - tiny red and black wasp on Antelope Island
      • Braconid Wasp - (possible Aphidiinae) - tiny striped parasitoid wasp at Brighton, Utah
      • Braconid Wasp - (possible Braconinae) - tiny red wasp with black legs and wings in Taylorsville, UT
      • Braconid Wasp - (subfamily Braconinae) - tiny orange and black wasps in lilacs in Taylorsville, UT
      • Braconid Wasp - (Cheloninae) - swarming brown wasps on Antelope Island
      • Braconid Wasp - (Macrocentrus) - tiny orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
    • " Carrot Wasp " - (genus Gasteruption) - in the Jordanelle wetlands in Wasatch Cnty, UT
    • Chalcid Wasp (possible Hyperparasitic Pteromalid) - being born from a mummified aphid in Taylorsville, UT
    • Chalcidid Wasp - (subfamily Haltichellinae) - tiny red-orange hump-backed parasitic wasp on Antelope Island
    • Chalcidoid Wasp - (genus Leucospis) - tiny yellow and black wasp with fat abdomen in Taylorsville, UT
    • Club-horned Wasp - (Krombeinopyga aculeata) - black wasp with pointed abdomen in Wasatch Cnty, Utah
    • Cuckoo Wasp - (Chrysididae) - green wasps with blue highlights at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
    • Cuckoo Wasp - (Chrysis angolensis) - blue-green wasp at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah
    • Hornet
      • Bald-faced Hornet - (Dolichovespula maculata) - black & white hornets at Red Butte Garden
    • Ichneumon Wasps
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Ichneumonidae) - dark red and black wasp on Feb. 5 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 cocoon - (Campopleginae) - at North Arm Area of Pineview Res., Utah
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (genus Diplazontinae) - black, white & orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (genus Ephialtini) - small black wasp with red legs & a white-spotted belly in St. George, Utah
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (genus Ephialtini) - ovipositing on a sunflower on Antelope Island, Davis Cnty, UT
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (subfamily Metopiinae) - tiny orange and black wasp - endoparasitoid of Lepidoptera
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Pimplini) - black and orange wasp in November on Antelope Island+3 MB video
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Ophion) - orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (possible Spilichneumon species) - orange wasp with black stripes in Taylorsville, UT
      • Ichneumon Wasp - 3 pages of different species
      • Ichneumon Wasp - (Netelia) - orange female wasp on Antelope Islan
    • Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus) - at Payson Lakes, Utah County, Utah
    • Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus hidalgo viereckii) - black wasp with yellow and gold markings on Antelope Island
    • Paper Wasp, European - (Polistes dominula) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, Utah
    • Paper Wasp, European Larva - (Polistes dominula) - small, slimy pod-like larva (with face) in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Paper Wasp skinning a Caterpillar - (Polistes dominula & Geometrid Moth) - on Antelope Island, UT
    • Paper Wasp "Apache Wasp" - (Polisted apachus) - gorgeous orange and yellow wasp in St. George, Utah
    • Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer) - "Bearer of Gold" on Antelope Island
    • Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer) - brown and yellow lighter version at Henderson, NV
    • Parasitic Wasp - (family Figitidae, subfamily Aspiceratinae) - tiny wasps laying eggs on fly larva in Taylorsville, UT
    • Pigeon Horntail (Female) - (Tremex columba) - huge stingless wood wasp in Taylorsville, UT
    • Pigeon Horntail (Male) - (Tremex columba) - large, long-bodied wood wasp in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty., UT
    • Pollen Wasp - (Pseudomasaris vespoides) - in the hills above Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch Cnty, UT
    • Potter Wasps
      • Potter Wasp Rivalry - (Eumeninae) - two small, beautiful, squabbling wasps in Wasatch Cnty, UT
      • Potter Wasp Nest #1 - (Eumeninae) - beautifully fashioned nest in Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT
      • Potter Wasp Nest #2 - (Eumeninae) - another earthen jug found in Red Butte Garden
      • Potter Wasp and Moth Prey - (genus Leptochilus) - wasp digging for prey in a sunflower plant
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Eumenes) - beautiful potter wasp in Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Eumenes) - yellow and black wasp in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, Utah
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Eumenes) - black and yellow wasp with a bulbous abdomen on the Nebo Loop.
      • Potter Wasp - (Eumeninae) - black and yellow wasp at Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City, UT
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Microdynerus) - small black, white and red wasp at Jordanelle, Wasatch Cnty., Utah
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Pterocheilus) - red and yellow wasp on Antelope Island
      • Potter Wasp - (genus Pterocheilus) - orange and yellow wasp on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
      • Potter Wasp - (Genus Ancistrocerus) - black wasp with yellow stripes - on Antelope Island and at Red Butte Gardens
    • Sapygid Wasp - (Krombeinopyga aculeata) - solitary black wasp with pointed abdomen in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • Sawfly - (genus Fenusa ulmi) - "Elm Leaf Miner" - small black 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
    • Scoliid Wasp - (Campsomeris tolteca) - large orange and black wasp at Tonaquint Park, St. George, Utah
    • Spider Wasps
      • Spider Wasp - (Pompilidae) - black & white was with a white-tipped abdomen - Ant. Island
      • 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) - blue-green wasp with a Yellow Sac Spider as prey
      • Spider Wasp - (Poecilopompilus interruptus) - brown, yellow and black was with long antennae on Antelope Island
      • Spider Wasp - (Pompilidae) - black wasp with white stripes on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
      • 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) - black and blue spider wasp in Red Butte Gardens
      • Tarantula Hawk - (Pepsis) - largest wasp I've ever seen on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
      • Tarantula Hawk - (Pepsis) - large black wasp with orange wings near Promontory Point in Box Elder County, Utah
      • Wasp Burying Caterpillar - (species unknown) - orange and black wasp with green caterpillar at Strawberry Res., 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
    • Black Vine Weevil - (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) - black weevil with gold spots in Taylorsville, UT
      •
    • Nut and Acorn Weevil - (genus Anthonomus squamosus) - grey long-beaked weevil in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty. Utah
    • Snout Beetle - (Myrmex lineatus) - gray weevil with black stripes on rabbitbrush
    • Snout Beetle - (Cryptorhynchus lapathi ) - at the North Arm of Pineview Reservoi, Weber County, Utah

Miscellaneous

  Home - Amazing Nature

**I know nothing about insects except what I've learned from others (like Bugguide) and from my own observation.
Identifications may change as new information becomes available to me. Photos in the logo at the top of the page are
the copyright Carol Davis, 2014.  Any misidentifications, misspellings, or confusing statements found on this
site should be blamed on yellow jackets or paper wasps.  Carol (birdbrain@amazingnature.us)

Favorite Links
Utah Wings
Red Cliffs Audubon Bugguide.net
Lazy Day Cafe National Audubon Milne Jewelry
Canadian Peregrine Fndtn. Moth Photographers Group
UDWR
Cornell Lab Powdermill Nature Pres. Panoramio - scenic photos
U of Minnesota insects & spiders Butterflies of N.A. Bugscope