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Sand Wasp - genus Bicyrtes

Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca

Bee-like Robber Fly - Laphria fernaldi male
Alderflies
Ants
Aphids
Beetles
Bees
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
Centipedes & Millipedes
Cockroaches
Cicadas
Earwigs
Flea
          Alderflies
  •  Alderfly - (Sialis) - brown, lace-winged aquatic insect at Bear River MBR
             Ants
 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. Island
  • Bumble Bee "Mountain Bumble Bee " - (Bombus appositus) - in the hills above Strawberry Res., Wasatch Cnty. UT
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus - species unknown) - at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Bee "Golden Northern Bumble Bee"  - (Bombus ~) - in Southern Utah, photographer Dori Williams
  • Bumble Bee "Hunt's Bumble Bee" - (Bombus huntii) -  orange, yellow and black bumble bee on Antelope Island
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus huntii ) - yellow bumble bee with orange and black at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus centralis) - yellow, black and orange bee at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus morrisoni) - mostly yellow bumble bee with black markings
  • Bumble Bee "Nevada Bumble Bee" - (Bombus nevadensis) - large yellow and black bee in Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • Bumble Bee - (Bombus bifarius) - small female yellow, orange and black bumble bee at Strawberry Res.
  • Bumble Bee "Sonoran Bumble Bee " - (Bombus sonorus) -  at Tonaquint Nature Park in St. George, Ut
  • Carpenter Bee - (Xylocopa tabaniformis androleuca) - big-eyed black and tan bee at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • Cellophane Bee - (Colletes) - on Antelope Island
  • 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) - 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
  • Digger Bee with Oil Beetle larvae - at Strawberry Reservoir
  • Digger Bee   - (Diadasia enavata) - gorgeous large brown bee at Promontory Point
  • 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) - "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
    • Leaf-cutter Bee - (Megachile inermis) - black and white bee with a head in Wasatch County
  • Long-horned Bee - (Eucerini) - bee on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
  • Mason Bee - (tribe Osmiini) - on the road to Lytle Ranch, Washington County, UT
  • Mason Bee - (genus Osmia) - blue-black, stocky bee with a gold diamond on its forehead - Red Butte Gardens, SLC
  • 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 - (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 - (Andrena transnigra) - attractive solitary bee sporting a boa in Brighton, Utah
  • Resin Bee - (Dianthidium curvatum sayi) - brown, black and yellow bee on Antelope Island
  • Resin Bee - (Dianthidium) - 2 photos of resin bees and a pebble nest
  • Sweat Bees
    • Sweat Bee - Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis - orange and black bee on Antelope Island
    • Sweat Bee - (subgenus Halictus sensu lato) - striped black bee at Red Butte Gardens
    • Sweat Bee - 3 photos - two of Halictus ligatus and one of Lasioglossum
    • 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
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Centipedes and Millipedes
  • Centipede - (probably Geophilomorpha) - yellow centipede in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Centipede - (Chilopoda) - many-legged, brown insect in Taylorsville, Utah
  • Millipede - (Diplopoda) - 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)
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Cockroaches
  • Cockroach - (Luridiblatta trivittata) - gold cockroach in a wetlands near Las Vegas Nevada
Earwigs Flea
  • Flea - (Siphonaptera) - article on fleas
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 - (Paravilla syrtis) - bee fly with darkened orange wings in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Bee Fly - (Poecilanthrax) - orange and black bee fly with patterned wings
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Firefly - see Beetles
  • 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   - (Tabanus punctifer) - in Southern 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)   - a fly as art on Antelope Island
  • Marsh Fly - (Dictya) - speckled black fly in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Marsh Fly - (Sciomyzidae) - a reddish snail-eating fly
  • Midge - (Alotanypus venustus) - stripe-winged midge at Red Butte Garden, SLC, UT
  • Midge - (Chironomidae) - on Antelope Island, Utah
  • Net-winged Midge - (Blephariceridae) - below Jordanelle Dame in Wasatch Count
  • Picture-winged Fly - (genus Ceroxys) - 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 Tritoxa) - brownish-red fly with striped wings at Strawberry Res., Utah
  • Robber Flies
  • 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 - (Acrocera obsoleta) - orange and black fly giving birth at Bear River MBR
  • 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 - (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) - 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 Red Butte Garden &Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes) - black and yellow fly in Taylorsville, 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 - (genus Platycheirus) - orange and green fly with orange racing stripe in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
    • 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 Fl y - (Toxomerus marginatus) - beneficial striped fly at Promontory Point
    • Syrphid Fly - (wasp mimic) - possible Temnostoma vespiforme in the Jordanelle dam wetlands
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  • 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 wetland
    • Tachinid Fly - (Gymnosoma) - on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (Oestrophasia signifera) - orange parasitic fly in Taylorsville, Utah and on Antelope Island
    • Tachinid Fly - (genus Paradidyma) - 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
    • 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, Mantisflies 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
  • Wasp Mantisfly - (Climaciella_brunnea) - yellow, orange and black mantis-like wasp imitator on Ant. Island
  • Wasp Mantisfly - (Climaciella brunnea) - more photos from Antelope Island a few days later
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
Snakefly
  • Snakefly - (Agulla) - 2 photos at Brighton, Utah
Springtails
Wasps & Hornets
  • 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
  • Beewolves
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    • 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)
  • 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 - (Macrocentrus) - tiny orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
  • " Carrot Wasp " - (genus Gasteruption) - in the Jordanelle wetlands in Wasatch Cnty, U
  • Chalcid Wasp (possible Hyperparasitic Pteromalid) - being born from a mummified aphid in Taylorsville, UT
  • 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
  • Cutworm Wasp - (genus Podalonia) - red and black mating wasps in the mountains above Strawberry Res.
  • Digger Wasp - (Bembix) - on Antelope Island
  • Hornet
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  • Ichneumon Wasps
    • 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 - (Pimplini) - black and orange wasp in November on Antelope Island+3 MB video
  • Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus) - at Payson Lakes, Utah County, Utah
  • Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus hidalgo viereckii) - black wasp with yellow and gold markings on Antelope Island
  • 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 Island
  • Paper Wasp, European - (Polistes dominula) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, Utah
  • Paper Wasp skinning a Caterpillar - (Polistes dominula & Geometrid Moth) - on Antelope Island, UT
  • Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer) - "Bearer of Gold" on Antelope Island
  • Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer) - brown and yellow lighter version at Henderson, NV
  • Pigeon Horntail - (Tremex columbo aureus) - huge stingless wood wasp in Taylorsville, UT
  • Pollen Wasp - (Pseudomasaris vespoides) - in the hills above Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch Cnty, UT
  • Potter Wasps
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    • Potter Wasp Nest #2 - (Eumeninae) - another earthen jug found in Red Butte Gardens
    • Potter Wasp Nest - (Eumeninae) - marble-sized pot-shaped mud nest in Red Butte Gardens
    • Potter Wasp and Moth Prey - wasp digging for prey in a sunflower plant
    • 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 - (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
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  • Sand Wasp - (Bembix americana) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • Sand Wasp - (genus Bicyrtes) - black and yellow wasp at Red Butte Garden, SLC, Utah
  • Sand Wasp - (Gorytina) - dark orange and yellow wasp with patterned wings and green eyes
  • Sand Wasp - (genus Steniolia) - bright yellow and black wasps with green eyes at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, Utah
  • 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
  • Spider Wasps
    • Spider Wasp - (genus Ageniella) - red spider wasp on Antelope Island
    • Spider Wasp - (Auplopus caerulescens or A. architectus) - 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) - black and blue spider wasp in Red Butte Gardens
  • Square-headed Wasps
    • Square-headed Wasp - (genus Tachytes) - black and orange wasp with green eyes at Promontory Point, Utah
  • 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
  • Thread-waisted Wasps
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  • Tiphiid Wasp - (subfamily Tiphiinae) - long-bellied black wasp at Strawberry Res. in Wasatch County, Utah
  • Tiphiid Wasp - (Methoca) - long-bodied black wasps on Antelope Island. Females ant-like.
  • Velvet Ants
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    • 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
    • Velvet Ant "Thistledown Velvet Ant" - (Dasymutilla gloriosa - black and orange male wasp on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (male Timulla grotei) - male black and orange wasp on Antelope Island
    • Velvet Ant - (female Timulla grotei) - female black and orange wasp with white stripes on Antelope Island
  • Western Cicada Killer - (Sphecius grandis) - huge, huge orange, black and yellow wasp at Bear River MB
  • Yellowjackets
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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
  • 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
  • Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil - (Polydrusus_sericeus) - metallic green weevil with brown legs at Red Butte Garden
  • Ironweed curculio - (Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus) - on a sunflower leaf on Antelope Island
  • Nut and Acorn Weevil - (genus Anthonomus squamosus) - grey long-beaked weevil in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands, Wasatch Cnty. Utah
  • 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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**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. The logo photo at the top of the page is a Pterocheilus
wasp, copyright Carol Davis, 2013.  Any misidentifications, misspellings, or confusing statements should be blamed on
 yellow jackets or paper wasps.  Carol (birdbrain@amazingnature.us)

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