• Carpenter Ant - (Camponotus) - at Strawberry Reservoir in Utah
• Velvet Ant - see Wasps
  

Beetles

• Aquatic Leaf Beetle - (Plateumaris) - beautiful Plateumaris in the Jordanelle wetlands
• Beetle Larvae - three different larvae in Utah
  
• Blister Beetle - (Epicauta) - gray beetles, Part I and II near St. George, Utah
• Blister Beetle - (Epicauta puncticollis) - fuzzy black beetle at Powder Mountain in Weber Cnty, Utah
• Blister Beetle - (Gnathium minimum) - tiny brown beetles on sunflowers on Antelope Island
  
• Blister Beetle - (Lytta  morrisoni) - black and orange beetle in Nevada, not far from St. George, UT
• Blister Beetle - (Nemognatha) - orange beetle found mostly on Sunflower - Antelope Island
  
• Blister Beetle - (Zonitis) - golden beetle on Antelope Island, Farmington Bay & Jordanelle wetlands
• Carpet Beetle "Varied Carpet Beetle" - (Anthrenus verbasci) - brown & white beetle in Taylorsville, Utah
• Carpet Beetle - (Anthrenus lepidus) - brown, tan and white beetle on Antelope Island
• Carpet Beetle - (Dermestes frischi) - gray and black beetle with a white belly
  
• Darkling Beetles - (Eleodes obscurus) - large black beetle in Zion NP and one on Antelope Island
• Dung Beetles - (Aphodius distinctus and Aphodius fimetariu) - found on Antelope Island
  
• Dung Beetle - (Scarabaeinae) - rolling the dung at Strawberry Reservoir
• False Blister Beetle - red and blue beetle at Powder Mountain
  
• Firefly - (Lampyridae Pyropyga nigricans)  - black and red beetle in Taylorsville, UT (yes, a real firefly)
• Flower Beetle - (Trachysida mutabilis) - black beetle with a white belly in Brighton, Utah
• Flower Longhorn Beetle - (Cosmosalia chrysocoma) - at Power Mtn. Ski Resort
• Ground Beetle - (Lebia vittata) - red beetle with black & white stripes at Strawberry Res.
  
• Ground Beetle - (Carabus nemoralis) - blue-black beetle, 3 photos in Taylorsville, UT
• Ground Beetle - (Stenolophina_acupalpus) - little brown beetle on Antelope Island
  
• June Beetle a.k.a. June Bug - (Polyphylla decemlineata) - striped beetle in Taylorsville, Utah
• Leaf Beetle - (Clytrini) - casebearer beetle - tiny black bug with red shoulders
  
• Leaf Beetle - (Trirhabda) - in Kolob Canyons Overlook in Zion NP
• Leaf Skeletonizing Beetle - (Ophraella) - golden beetle on Antelope Island
  
• Longhorned Beetles - 5 pages - Crossidius suturalis, hirtipes, & coralinus; Stenosphenus debilis; & Monochamus scutellatus
• Longhorned Beetle - (Megacyllene antennata) - black or brown and white mesquite or cat's claw borer in Henderson, NV
• Metallic Wood-boring Beetles  (Acmaeodera) - three different species in Sevier County, Utah
  
• Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - (Acmaeodera diffusa) - three in Wasatch County, Utah
• Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - (Anthaxia) - at Payson Lakes in Utah County
  
• Metallic Wood-boring Beetle - (Agrilus walsinghami )- 2 pages of the beetles on Antelope Island
• No 10 beetle - in Southern Utah
• Ornate Checkered Beetles - (Trichodes ornatus) - four beetles, four different colors
  
• Poplar Borer - (Saperda calcarata) - in Taylorsville, UT
• Red-femured Milkweed Borer - (Tetraopes femoratus) - at Bear River MBR & Antelope Island
  
• Rove Beetle - Philonthus aurulentus - on Antelope Island.
• Rove Beetle - (Tasgius) - black winged beetle at Bear River MBR & Taylorsville, UT
• Seed Beetle - (Stator limbatus) - in Clark County, NV
• Shining Leaf Chafer  - (Paracotalpa granicollis) - at Red Butte Gardens in SLC, UT
• Soldier Beetle - (Chauliognathus fasciatus) - yellow and black beetle near St. George, Utah
• Soft-winged Flower Beetles
• Soft-winged Flower Beetle - two different species, three photos:  St. George & Antelope Island
• Soft-winged Flower Beetle II - (Collops) - in Kolob near Cedar City, Utah
• Scarlet Malachite Beetle - (Malachius aeneus) - in Davis & Wasatch counties.
  
• Two-spotted Melryid - (Collops bipunctatus) - red and blue beetle with two black spots at Bear River MBR
  
• Sunflower Beetle - (Zygogramma exclamationis) - tan beetle with brown stripes at Bear River MBR
  
• Tamarisk Leaf Beetle - (Diorhabda elongata) - in St. George, Utah
• Tiger Beetle - (Cicindela orgeona) - on the sands of Antelope Island. © Carol Davis 10-16-2010
  
• Tiger Beetle - (Cicindela purpurea) - on Antelope Island
• Tiger Beetle - (Cicendela purpurea) - male and female mating pair on Antelope Island
  
• Tumbling Flower Beetle - (Mordellidae) - "pintail beetle" at Pineview Res. & on Antelope Island
  
• Water Boatmen - (Corixidae) - in a pond on Antelope Island
  

Bees

• Bumble Bee - (Bombus - species unknown) - at the Jordanelle Wetlands
  
• Bumble Bee - (Bombus huntii) - yellow bumble bee with orange 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
  
• Cellophane Bee - (Colletes) - on Antelope Island
• Cuckoo Bee - (Epeolus) - gray and black striped bee on Antelope Island
• Digger Bee  - (Diadasia enavata) - gorgeous large brown bee at Promontory Point
• Digger Bee - (Anthophora urbana) - hairy little bee on Antelope Island
  
• Golden Northern Bumble Bee - in Southern Utah
• Honey Bee - (Apis mellifera) - golden honey bees in Utah
  
• Leafcutting Bee - (Megachile inermis) - black and white bee with a big head in Wasatch County
• Leafcutting Bee "Wool Carder Bee" - (Anthidium manicatum) - male and female in Red Butte Gardens
• Long-horned Bee - (Eucerini) - bee on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
• Metallic Green Bee - two photos at Bear River and Antelope Island
• Mining Bee - (Andrena prunorum) - hairy yellow and black bee on Antelope Island
• Mining Bee - (Andrena pronorum) - small colorful bee with long slender wings on Ant. Island
  
• Resin Bee - (Dianthidium) - 2 photos of resin bees and a pebble nest
  
• Sonoran Bumble Bee - (Bombus sonorus) - at Tonaquint Nature Park in St. George, UT
• Sweat Bee - 3 photos - two of Halictus ligatus and one of Lasioglossum
  
• Sweat Bee - possibly Lasioglossum zephyrum - tiny ant-like bee in Taylorsville, Utah
  

Bristletails

• Bristletails - (Microcoryphia) - on Antelope Island, Utah
  

Bugs

• Ambush Bug - (Phymaticae phymata) - Jagged Ambush Bug at Bear River MBR
• Ambush Bug - two immature - at Bear River MBR
• Ambush Bug - poem and photos of mature bugs with Native American headdresses
• Ambush Bush - two mating on Antelope Island
  
• Aphids - four photos in Taylorsville, UT
• Assassin Bug - (Rhynocoris) - 2 red, yellow and black assassins (Rhynocoris) at Farmington Bay WMA
  
• Assassin Bug - (Apiomerus montanus) - red and black assassins at Red Butte Gardens
• Assassin Bug - (Sinea diadema) - Spined Assassin Bug nymph on Antelope Island
• Assassin Bug - (Sinea diadema) - Spined Assassin Bug adult on Antelope Island
• Assassin Bug - (Zelus) - red and green assassin in Washington Cnty, Utah
  
• Assassin Bug - (Zelus tetracanthus) - 2 assassins on Antelope Island
• Damsel Bug - (Nabis) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, UT
• Ebony Bug - (Corimelaena) - black and red bug on red wildflowers at Payson Lakes
  
• Leafhopper Assassin Bug - (Zelus renardii) - near St. George, Utah
  
• Leaf-footed Bug - (Leptoglossus clypealis) - in Kolob, Zion National Park
• Leaffooted Bug - (Leptoglossus clypealis - in Taylorsville, UT and on Antelope Island
  
• Masked Hunter nymph and adult - (Reduvius personatus) -3 photos in Taylorsville, Utah
• Plant Bug - (Heterotoma meriopterus) - omnivorous plant bug in Taylorsville, UT
• Plant Bug - (Irbisia) - black bug with red "thighs" on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  
• Plant Bug - (Lopidea) - black and red beetle at Strawberry Reservoir
  
• Plant Bug - (Orthops) - near Pineview Res. and in Taylorsville, Utah
• Plant Bug - (Plagiognathus longipennis) - tan & green plant bug at Brighton, UT
  
• Plant Bug - (Polymerus) - in Bryce Canyon National Park
• Scentless Plant Bug - (Harmostes) - small flat yellow bug with long legs
• Scentless Plant Bug - (Liorhyssus hyalinus) - brown bug with red spots, Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Shield-backed Bug - (Scutelleridae tetyra) - on Antelope Island, Utah
  
• Small Milkweed Bug - (Lygaeus kalmii) - nymph and adult on Antelope Island  
• Squash Bug - (Coreidae Anasa) - in a Southern Utah garden
• Stilt Bug - (Neoneides muticus) - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Stink Bug - (Banasa dimiata) - red-backed stink bug in Wasatch County, Utah
  
• Stink Bug - (Apoecilus cynicus) - predatory stink bug at Strawberry Reservoir, Utah
  
• Stink Bug - (Brochymena) - predatory "tree stink bug" nymphs and adults in Taylorsville, Utah
• Stink Bug - (Chlorochroa ligata) - plant eater in St. George, Utah
• Stink Bug (Say's) - (Chlorochroa) - plant eater on Antelope Island & Kolob Canyons ranger station
• Stink Bug - (Elasmostethus cruciatus) - Red-cross Shield bug aka "Parent Bug" at Strawberry Reservoir.
• Stink Bug - Menecles insertus - gray stink bug in Taylorsville, Uah
  
• Stink Bug - plant eater at Jordanelle Reservoir in Wasatch County
• "Tuxedo Bug" (seed bug) - (Raglius alboacuminatus) - black and white triangled bug in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Western Boxelder Bug - (Boisea rubrolineata) - nymph and adult
  

Caddisflies

• Caddisfly - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands (2 species - 3 photos)   
  

Cicadas

• Northern Utah Cicada - (Platypedia) - black and gold cicada at Payson Lakes
• Northern Utah Cicada - (Okanagana) - teneral (having just emerged from exuvia)
  
• Southern Utah Cicadas - (Diceroprocta apache) - loudest cicadas on Earth in St. George, Utah
  
• Periodical Cicada - (Magicicada septendecim) - from Ohio

Earwigs

• European Earwig - (Forficula auricularia) - in Taylorsville, Utah

Flies

• Bee Fly - genus Geron (video 1.3 MB) - tiny humpbacked bee fly with long proboscis
• Bee Fly - (Bombylius) - hovering fringed insect on Antelope Island
• 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 - ( 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 - (Systoechus) - fuzzy yellow fly with a long snout at Bear River MBR
• Bee Fly - (Thevenetimyia) - tiny black bee fly at Brighton, Utah
  
• Blow Fly - Common Green Bottle fly - (Lucilia sericata) - on Antelope Island
  
• Crane Fly - at Payson Lakes and Taylorsville, UT
• Deer Fly - (Chrysops discalis) -on Antelope Island
• Deer Fly II - (Chrysops callidus) - on Antelope Island
  
• Dung Fly - (Scathophaga) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, UT
• Fruit Fly - (possible Cryptotret) - at Pineview Reservoir, Weber County, UT
  
• Fruit Fly - (Paracantha) - on Antelope Island
  
• Fruit Fly - (Trupanea nigricornis) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
• Horse Fly - Western  - (Tabanus punctifer) - in Southern Utah
  
• Long-legged Fly - (Dolichopodidae) - on Antelope Island & in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• March Fly - (Bibionidae) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
• March Fly - (Bibionidae)  - a fly as art on Antelope Island
• Marsh Fly - Sciomyzidae - a reddish snail-eating fly
  
• Midge - (Chironomidae) - on Antelope Island, Utah
• Net-winged Midge - (Blephariceridae) - below Jordanelle Dame in Wasatch County
  
• Robber Fly vs. the Spider - battle over a poor dragonfly
  
• Robber Fly - 2 pages of  photos at different locations
  
• Robber Fly Smarts - a tale of survival in the desert
• Soldier Fly - (Hedriodiscus binotatus) - green and black fly on Antelope Island
  
• Soldier Fly - (Stratiomyida Odontomyia) - at Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, UT
• Stiletto Fly - (Therevidae) -  in Kolob Canyon, Zion NP
  
• 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
• Syprhid Fly - (Eristalis tenax) - 4 photos from Antelope Island & Taylorsville, UT
• Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes volucris)  - "Bird Hover Fly" - striped fly in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes) - black and yellow fly in Taylorsville, Utah
• Syrphid Fly - (Sphaerophoria) - in the Jordanelle Wetlands, Wasatch County, Utah
• Tachnid Flies
• Tachnid Fly - (Cylindromyia) - skinny orange and black fly in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
• Tachnid Fly - (Gymnosoma) - on Antelope Island
• Tachnid Fly- (Tachininae) - in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
• Tachnid Fly, Spiny - (Paradejeania rutilioides) - large orange fly in the Jordanelle wetlands
• Thick-headed Fly - (Thecophora) - at Pineview Reservoir
• Thick-headed Fly - (Conopidae) - on Antelope Island
• Vinegar Fly - (Chymomyza) - in Taylorsville, Utah
  

Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids

• Angle-wing Katydid adult - (Microcentrum)  - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Angle-wing Katydid nymph - (Microcentrum) - 3 photos in Taylorsville, UT
• Differential Grasshopper - brown and yellow grasshopper in Taylorsville, Utah
• Field Cricket - dark brown cricket in Taylorsville, Utah
• Skudder's Bush Katydid Nymph - (Scudderia) - orange and green nymph in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Scudder's Bush Katydid Nymph - (Scudderia) - green nymph in Taylorsville, UT
  
• Shield-backed Katydid - "Mormon Cricket: - in Utah's west desert
• Snowy Tree Cricket - (Oecanthus fultoni) - female in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Two-striped Grasshopper - (Mermiria bivittata) - on Antelope Island
  

Lacewings and Antlions  (Neuroptera)

• Antlion - (Myrmeleontidae) - on Antelope Island in Utah
  
• Brown Lacewing - (Micromus posticus) - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Green Lacewing - (Chrysoperla comanche?) - in Taylorsville, UT
• Lacewing Larvae - predatory larvae in Taylorsville, Utah
  

Ladybird Beetles (Ladybugs)

• Ashy Gray Ladybird Beetle - (Olla v-nigrum) - both gray and black & red variant
  
• Ladybird beetles- five different species on three pages
• Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) - ladybug and larva at Promontory Pt., Ant. Isl. & Farm. Bay
• Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle - on Antelope Island.
  
• Two-spotted Lady Beetle - in late November in Taylorsville, Utah
  

Leafhoppers & Spittlebugs

• Colladonus geminatus - common leafhopper in Taylorsville, UT
• Dogwood Spittlebug - (Clastsoptera proteus) - yellow and black bug feeding on Dogwood in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
  
• Osbornellus scalaris - leafhopper in Brighton, Utah
  
• Privet Leafhopper - (Fieberiella florii) - 2 photos in Taylorsville, UT and Red Butte Gardens, SLC, UT
• Privet Leafhopper Nymph - (Fieberiella florii) - pink-tailed hairy leafhopper nymph in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Red-banded Leafhopper - in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Red-eyed Leafhopper - in Taylorsville, UT
• Spittlebug "Froghopper" - (Cercopidae Clastoptera) - in the Jordanelle Wetlands, Wasatch Cnty, Utah

Mantids

• Praying Mantis ( Part I) - in So. Utah and Bear River MBR in northern Utah
• Praying Mantis pair (Part II) - on Antelope Island
  

Mayflies

• Small 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
  

Wasps & Hornets

• Bald-faced Hornet - black & white hornet at Red Butte Gardens
  
• Beewolf - (Philanthus gibbosus) - on Antelope Island, Utah
• Braconid Wasp - (Cheloninae) - small swarming brown wasps on Antelope Island
• Braconid Wasp - (Ephialtini) - tiny black and white wasp near St. George, Utah
• Braconid Wasp - (Macrocentrus) - tiny orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Cuckoo Wasp - (Chrysididae) - at Bear River MBR
• Digger Wasp - (Bembix) - on Antelope Island
• European Paper Wasp - (Polistes dominula) - at Brighton, UT & building a nest at Bear River MBR
• Ichneumon Wasp - (Anomalon) - tiny male and female wasps at Promontory Point
  
• Ichneumon Wasp - (Pimplini) - black and orange wasp in November on Antelope Island
• Ichneumon Wasp - (Ophion) - small orange wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
  
• Ichneumon Wasp - 3 pages of different species
• Ichneumon Wasp - (Netelia) - orange female wasp on Antelope Island
  
• Mason Wasp - (Euodynerus) - at Payson Lakes, Utah County, Utah
• Mud Dauber - (Sceliphron caementarium) - black and yellow thread-waisted wasp on Antelope Is.
  
• Paper Wasp - (Polistes aurifer) - "Bearer of Gold" on Antelope Island
• Pigeon Horntail - (Tremex columbo aureus) - huge stingless wood wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
• Sawfly - (genus Fenusa) - leaf-mining wasp in Taylorsville, Utah
• Sawfly - (Hemichroa crocea) - Striped Alder Sawfly adult in Wasatch County, UT
  
• Spider Wasp - (Aporinellus) - gray wasp on Antelope Island
• Spider Wasp -  (Pompilidae) - blue-black wasp on Antelope Island
• Square-headed Wasp - (Crabronini) - black and yellow wasp on Antelope Island
• Square-headed Wasp - (Crabro latipes) - yellow and black wasp with leg flaps
  
• Square-headed Wasp - (Larrini) - near Hoover Dam in Nevada
  
• Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis) - large black wasp with orange wings near Promontory Point in Box Elder County, Utah
  
• Thread-waisted Wasp - (Sphecidae) - in Millard County and Davis County
• 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
• Western Cicada Killer - (Sphecius grandis) - huge, huge orange, black and yellow wasp at Bear River MBR

• Amblycerus - (Bruchinae Amblycerus) -  seed weevil in Salt Lake City, UT
• Canada Thistle Bud Weevil - (Larinus planus) - gold and gray weevil on Antelope Island
  
• 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 parvulusGyllenhal) - bluegrass billbug in Taylorsville, Utah
• European Curculionid Weevil - (gymnaetron tetrum) - weevils on Mullein on Antelope Island & insect preying on them
  
• Ironweed curculio - (Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus) - on a sunflower leaf on Antelope Island
• Rose Curculiol or Rose Weevil - red and black weevil in a wild rose (Rosa woodsii)
• Snout Beetle - (Anthonomus) - in the Jordanelle wetlands
  
• Snout Beetle:  (Cryptorhynchus lapathi) - at the North Arm of Pineview Reservoir
• Strawberry Root Weevil - black bug with brown legs in Taylorsville, Utah
• Sunflower Stem Weevil - (Cylindrocopturus adspersus) - destructive weevil in Box Elder and Davis Counties
  

Miscellaneous

• Robber Fly wannabe - a bush disguising itself as an insect
  
• Who's Afraid of Whom? - insects avoiding other insects

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