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Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila aberti

Globe Mallow Bees - building nests

Tachinid Fly - just emerged from pupa
Alderflies
Ants
Beetles
Bees
Bristletails
Bugs
Caddisflies
Centipedes & Millipedes
Cockroaches
Cicadas
Earwigs
Flea
          Alderflies
  •  Alderfly - (Sialis) - brown, lace-winged aquatic insect at Bear River MBR
             Ants
Beetles
Bees
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 - (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
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 - (Paraville syrtis) - bee fly with darkened orange wings in Taylorsville, Utah
    • 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
    • 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
  • Blow Fly - Common Green Bottle fly - (Lucilia sericata) - on Antelope Island
  • 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, UT
  • Firefly - see Beetles
  • Fruit Fly "Apple Maggot Fly" - (Rhagoletis pomonella) - black fly with striped wings and blue eyes
  • Fruit Fly - (possible Cryptotret) - 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, Uta
  • 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 - (Dictya) - speckled black fly in Salt Lake County, Utah
  • Marsh Fly - (Sciomyzidae) - a reddish snail-eating fly
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 N
  • 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 Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (Eupeodes) - black and yellow fly in Taylorsville, Utah
    • Syrphid Fly - (genus Helophilus) - crusty bee-like fly on Antelope Islan
    • 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 - (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
  • 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 - (Conopidae) - on Antelope Island
  • Vinegar Fly - ( Chymomyza) - in Taylorsville, Utah
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids   Lacewings and Antlions  (Neuroptera) 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 Cerceris) - at Promontory Point, Utah
  • Bald-faced Hornet - black & white hornets at Red Butte Gardens
  • Beewolf - (Philanthus crabroniformis) - in the Jordanelle wetlands, Wasatch County, UT
  • Beewolf - (Philanthus gibbosus) - in the Jordanelle dam wetlands and on Antelope Island, Utah
  • Blackjacket - (Vespula consobrina) - "black yellowjacket" at Red Butte Gardens in Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Braconid Wasps
    • Braconid Wasp - (Agathidinae ) - tiny red and black was on Antelope Island
    • Braconid Wasp - (subfamily Braconinae) - tiny orange and black wasps in lilacs in Taylorsville, UT
  • " Carrot Wasp " - (genus Gasteruption) - in the Jordanelle wetlands in Wasatch Cnty, UT
  • Chalcidoid Wasp - (genus Leucospis) - tiny yellow and black wasp with fat abdomen in Taylorsville, UT
  • Club-horned Wasp - family Sapygidae - black was with pointed abdomen in Wasatch Cnty, Utah
  • Cuckoo Wasp - ( Chrysididae) - at Bear River MBR
  • Cutworm Wasp - (genus Podalonia) - red and black mating wasps in the mountains above Strawberry Res.
  • Digger Wasp - (Bembix) - on Antelope Island
  • Ichneumon Wasps
    • Ichneumon Wasp - ( Ichneumon ambulatorius) - orange, black and white wasp in Red Butte Gardens, SLC
    • Ichneumon Was p - (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 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
  • 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 Is.
  • Paper Wasp, European - ( Polistes dominula) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, Utah
  • 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, Uta
  • Pollen Wasp - (Pseudomasaris vespoides) - in the hills above Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch Cnty, U
  • 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) - 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
  • Sand Wasp - (Bembix americana) - on Antelope Island, Davis County, Utah
  • Sapygid Wasp - (Krombeinopyga aculeata) - solitary black wasp with pointed abdomen in the Jordanelle Dam wetlands
  • Sawfly - (genus Fenusa ) - 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 was in Red Butte Gardens
  • Square-headed Wasps
  • Tarantula Hawk - (Pepsis) - large black wasp with orange wings near Promontory Point in Box Elder County, Utah
  • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Ammophila aberti) - fuzzy silver and orange was with long, slim abdomen
  • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Isodontia elegans) - brown and black "grass-carrying wasp" in Red Butte Gardens
  • Thread-waisted Wasp - (family Sphecidae) - orange and black wasp in Wasatch County, Utah
  • Thread-waisted Wasp - (Sphecidae) - in Millard County and Davis County
  • Thread-waisted Wasp "Great Golden Digger Wasp" - (Sphex ichneumoneus) - large female orange and black wasp at Red Butte Garden
  • 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 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 vest
  • 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 MBR
  • Yellowjacket - Common Aerial Yellowjacket - ( Dolichovespula arenaria) - on Antelope Island
  • Yellowjacket - Parasitic Yellowjacket - (Dolichovespula arctica) - in Cottonwood Canyon, Alta, Utah
  • Yellowjacket - Prairie Yellowjacket - (Vespula atropilosa) - at Red Butte Gardens, SLC, 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
  • 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 Curculio) - 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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