
Plants, leaf and flower anatomy is essential to properly classify
Scientific Name | Sort by Common Name | Sort by Family |
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Acmaeodera rubronotata | Jewel Beetle | Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles) |
Adelpha eulalia | Arizona Sister | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Allograpta exotica | Exotic Streaktail | Syrphidae (Hoverflies) |
Anax junius | Green Darner | Aeshnidae (Aeshnids, Hawkers, or Darners) |
Anthophora urbana | Urbane Digger Bee | Apidae (Bees) |
Apodemia palmeri | Palmer's Metalmark | Riodinidae (Metalmark Butterflies) |
Argia vivida | Vivid Dancer | Coenagrionidae (Damselflies) |
Bombus huntii | Hunt's Bumble Bee | Apidae (Bee) |
Bombus sonorus | Sonoran Bumble Bee | Apidae (Bee) |
Brachygastra mellifica | Mexican Honey Wasp | Vespidae (Wasps) |
Brephidium exilis | Western Pygmy Blue | Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies) |
Burnsius albezens | White Checkered-skipper | Hesperiidae (Skipper) |
Callophrys spinetorum | Thicket Hairstreak | Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies) |
Chlorion aerarium | Steel-blue Cricket Hunter Wasp | Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps) |
Chlosyne californica | California Patch | Chlosyne (Butterflies) |
Chlosyne lacinia | Bordered Patch | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Chrysoperla comanche | Comanche Lacewing | Chrysopidae (Green lacewings) |
Colias christina | Christina Sulphur | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Colias eurytheme | Orange Sulphur | Pieridae (Whites and Sulfers) |
Copestylum mexicanum | Mexican Cactus Fly | Syrphidae (Hoverflies) |
Danaus gilippus | Queen Butterfly | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Danaus plexippus | Monarch Butterfly | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Dasymutilla satanas | Satan's Velvet Ant | Mutillidae (Velvet Ants) |
Diceroprocta apache | Apache cicada | Cicadidae (Cicadas) |
Dielis pilipes | Hairy-footed Scoliid Wasp | Scoliidae (Scolid Wasps) |
Dielis tolteca | Toltec Scoliid Wasp | Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps) |
Dione vanillae | Gulf Fritillary | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Ectemnius cephalotes | Large Ectemnius | Crabronidae (Wasps) |
Eupeodes fumipennis | Western Aphideater | Syrphidae (Hoverflies) |
Eurema nicippe | Sleepy Orange | Pieridae (Whites and Sulfers) |
Heliopetes ericetorum | Northern White-skipper | Hesperiidae (Skipper) |
Hesperia colorado | Spring Mountains Comma Skipper | Hesperiidae (Skippers) |
Hetaerina americana | American Rubyspot | Calopterygidae (Broad-winged Damselflies) |
Junonia coenia | Common Buckeye | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Leptotes marina | Marine Blue | Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies) |
Libellula luctuosa | Widow Skimmer | Libellulidae (Dragonflies) |
Libellula pulchella | Twelve-spotted Skimmer | Libellulidae (Skimmers) |
Lygaeus kalmii | Small Milkweed Bug | Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs) |
Megachile texana | Texas Leafcutter Bee | Megachilidae (Solitary Bees) |
Melanoplus differentialis | Differential Grasshopper | Acrididae (Grasshoppers) |
Nathalis iole | Dainty Sulphur | Pieridae (White and Sulfers) |
Neoscona oaxacensis | Western Spotted Orbweaver | Araneidae (Orb-weaver Spiders) |
Nymphalis antiopa | Mourning Cloak Butterfly | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Nymphalis californica | California Tortoiseshell | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Ochlodes yuma | Yuma Skipper | Hesperiidae (Skippers) |
Pachydiplax longipennis | Blue Dasher | Libellulidae (Skimmers) |
Palpada alhambra | Single-banded Plushback | family: Syrphidae (Hoverflies) |
Papilio machaon | Baird's Swallowtail | Papilionidae (Swallowtails) |
Pepsis thisbe | Tarantula Hawk | Pompilidae (Spider Wasp) |
Perithemis intensa | Mexican Amberwing | Libellulidae (Skimmers) |
Phidippus californicus | California Jumping Spider | Salticidae (Jumping Spiders) |
Phormia regina | Black Blow Fly | Calliphoridae (Blowflies) |
Poecilanthrax californicus | Bee Fly | Bombyliidae (Bee Flies) |
Pontia beckerii | Becker's White | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Sarcophaga bullata | Gray Flesh Fly | Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies) |
Sphecius convallis | Pacific Cicada Killer | Bembicidae (Wasps) |
Sphecodes ranunculi | Buttercup Blood Bee | Halictidae (Sweat Bees) |
Sphex ichneumoneus | Great Golden Digger Wasp | Sphecidae (Wasps) |
Sphex pensylvanicus | Great Black Wasp | Sphecidae (Wasps) |
Stelis laticincta | Wide-striped Painted-dark Bee | Megachilidae (Mason and Leafcutter Bees) |
Steniolia longirostra | Sand Wasp | Bembicidae (Apoid Wasps) |
Strymon melinus | Gray Hairstreak | Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged Butterflies) |
Synchlora frondaria | Southern Emerald | Geometridae (Inchworms) |
Tramea lacerata | Black Saddlebags | Libellulidae (Skimmers) |
Trimerotropis pallidipennis | Pallid-winged Grasshopper | Acrididae (Grasshoppers) |
Vanessa atalanta | Red Admiral | Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies) |
Xanthomelanodes arcuatus | Tachinid Fly | Tachinidae (Tachinids) |
Xylocopa sonorina | Valley Carpenter Bee | Apidae (Bees) |