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