Insects

We've seen much more wildlife than I ever expected when I first started documenting the local fauna, so I've split the animals into separate pages. I will continue to use an asterisk to denote pages with new pictures, but now I will put them in the title of the page so you will be able to see which pages have been updated by looking at the menu bar.

On this page you will find pictures of the INSECTS we've seen in and around Ann Arbor.

Libellula lydia: Common Whitetail Dragonfly (male)

Sympetrum internum: Cherry-Faced Meadowhawk

Tenodera sinensis: Chinese Mantis

Papilio cresphontes: Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio zelicaon: Anise Swallowtail Butterfly

Phoebis sennae: Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (female)

Junonia coenia: Buckeye Butterfly

Pyrgus communis: Common Checkered Skipper

Phragmatobia lineata: Lined Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Spilosoma virginica: Virginia Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Pyrrharctia isabella: Isabella Tiger Moth Caterpillar

Lophocampa caryae: Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar

Tibicen tibicen: Swamp Cicada

Melanoplus bivittatus: Two-Striped Grasshopper

Dissosteira carolina: Carolina Grasshopper

 

Melanoplus femurrubrum: Red-legged Grasshopper

Melanoplus sanguinipes: Migratory Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis: Differential Grasshopper

Conocephalus brevipennis: Short-winged Katydid

Microcentrum retinerve: Angular-winged Katydid (female)

Gryllus pennsylvanicus: Field Cricket

Acanthocephala terminalis: Leaf-Footed Bug

Leptinotarsa decemlineata: Colorado Potato Beetle

Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus: Soldier Bettle

Polistes fuscatus: Paper Wasp

Unknown snail with pretty shell.

Camponotus pennsylvanicus: Carpenter Ant (aka GI-ANT)

Leiobunum vittatum: Eastern Harvestman Spider

Agelenopsis: Grass Spider