Insects
Seen on the Giant


ORDERFAMILYGENUSSPECIESCOMMON NAMESEEN?WHERE? COMMENTS?
ColeopteraCantharidae..Soldier Beetles4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraCarabidaeGaleritabicolor?Ground Beetle4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraCarabidaePterostichusmutusGround Beetle4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraCarabidaeElaphropus..4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraCarabidaeTrichotichnusautumnalis.4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraCeramycidae..Metallic wood borer4/19/2009 larva
ColeopteraCoccinellidaePropylaeaquatuordecimpunctataLadybird Beetle4/19/2009 .
ColeopteraElateridae..Click Beetle4/19/2009 two species
ColeopteraCicindellidaeCicindellasexguttataSix-spotted Tiger Beetle4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, west of Yellow-Green Connector
ColeopteraLampyridaeEllychniacorruscalightning beetles4/19/2009 .
.LampyridaePhotinuspyralisFirefly4/19/2009 By Mill River
DipteraMycetophilidae..Gnat4/19/2009 .
DipteraEmpidiae..fly4/19/2009 .
DipteraCalliphoridae..Blow Flies4/19/2009 .
DipteraCeratopogonidae..Biting Midges4/19/2009 .
DipteraChironomidae..Midges4/19/2009 3 species
DipteraCulicidae..Mosquitos4/19/2009 By Mill River
DipteraTachinidae..Tachinid Flies4/19/2009 two species (or maybe three)
Diptera...Flies4/19/2009 .
DipteraBombyliidaeThyridanthrax.Bee fly4/19/2009 .
DipteraBombyliidaeAnthrax.Bee fly4/19/2009 .
DipteraBombyliidae..Bee fly4/19/2009 two species
HemipteraAlelgidaeAdelgestsugaeWoolly Adelgid4/19/2009 Wherever in the park there are hemlocks; Invasive
HemipteraCoreidaeAcanthocephalaterminalisleaf-footed bug4/11/10By lower quarry works, along edge of grassy area
HeteropteraGerridaeGerrissp. 1Water Striders4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraAnthophoridaeNomada.Parasitic bee4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraAndrenidae..Mining Bees4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraAndrenidaeAndrena..4/19/2009 3 species
HymenopteraApidaeBombussp. 1Bumble Bee4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraColletidaeColletessp..4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraFormicidaeAcanthomyopssp. 1Citronella Ant4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraFormicidaeCamponotussp. 1Carpenter Ant 4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraFormicidaeFormicasp. 1Red Ant4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraFormicidae..Ants4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraPompylidae..bee 4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraVespidaePolistesdominulaPaperwasp4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraIchneumonidae..Ichneumon Wasps4/19/2009 .
HymenopteraTenthredinidae..Sawfly4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraPieridaePieris rapaeCabbage butterfly4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraPapilionidaePapilioglaucusEastern Tiger Swallowtail 4/21/10.
LepidopteraPieridaeAnthocharismideaorangetip4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraPsychidaeThyridopteryxephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth 3/23/2010Found by Danny Brass.
LepidopteraLycaenidaeCallophrysgrynea.4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraLycaenidaeCelastrinaladon.4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraNymphalidaeVanessa antiopamourning cloak4/19/2009 Many places in the Giant
LepidopteraNymphalidaeVanessa virginiensis.4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraLasiocampidaeMalacosomaamericanumEastern Tent Caterpillar4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraGeometridaeMetarranthissp.4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraGelechiidae...4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraPyralidae..Pyralidae4/19/2009 .
LepidopteraSaturnidaeAntheraeapolyphemusPolyphemus Moth 3/23/2010Green Trail, east of intersection with White Trail.
MegalopteraSialidae..Alderfly4/19/2009 .
OrthopteraAcrididae..Meadow Grasshopper4/19/2009 .
OrthopteraGryllidaeNemobius.cricket4/19/2009 .