Other Insects
These are some of the other insects (besides butterflies and moths) that I've found at the farm. I can't identify most of the insects I see, but this is a list of the ones I do recognize.
I greatly appreciate all the help I've gotten from my entomologist friends - Margot Monson, MJ Hatfield, and Mike Reese, and also, all the helpful folks on Bugguide. Someday I hope to know much more about insects and to be able to have a more complete inventory of the species that are here.
Dragonflies & Damselflies - Order Odonata
Dragonflies:
Twelve Spotted Skimmer - Libellula pulchella
Canada Darner - Aeshna canadensis
Common Green Darner - Anax junius
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum internum
White-faced Meadowhawk - Sympetrum obtrusum
Midland Clubtail - Gomphus fraternus
Damselflies:
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing - Lestes unguiculatus
Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids - Order Othoptera
Katydid - Family Tettigoniidae
True Bugs - Order Hemiptera
Ambush (or Assassin) Bug - Family Phymatidae
Box Elder Bugs - Leptocoris trivittatus
Broad-headed Bug - Protenor sp.
Treehoppers - Family Membracidae
Treehopper - Telamona spreta
Planthopper - Otiocerus wolfei
Two-striped Planthopper - Acanalonia bivittata
Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus turcicus
Planthopper - Oliarus cinnamoneus
adult on bugguide
Wooly Alder Aphid - Paraprociphilus tessellatus
adult 6/2010
several adults 6/2010
Beetles - Order Coleoptera
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata
Big Sand Tiger Beetle - Cicindela formosa generosa
Cicindela scutellaris lecontei
Dogbane Beetle - Chrysochus auratus
Blister Beetle - Epicauta sp.
Soldier Beetle - Family Cantharidae
Bumble Flower Beetle - probably Euphoria inda
Fireflies - Family Lampyridae
Polished Lady Beetle - Cycloneda munda
Lady Beetle - Hippodamia sp.
Nine-Spotted Lady Beetle - Coccinella novemnotata
Clay-colored Leaf Beetle - Anomoea laticlavia
Sumac Flea Beetle - Blepharida rhois
Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus piger
adult on bugguide 6/2010
Sexton Beetle - Nicophorus orbicollis
Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle - Hippodamia tredecimpunctata
Ants, Bees and Wasps - Order Hymenoptera
Augochloropsis metallica - Sweat Bee
Flies - Order Diptera
Tipula disjuncta - Crane Fly
Hangingfly - Family Bittacidae
Scorpionfly - Family Panorpidae
Stinking Fly - Coenomyia ferruginea
Syrphid Fly - Toxomerus marginatus