Mountain Meadows Basin

Invertebrates

CLASS INSECTA – INSECTS (902 species)

Order Archaeognatha – BRISTLETAILS  (1 species unidentified)
Order Coleoptera – BEETLES(194 species – 44 identified, plus 49 additional beetle species collected, but not yet classified.
Order Collembola – SPRINGTAILS  (1 species unidentified)
Order Dermaptera – EARWIGS (1 species)
European Earwig – Forficula auricularia
Order Diptera – FLIES, GNATS, MIDGES & MOSQUITOES (177 species – only 4 identified, plus 56 species of unclassified flies)
Order Ephemeroptera – MAYFLIES (7 species – all unidentified)
Order Hemiptera – TRUE BUGS (28 species – 4 identified)
Order Homoptera – CICADAS, APHIDS & HOPPERS (12 species – all unidentified)
Order Hymenoptera – SAWFLIES, HORNTAILS, ANTS, BEES & WASPS
(86 species – 11 identified, plus 54 species of ants, bees, and wasps collected but not yet classified.)
Order Isoptera – TERMITES (3 species – 1 identified)
Nevadan Rotten-wood termite – Zootermopsis nevadensis
Order Lepidoptera – BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS (382 species)
Order Neuroptera – LACEWINGS & ANTLIONS (6 species – 4 identified)
Order Odonata – DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES (17 species – 16 identified)
Order Orthoptera – GRASSHOPPERS, KATYDIDS & CRICKETS (16 species)
Order Plecoptera – STONEFLIES (1 species)
Giant Stonefly – Pteronarcidae
Order Raphidiodea – SNAKEFLIES (5 species – all unidentified)
Order Thysanura – SILVERFISH (1 species)
Common Silverfish – Lepisma saccharina
Order Trichoptera – CADDISFLIES(25 species – all unidentified)


 

FLIES, GNATS, MIDGES & MOSQUITOS

  • Anthomyiidae – Anthomyid Flies (1 species)
  • Asilidae – Robber Flies (3 species)
  • Bibionidae – March Flies (3 species)
  • Bombyliidae – Bee Flies (11 species)
  • Calliphoridae – Blow Flies (3 species)
  • Chironomidae -Midges (13 species)
  • Culicidae – Mosquitoes  (4 species)
  • Dolichopodidae – Long-Legged Flies  (1 species)
  • Syrphidae – Flower Flies, Hover Flies (12 species – 2 identified)
    American Hover Fly – Metasyrphus americanus
    Rattailed Maggot Fly – Eristalis sp.
  • Tabanidae – Horse Flies & Deer Flies (4 species, 1 identified)
    Common Horse Fly – Tabanus punctifer
  • Tachinidae – Tachinid Flies (2 species)
  • Tephritidae – Fruit Flies (2 species)
  • Therevidae – Stiletto Flies (1 species)
  • Tipulidae – Crane Flies (10 species – 1 identified)
    Giant Crane Fly – Holorusia rubiginosa

TRUE BUGS

  • Black Bug – Allocoris pulicaria
  • Common Water Strider – Gerris remigis
  • Giant Water Bug – Lethocerus americanus
  • Slender Green Plant Bug – Orthotylus sp.

SAWFLIES & HORNTAILS (8 species – 1 identified, 4 others mentioned)

  • Dark Bronze Cimbicid Sawfly
  • Large Black Orange-winged Horntail Wasp
  • Orange & Black Pamphilid Sawfly
  • Red Black & Yellow Sawfly
  • Western Steel-Blue Horntail Wasp – Sirex areolatus

ANTS (7 species – 1 identified)

  • Carpenter Ants – Camponotus sp.

BEES (21 species – 1 identified, 4 others mentioned)

  • Big Black Carpenter Bee
  • Common Honey Bee – Apis mellifera
  • Four Spot Bumble Bee
  • Green Bee
  • Orange-tipped Bumble Bee

WASPS (36 species – 6 identified, 8 others classified to family)

  • Bald Faced Hornet – Dolichovespula maculata
  • Big Black Spider Wasp – Pompilidae
  • Big-Jaw Thread-Waisted Wasp – Sphex sp.
  • Blue Mud-Dauber Wasp – Chalybion californicum
  • Giant Ichneumon Wasp – Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni
  • Great Blue Cuckoo Wasp – Chrysididae
  • Hemiptera Hunter Wasp – Astatinae
  • Orange-Winged Spider Wasp – Pompilidae
  • Red & Black Spider Wasp – Pompilidae
  • Sand Wasp – Bembix sp.
  • Turquoise Cuckoo Wasp – Chrysididae
  • Western Yellowjacket – Vespula pensylvanica
  • White-spotted Ichneumon Wasp – Rhyssa persuasoria
  • Yellow & Black Mud-Dauber Wasp – Sceliphron caementarium

LACEWINGS & ANTLIONS

  • Chhrysopidae – Lacewings (2 species)
  • Hemerobiidae – Brown Lacewings (2 species)
  • Myremeleontidae – Antlions (1 species)
  • Polystoechotidae – Giant Lacewings (1 species)

DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES

  • Blue-eyed Darner Dragonfly – Aeshna multicolor
  • Common Green Darner Dragonfly – Anax junius
  • Common Whitetail Dragonfly – Libellula lydia
  • Eight-Spotted Skimmer Dragonfly – Libellula forensis
  • Emerald Damselfly – Lestes dryas
  • Four-spotted Skimmer Dragonfly – Libellula quadrimaculata
  • Northern Bluelet Damselfly – Enallagma cyathigerum
  • Olive Clubtail Dragonfly – Stylurus olivaceus
  • Pacific Forktail Damselfly – Ischnura cervuia
  • Spreadwing Damselfly – Lestes sp.
  • Western Forktail Damselfly – Ischnura perparva
  • Western Meadowhawk Dragonfly – Sympetrum occidentale
  • Western Ponhawk Dragonfly – Erythemis collocata
  • Westen Red Damselfly – Amphiagrion abbreviatum
  • White-faced Meadowhawk Dragonfly – Sympetrum obtrusum
  • Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly – Sympetrum corruptum

GRASSHOPPERS, KATYDIDS & CRICKETS

  • Acrididae – Short-Horned Grasshoppers (8 species – 1 identified)
  • Pallidwinged Grasshopper – Trimerotropis pallidipennis
  • Gryllidae – Ground, Field, Bush, & Tree Crickets (4 species – 1 identified)
  • Ground Cricket – Acheta assimilis?
  • Rhaphidophoridaee – Cave &Camel Crickets (2 species – 1 identified)
  • Brown Camel Cricket – Ceuthophilus sp.
  • Stenopelmatidae – Jerusalem or Sand Crickets (2 species)
  • Spiny Jerusalem Cricket – Stenopelmatus longispina?
  • Common Jerusalem Cricket – Stenopelmatus fuscus
  • Tettigoniidae – Long-Horned Grasshoppers & Katydids (1 species)
  • Haldeman’s Shield-back Katydid – Pediodectes haldemani

 BEETLES

  • Apionidae (1 species)
  •           Hollyhock Weevil – Apion longirostre
  • Bostrichidae – Branch and Twig Borer Beetles (1 species)
  •           Black Twig Boring Beetle – Polycaon sp.
  • Buprestidae – Jewel Beetles (13 species – 6 identified)
  •           Sculptured Pine Borer Beetle – Chalcophora angulicollis
  •           Tenebrica Jewel Beetle – Dicera tenebrica
  •           Sierra-Green Jewel Beetle – Cypriacis adjecta
  •           Golden Jewel Beetle – Cypriacis aurulenta
  •           Orange Spotted Jewel Beetle – Buprestis sp
  •           Yellow Spotted Jewel Beetle – Buprestis confluenta
  • Cantharidae – Soldier Beetles (1 species)
  • Carabidae – Ground Beetles (18 species collected – all unidentified)
  • Cerambycidae – Long-horned Beetles (25 species – 9 identified)
  •           Yellow-Velvet Long-Horned Beetle – Cosmosalia chrysocoma
  •           The Timberworm Long-Horn Beetle – Ergates spiculatus
  •           CA Prionus Long-Horn Beetle – Prionus californicus
  •           Long-Horn Beetle 34 – Ipochus fasciatus
  •           Red Milkweed Long-Horned Beetle – Tetraopes femoratus
  •           Yellow-banded Long-Horned beetle – Clytus sp.
  •           Pit-neck Longhorn Beetle – Arhopalus foveicollis
  •           White-spotted Sawyer Long-Horn Beetle – Monochamus sp.
  •           Pale-banded Long-Horned Beetle – Xylotrechus sp.
  • Chrysomelidae – Leaf Beetles (1 species)
  • Cicindelidae – Tiger Beetles (1 species)
  • Dispirited Tiger Beetle – Cicindela longilabris
  • Cleridae – Checkered Beetles (1 species)
  • Ornate Checkered Flower Beetle – Trichodes ornatus
  • Coccinellidae – Ladybird Beetles (9 species – 3 identified)
  •           Seven Spot Ladybird Beetle – Coccinella septempunctata
  •           California Ladybird Beetle – Coccinella californica
  •           Convergent Ladybird Beetle – Hippodamia convergens
  • Cucujidae – Flat Bark Beetles (1 species)
  •           Red Flat Bark Beetle – Cucujus clavipes
  • Curculionidae – Snout Beetles, Weevils (8 species – 2 identified)
  •           Black Vine Weevil – Otiorhynchus sulcatus
  •           Strawberry Root Weevil – Otiorhynchus ovatus
  • Dermestidae – Carpet and Skin Beetles (9 species – 3 identified)
  • Larder Beetle – Dermestes lardarius
  • Varied Carpet Beetle – Anthrenus verbasci
  • Black Carpet Beetle – Attagenus unicolor
  • Dytiscidae – Predaceous Diving Beetles (2 species – 1 identified)
  • Giant Green Predacious Diving Beetle – Dytiscus marginicollis
  • Elateridae – Click beetles (15 species – 1 identified)
  • Blind-Eyed Click Beetle – Alaus myops
  • Glaphyridae – Bumblebee Scarabs (2 species)
  •           Golden Bumblebee Scarab Beetle – Lichnanthe sp.
  •           Spotted Bumblebee Scarab Beetle – Lichnanthe sp.
  • Gyrinidae – Whirligig Beetles (1 species)
  • Histeridae – Hister Beetles (1 species)
  • Hydrophilidae – Water Scavenger Beetles (1 species)
  • Black Water Scavenger Beetle – Hydrophilus triangularis
  • Lampyridae – Lightning Bugs, Firefly Beetles (1 species)
  • California Firefly Beetle – Ellychnia californica
  • Meloidae – Blister Beetles (3 species)
  • Rhynchitidae – Tooth-Nosed Snout Beetles (1 species)
  •           Rose Weevil – Rhynchites bicolor
  • Scarabaeidae – Scarab Beetles, June Beetles (9 species – 4 identified)
  •           Ten-Lined June Beetle – Polyphylla decimlineata
  •           Carrot June Beetle – Bothynus Gibbosus
  •           Ant-eater Scarab Beetles – Cremastocheilus armatus
  •           Green Pine Chafer – Dichelonyx backi
  • Scolytidae – Bark Beetles, Engraver Beetles, Timber Beetles (1 species)
  •           Red Turpentine Bark Beetle – Dendroctonus valens
  • Silphidae – Carrion Beetles (2 species)
  • Sculptured Carrion Beetle – Heterosilpha ramosa
  • Red Spotted Carrion Beetle – Nicrophorus sp.
  • Staphylinidae – Rove Beetles (6 species)
  • Tenebrionidae – Darkling Beetles (10 species – 1 identified)
  •           Chip-a-Bark Beetle – Phellopsis porcata
  • Trogositidae – Bark-gnawing Beetles (1 species)
  • Blue-green Bark-gnawing Beetle – Temnochila chlorodia
  •           Plus 49 additional beetle species collected, but not yet classified.

 BUTTERFLIES – (38 species identified)

  • Acmon Blue – Plebejus acmon
  • Alfalfa Butterfly – Colias eurytheme
  • Anise Swallowtail – Papilio zelicaon
  • Baldur Parnassian – Parnassius clodius baldur
  • Brown Elfin – Callophrys augustinus
  • Buckeye Butterfly  – Junonia coenia
  • Cabbage Butterfly – Pieris rapae
  • California Sister Admiral – Limentis lorquini
  • California Tortoise Shell – Nymphalis californica
  • Common Checkered Skipper – Pyrgus communis
  • Common Wood Nymph – Cercyonis pegala
  • Great Arctic Butterfly – Oeneis nevadensis
  • Great Basin Ringlet – Coenonympha tullia ampelos
  • Greenish Blue – Plebejus saepiolus
  • Hesperia Skipper – Hesperia sp.
  • Hoary Comma – Polygonia gracilis
  • Lorquins Admiral – Limentis lorquini
  • Lustrous Copper – Lycaena cupreus
  • Milberts Tortoise Shell – Nymphalis milberti
  • Monarch Butterfly – Dánaus plexippus
  • Mormon Fritillary – Speyeria mormonia
  • Mourning Cloak – Nymphalis antiopa
  • Mylitta Cresent Butterfly – Mylitta Crescent
  • Nokomis Fritillary – Speyeria nokomis
  • Northern Checkerspot – Chlosyne palla
  • Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui
  • Pale Tiger Swallowtail – Papilio eurymedon
  • Pine White Butterfly – Neophasia menapia
  • Purplish Copper – Lycaena helloides
  • Red Admiral – Vanessa atalanta
  • Sagebrush Checkerspot – Chlosyne acastus
  • Sierra Nevada Blue – Agriades podarce
  • Sierra Nevada Crescent – Phyciodes orseis herlani
  • Sylvan Satyr – Cercyonis silvestris
  • Western White Butterfly – Pontia occidentalis
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail – Papilio rutulus
  • Woodland Skipper – Ochlodes sylvanoides
  • Zerene Fritillary – Speyeria zerene

MOTHS – (344 species – 104 species identified thus far)

  • Alfalfa Looper Moth – Autographa californica
  • American Lappet Moth – Phyllodesma americana
  • Argentata Tiger Moth – Lophocampa argentata
  • Bank’s Emerald Moth – Chlorosea banksaria
  • Barberry Geometer Moth – Coryphista meadii
  • Behrens Pero Moth – Pero behrensaria
  • Black Olive Arches Moth – Lacinipolia olivacea
  • Blue Moon Moth – Parargyractis confusalis
  • Boot Moth – Oncocnemis umbrifascia
  • Broad-banded Geo Moth – Zenophleps lignicolorata?
  • Brown House Moth – Hofmannophila pseudospretella
  • Buckthorn Moth – Triphosa haesitata
  • California Brown-lined Looper Moth – Neoalcis californiaria
  • California Grass Moth – Euchromius californicalis
  • California Underwing Moth – Catocala californica
  • Ceanothus Moth – Drepanulatrix unicalcararia
  • Ceanothus Silkmoth – Hyalophora euryalus
  • Clarks Sphinx – Proserpinus clarkiae
  • Clear-Winged Moth – Sanninoidea sp
  • Clipper Moth – Celaena reniformis
  • Codling (Apple-worm) Moth – Carpocapsa pomonella
  • Cogitate Noctuid Moth – Apamea cogitata
  • Common Grass Veneer Snout Moth – Crambus praefectellus
  • Cranberry Girdler Snout Moth – Chrysoteuchia topiaria
  • Crimson Moth – Arta epicoenalis
  • Darwin’s Emerald Moth – Nemoria darwiniata
  • Dave’s Moth – Lacinipolia davena
  • Diamond-backed Moth – Plutella sp
  • Dusky Paw Moth – Saucrobotys fumoferalis
  • Edwards Glassywing Tiger Moth – Hemihyalea edwardsii
  • Electra Buckmoth – Hemileuca electra
  • Elegant Sphinx – Sphinx perelegans
  • Fingers Moth – Abagrotis sp.
  • Four-lined Itame Moth – Itame quadrilinearia
  • Golden Shouldered Moth – Chalcoela iphitalis
  • Golden Wedge – Amorbia cuneanum
  • Gooseberry Moth – Stretchia pictipennis
  • Granite Moth – Digrammia neptaria
  • Gray Swordgrass Moth – Xylena cineritia
  • Greater Autumn Synaxis Moth – Synaxis jubararia
  • Guilded Vaxi Moth – Vaxi auratella
  • Herald Moth – Scoliopteryx libatrix
  • Hermia’s Underwing Moth – Catocala hermia
  • Jeffery Leaf Roller Moth – Choristoneura rosaceana
  • Johnson’s Moth – Euchlaena johnsonaria
  • Leaf-Roller Moth – Pandemis lamprosana
  • Little Golda Moth – Ceranemota tearlei
  • Long-cloaked Marble – Hedya ochroleucana
  • Lucerne Moth – Nomophila nearctica
  • Matilda’s Moth – Protitame matilda
  • Mizon Pero Moth – Pero mizon
  • Moon Shadow Moth – Euxoa laetificans
  • Nevada Emerald Moth – Chlorosea nevadaria
  • Nevada Hydriomena Moth – Hydriomena nevadae
  • Nevada Tiger Moth – Grammia nevadensis
  • Occidental Pero Moth – Pero occidentalis
  • Okapi Moth – Ancylis columbiana shastensis
  • Olive Green Cutworm Moth – Dargida procincta
  • One Eyed Sphinx – Smerinthus cerisyi
  • Orange Dart Moth – Pseudorthosia variabilis
  • Oregon Fallow Moth – Leucania oregona
  • Ornate Tiger Moth – Grammia ornata
  • Owlet Moth – Acerra normalis
  • Pale Raphia Moth – Raphia pallula
  • Patchwork Phoenix Moth – Eulithis xylina
  • Pine Looper Moth – Sabulodes edwardsata
  • Police Car Moth – Gnophaela latipennis
  • Polyphemus Silkmoth – Antheraea polyphemus
  • Poplar Carpenter Moth – Acossus populi
  • Pulmonary Moth – Stenoporpia pulmonaria
  • Purple Beauty Moth – Pyrausta signatalis
  • Quadrate Ceanothus Moth – Drepanulatrix quadraria
  • Quarter Moon Moth – Apamea scoparia
  • Quarter-Note Moth – Marmopteryx marmorata
  • Riding Forester Moth – Alypia ridingsii
  • Rudan’s Leaf-Roller – Sparganothis rudana
  • Schinia Sueta Moth – Schinia sueta
  • Semirelicta Underwing Moth – Catocala semirelicta
  • Seneca Moth – Sparganothis senecionana
  • September Thorn Moth – Synaxis pallulata
  • Sheep Moth – Hemileuca eglanterina
  • Small-eyed Sphinx – Paonias myops
  • Snowberry Clearwing – Hemaris diffinis
  • Snowberry Sphinx – Sphinx vashti
  • Social Moth – Pyrausta socialis
  • Speckled-back Snout Moth – Pediasia dorsipunctella
  • Spotted Straw Moth – Heliothis phloxiphagus
  • Spring Synaxis Moth – Synaxis cervinaria
  • Strait-banded Geometrid – Eudrepanulatrix rectifascia
  • Sulphur Moth – Hesperumia sulphuraria
  • The Gem – Orthonama obstipata
  • Touch-of-Gold Moth – Metanema inatomaria
  • TriTip Moth – Sericosema juturnaria
  • Unipunctate Noctuid Moth – Mythimna unipuncta
  • Variegated Cutworm Moth – Peridroma saucia
  • Vestal Tiger Moth – Spilosoma vestalis
  • Wandering Tiger Moth – Spilosoma vagans
  • Weasel Moth – Mecyna mustelinalis
  • White Geometer – Protitame subalbaria
  • White Lined Sphinx – Celerio lineata
  • White Peppered Moth – Scopula junctaria
  • White Satin Moth – Leucoma salicis
  • Wilson’s Geometrid Moth – Sericosema wilsonensis
  • Yellow Banded Geometrid Moth – Xanthorhoe defensaria
  • Yellow Striped Armyworm Moth – Spodoptera prefica
  •  Plus 241 Moths collected but not yet identified.