Carlsbad Caverns National Park Service

U.S. Department of the Interior

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

New Mexico

Preliminary List of Known Insects of Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Through 2006
This is a very preliminary list that does not begin to fully reflect the insect diversity at Carlsbad Caverns NP.
It has been compiled by park biologists from the park’s scant museum collection and various other sources,
including researchers and specialists who have generously shared their observations informally or in
publications, including Eric Metzler (Lepidoptera, moths), Robert Larsen (Odonata), Shann Stringer (Diptera,
Chironomidae), John Abbott (Odonata, misc.), Stephen Cary and Richard Holland (Lepidoptera, butterflies),
Gavin Emmons (Lepidoptera, butterflies), Nick Grishin (Lepidoptera and Diptera), Ed Gage (Coleoptera,
Cicindelidae), Bruce Walsh (Lepidoptera, moths), and others.
Question marks in the list denote taxonomic questions.
Perusal of this list will reveal many groups that are distinctly understudied.

Known Insects of Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Order: THYSANURA (bristletails, silverfish)
Suborder: Ectognatha
Family: Nicoletiidae
no common name unidentified Nicoletiidae
Suborder: Entognatha
Family: Campodeidae
dipluran Campodea folsomi
unknown Plusiocampa sp.
Order: COLLEMBOLA (springtails)
springtail unidentified Collembolan
Order: ODONATA (dragonflies, damselflies)
Suborder: Anisoptera (dragonflies)
Family: Aeshnidae (darners)
arroyo darner Aeshna dugesi
blue-eyed darner Aeshna multicolor
shadow darner Aeshna umbrosa
common green darner Anax junius
giant darner Anax walsinghami
Family: Gomphidae (clubtails)
white-belted ringtail Erpetogomphus compositus
yellow-legged ringtail Erpetogomphus crotalinus
eastern ringtail Erpetogomphus designatus
sulphur-tipped clubtail Gomphus militaris
brimstone clubtail Stylurus intricatus
orange shadowdragon Neurocordula xanthosoma
dot-winged baskettail Epitheca petechialis
Family: Libellulidae (common skimmers)
four-spotted pennant Brachymesia gravida
pale-faced clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax
checkered setwing Dythemis fugax
swift setwing Dythemis velox
black setwing Dythemis nigrescens
eastern pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis

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 western pondhawk Erythemis collocata
Comanche skimmer Libellula comanche
bleached skimmer Libellula composita
neon skimmer Libellula croceipennis
widow skimmer Libellula luctuosa
twelve-spotted skimmer Libellula pulchella
flame skimmer Libellula saturata
marl pennant Macrodiplax balteata
roseate skimmer Orthemis ferruginea
blue dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
red rock skimmer Paltothemis lineatipes
wandering glider Pantala flavescens
spot-winged glider Pantala hymenaea
eastern amberwing Perithemis tenera
desert whitetail Plathemis subornata
filigree skimmer Pseudoleon superbus
variegated meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum
saffron-winged meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum
yellow-legged meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum
black saddlebags Tramea lacerata
red saddlebags Tramea onusta
Suborder: Zygoptera (damselflies)
Family: Calopterygidae (broad-winged damselflies)
American rubyspot Hetaerina americana
Family: Lestidae (spread-winged damselflies)
great spreadwing Archilestes grandis
plateau spreadwing Lestes alacer
Family: Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselflies)
damselfly unknown Coenagrionidae
blue-fronted dancer Argia apicalis
variable dancer Argia fumipennis violacea
lavender dancer Argia hinei
Kiowa dancer Argia immunda
Leonora’s dancer Argia leonorae
sooty dancer Argia lugens
powdered dancer Argia moesta
Aztec dancer Argia nahuana
springwater dancer Argia plana
blue-ringed dancer Argia sedula
dusky dancer Argia translata
vivid dancer Argia vivida
double-striped bluet Enallagma basidens
boreal bluet Enallagma boreale
tule bluet Enallagma carunculatum
familiar bluet Enallagma civile
painted damselfly Hesperagrion heterodoxum
desert forktail Ischnura barberi
Plains forktail Ischnura damula

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 black-fronted forktail Ischnura denticollis
desert firetail Telebasis salva
Order: ORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers, crickets, mantids, cockroaches)
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers)
band-winged grasshopper unidentified Acrididae
Subfamily: Cyrtacanthacridinae
black-males grasshopper Boopedon nubilum
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
grasshopper Agroecotettix modestus crypsidomus
two-striped grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus
glaucous-legged grasshopper Melanoplus glaucipes
grasshopper Melanoplus lakinus
grasshopper Melanoplus sp.
pictured grasshopper Dactylotum pictum
gray bird locust Schistocerca vaga
white-lined bird grasshopper Schistocerca albolineata
Subfamily: Romaleinae (lubber grasshoppers)
robust toad lubber Phrynotettix robustus
Chihuahua toad lubber Phrynotettix tshivavensis
Subfamily: Acridinae (slant-faced grasshoppers)
slant-faced grasshopper Syrbula fuscovittata
Texas slant-faced grasshopper Mermiria texana
striped slant-faced grasshopper Amphitornus coloradus coloradus
Subfamily: Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers)
band-winged grasshopper Arphia aberrans ?
band-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis strenna ?
pallid-winged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis
blue-winged grasshopper Leprus intermedius
blue-winged grasshopper Leprus wheeleri
great crested grasshopper Tropidolophus formosus
great crested grasshopper Hippopedon capito
band-winged grasshopper unidentified Oedipodinae
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers)
giant shield-backed cricket Capnobotes fuliginosus
short-winged katydid Dichopetala brevihastata
katydid unidentified Tettigoniidae
katydid unknown Phaneropterinae
Mormon cricket unidentified Decticidae
Family: Gryllacrididae (camel crickets)
Subfamily: Rhaphidophoridae (cave or camel crickets)
Carlsbad cave cricket Ceuthophilus carlsbadensis
cave cricket Ceuthophilus longipes
cave cricket Ceuthophilus conicaudus

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 Family: Gryllidae (crickets)
Subfamily: Oecanthinae (tree crickets)
narrow-winged tree cricket Oecanthinus niveus
Subfamily: Gryllinae (field and house crickets)
field cricket Acheta assimilis
Suborder: Mantodea
Family: Mantidae (mantids)
California mantis Stagmomantis californica
bordered mantis Stagmomantis limbata
praying mantis Stagmomantis spp.
Suborder: Phasmatodea
Family: Phasmatidae (walkingsticks)
walkingstick Diapheromera sp.
Suborder: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae (cockroaches)
desert cockroach Parcoblatta sp.
Oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis
American cockroach Periplaneta americana
brown-banded cockroach Supella longipalpa
cockroach unknown Blattidae
Order: ISOPTERA (termites)
Family: Termitidae (desert termites)
western subterranean termite Reticulitermes hesperus
termite Amitermes spp.
Order: DERMAPTERA (earwigs)
Family: Labiduridae (long-horned earwigs)
striped earwig Labidura riparia
Order: PSOCOPTERA (booklice and barklice)
unidentified unidentified Psocoptera
Order: HOMOPTERA (true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids)
Suborder: Gymnocerata (long-horned bugs)
Family: Gerridae (water striders)
water strider Gerris sp.
Family: Cimicidae (bed bugs, swallow bugs)
bed bug unidentified
Family: Miridae (leaf or plant bugs)
plant bug Adelphocoris superbus
plant bug Lopidae sp.
Family: Phymatidae (ambush bugs)
jagged ambush bug Phymata erosa
ambush bug unidentified Phymatidae

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 Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
bee assassin bug Spiomerus spissipes
black corsair Melanolestes picipes
assassin bug Melanolestes picipes abdomina
assassin bug Castolus subinermis
assassin bug Arilus cristatus
bloodsucking conenose Triatoma gerstaeckeri
Family: Lygaeidae (seed bugs)
seed bug Lygaeus lateralis
seed bug Lygaeus admirabilis
milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
Family: Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs)
red bugs unknown Pyrrhocoridae
Family: Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)
giant mesquite bug Thasus acutangulus
cactus bug Chelinidea vittiger aequoris
leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus chincha ?
leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus clypealis
leaf-footed bug Catorhintha selector
leaf-footed bug Mozena obtusa
leaf-footed bug Narnia pallidicornis
squash bug Anasa tristis
Family: Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)
broad-headed bug unidentified Alydidae
Superfamily: Scutelleroidea
Family: Cydnidae (burrower bugs)
burrower bug Cyrtomenus mirabilis
burrower bug Pangaeus bilinaetus
burrower bug Pangaeus sp.
burrower bug unidentified Cydnidae
Family: Scutelleridae (shield-backed bugs)
shield-backed bug Homaemus sp.
shield-backed bug unknown Scutelleridae
Family: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
stink bug Chlorochroa ligata
harlequin bug Murgantia histrionica
unidentified unidentified Pentatomidae
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha (cicadas and hoppers)
Superfamily: Cicadoidea (cicadas and leafhoppers)
Family: Cicadidae (cicadas)
cicada Beameria venosa
cicada Diceroprocta eugraphica
cicada Diceroprocta sp.
cicada Cacama valvata
cicada unknown Cicadidae

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 Family: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers)
yellow-headed leafhopper Draeculacephala antica
leafhopper Paraphlepsius lascivius
leafhopper Cuerna sp.
leafhopper Delphacodes sp.
leafhopper Deltocephalus grex
leafhopper Flexamia sp.
Family: Coelidiinae
leafhopper unknown Coelidiinae
Superfamily: Fulgoroidea (planthoppers)
Family: Fulgoridae
fulgorid planthopper Poblicia fuliginosa
Family: Cixiidae
planthopper Oliarus sp.
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha (whiteflies, aphids, scale insects)
Family: Psyllidae (psyllids)
hackberry nipplegall maker Pachypsylla celtidismamma
nipplegall maker Pachypsylla sp.
Family: Aphididae (aphids)
aphid unknown Aphididae
Superfamily: Coccoidea (scale insects) – several families
soft scale Lecanium sp.
mealybug unknown Pseudococcidae
Order: NEUROPTERA (fishflies, snakeflies, lacewings, antlions)
Suborder: Planipennia (antlions, lacewings)
Superfamily: Hemerobioidea (mantidflies)
Family: Mantispidae (mantidflies)
mantidfly Climaciella brunnea
mantidfly Mantispa cincticornis
Superfamily: Myrmeleontoidea (antlions and owlflies)
Family: Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
antlion Paranthaclisis hageni
antlion unknown Myrmeleontidae
Order: COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
Pan-American big-headed
tiger beetle Megacephala carolina (Tetracha
carolina)
punctured tiger beetle Cicindela punctulata
Chihuahuan tiger beetle Cicindela punctulata chihuahuae
Guadalupe Mountains tiger beetle Cicindela politula petrophila
limestone tiger beetle Cicindela politula viridimonticola

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 limestone tiger beetle Cicindela politula calcaricola
ocellated tiger beetle Cicindela ocellata rectilatera
white-striped tiger beetle Cicindela lemniscata
white-striped tiger beetle Cicindela lemniscata rebaptisata
tiger beetle Cicindela lemniscata (rufipes ?)
tiger beetle Cicindela flavopunctata (rectilatera ?)
Family: Carabidae (ground beetles)
cave beetle Rhadine longicollis
ground beetle Calosoma lecontei
ground beetle Calosoma peregrinator
ground beetle Calosoma sp.
ground beetle Harpalus caliginosus
ground beetle Scarites subterraneus
ground beetle Discoderus impotens
ground beetle Discoderus species
ground beetle Pasimachus sp.
ground beetle unidentified Carabidae
Family: Haliplidae (crawling water beetles)
crawling water beetle unknown Haliplidae
Family: Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles)
predaceous diving beetle Dytiscus verticalis
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Histeridae (hister beetles)
hister beetle Saprinus lugens
Family: Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles)
water scavenger beetle Hydrophilus triangularis
water scavenger beetle Hydrophilus sp.
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Silphidae (carrion beetles)
carrion beetle Thanatophilus truncata
Family: Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
rove beetle Creophilus maxillosus
rove beetle Bolitobius sp.
Superfamily: Cantharoidea
Family: Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
soldier beetle Chauliognathus sp.
Family: Lampyridae (lightning bugs or fireflies)
firefly Photuris sp.
Family: Lycidae (net-winged beetles)
net-winged beetle Calopteron reticulatus
net-winged beetle Lycus sp.

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 Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Dermestidae (dermestid beetles)
dermestid beetle Dermestes marmoratus
dermestid beetle Anthrenus verbasci
Family: Dasytidae (soft-winged flower beetles)
soft-winged flower beetle unknown Dasytidae
Family: Cleridae (checkered beetles)
checkered beetle Trichodes sp.
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Elateridae (click beetles)
eyed click beetle Alaus oculatus
click beetle Conoderus vespertinus
click beetle Lacon sp.
click beetle unidentified Elateridae
Family: Buprestidae (metallic wood-boring beetles)
metallic wood-boring beetle Psiloptera drummondi
metallic wood-boring beetle Chrysobothris sp.
metallic wood boring beetle unknown Buprestidae
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles)
ladybird beetle Hippodamia convergens
ladybird beetle Anisocalvia sp.
ladybug unidentified Coccinellidae
Family: Oedemeridae (false blister beetles)
false blister beetle Oxacis cana
false blister beetle Oxacis sp.
false blister beetle unknown Oedemeridae
Superfamily: Melooidea
Family: Meloidae (blister beetles)
blister beetle Epicauta albida
blister beetle Epicauta immaculata
blister beetle Epicauta sericans
blister beetle Epicauta diversipubescens
blister beetle Epicauta atrivittata
blister beetle Epicauta spp.
blister beetle Nemognatha spp.
blister beetle Pleuropompha costata
blister beetle Lytta sp.
blister beetle unidentified Meloidae
Superfamily: Mordelloidea
Family: Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles)
tumbling flower beetle Mordellistena spp.

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 Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
darkling beetle Argoporis spp.
darkling beetle Asida sp.
darkling beetle Bothrotes
darkling beetle Eleodes eschscholtzii
darkling beetle Eleodes sp.
darkling beetle Embaphion (blaisdelli ?)
darkling beetle Embaphion spp.
darkling beetle Stenomorpha sp.
darkling beetle unknown Tenebrionidae
Family: Alleculidae (comb-clawed beetles)
comb-clawed beetle Isomira spp.
Superfamily: Scarabaeoide
Family: Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles)
scarab beetle Cyclocephala hirta
scarab beetle Diplotaxis carbonata
scarab beetle Diplotaxis belfragei
scarab beetle Diplotaxis sp.
scarab beetle Euphoria kerni
scarab beetle Polyphylla hammondi
scarab beetle Anomala luteipennis
scarab beetle Ligyrus gibbosus
scarab beetle Serica sp.
dung roller beetle Canthon imitator
scarab beetle unidentified Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae (dung beetles and tumblebugs)
dung beetle Archophileurus cribrosus
dung beetle Canthon punctaticollis
dung beetle Canthon imitator
dung beetle Orizabus spp.
dung beetle Phanaeus sp.
dung beetle unidentified Scarabaeinae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae (aphodian dung beetles)
dung beetle Aphonides dunnianus
Subfamily: Troginae (skin beetles)
skin beetle Trox suberosus
skin beetle Trox integer
skin beetle Trox spp.
carcass beetle Omorgus sp.
Subfamily: Melolonthinae (June beetles, chafers)
june bug unidentified Melolonthinae
Subfamily: Rutelinae (shining leaf chafers)
shining leaf chafer Plusiotis beyeri
shining leaf chafer Plusiotis gloriosa

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 shining leaf chafer Plusiotis woodii
beetle Rhombonalia cavifrons
Subfamily: Cetoniinae (flower beetles)
flower beetle Cotinis (obliqua ?)
flower beetle Cotinis (arizonica ?)
flower beetle Cotinis texana
flower beetle unidentified Cetoniinae
Superfamily: Cerambycidae
Family: Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
long-horned beetle Cyrtinus beckeri
long-horned beetle Haplidus laticeps
long-horned beetle Neoclytus acuminatus hesperus
long-horned beetle Peranoplium piceum
long-horned beetle Rhopalophora longipes meeskei
long-horned beetle Tetraopes femoratus
long-horned beetle Tylosis jiminezi
long-horned beetle Tylosis maculatus
long-horned beetle Prionus imbricornus
horned prionus Prionus sp.
cactus beetle Moneilema armata
long-horned beetle Moneilema spp.
twig pruner Hypermallus spp.
long-horned beetle Derobrachus geminatus
long-horned beetle Stenaspis solitaria
long-horned beetle Batyle suturalis
long-horned beetle Anelaphus piceum
long-horned beetle Taranomis bivittatus
long-horned beetle Taranomis bivittata bivitatta
long-horned beetle Crossidius militaris
long-horned beetle Crossidius pulchellus
long-horned beetle Crossidius intermedius
long-horned beetle Oxoplus (jocosus ?)
long-horned beetle Sapderda concolor
cottonwood borer Sapderda sp.
unidentified unidentified Cerambycidae
long-horned beetle unknown Lamiinae
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
Subfamily: Galerucinae
spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi
spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica tricincta
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
dogbane beetle Chrysochus auratus
Subfamily: Alticinae
flea beetle unknown Alticinae

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 Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
leaf beetle Calligrapha serpentina
leaf beetle Calligrapha sp.
Family: Bruchidae (seed beetles)
seed beetle Mimosestes sallaei
seed beetle unknown Bruchidae
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae (snout beetles)
snout beetle Rhynchites eximius
snout beetle Rhynchites mexicanus
snout beetle Baris strenua
snout beetle Onychobaris mystica
snout beetle unknown Curculionidae
broad-nosed weevil unknown Tanmecinae
Order: LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Superfamily: Papilionidae (butterflies)
Family: Papilioninae (swallowtails)
pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor
giant swallowtail Papilio cresphontes
two-tailed swallowtail Papilio multicaudata
King Ornythion swallowtail Papilio ornythion
black swallowtail Papilio polyxenes
Family: Pieridae (whites, sulfurs, and orange-tips)
Subfamily: Pierinae (whites)
cabbage white Pieris rapae
checkered white Pontia protodice
Subfamily: Coliadinae (sulfurs)
orange sulfur Colias eurytheme
clouded sulfur Colias philodice
boisduval’s yellow Eurema boisduvaliana
Mexican yellow Eurema mexicana
sleepy orange Eurema nicippe
lyside sulfur Kricogonia lyside
dainty sulfur Nathalis iole
large orange sulfur Phoebis agarithe
cloudless sulfur Phoebis sennae
southern dogface Zerene cesonia
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Subfamily: Theclinae (hairstreaks)
great purple hairstreak Atlides halesus
Henry’s elfin Callophrys (Incisalia) henrici
juniper hairstreak Callophrys (Mitoura) gryneus
thicket hairstreak Callophrys (Mitoura) spinetorum
Sandia hairstreak Callophrys (Sandia) mcfarlandi
Poling’s hairstreak Fixsenia polingi
leda ministreak Ministrymon leda

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 gray hairstreak Strymon melinus
Subfamily: Plebeiinae (blues)
western pygmy-blue Brephidum exile
spring azure Celastrina ladon
ceraunus blue Hemiargus ceraunus
Reakirt’s blue Hemiargus isola
marine blue Leptotes marina
Melissa blue Lycaeides melissa
acmon blue Plejebus (Icaricia) acmon
cyna blue Zizula cyna
Family: Riodinidae (metalmarks)
fatal metalmark Calephelis nemesis (incl. guadaluope)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Subfamily: Libytheinae
American snout Libytheana carinenta
Subfamily: Heliconinae
gulf fritillary Agraulis (Dione) vanillae
variegated fritillary Euptoieta claudia
zebra Heliconius charitonius
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
white peacock Anartia jatrophae
definite patch Chlosyne definita (incl. anastasia)
crimson patch Chlosyne janais
bordered patch Chlosyne lacinia
tiny checkerspot Dymasia dymas (incl. chara)
common buckeye Junonia coenia
tropical buckeye Junonia genoveva
dark buckeye Junonia nigrosuffusa
mourning cloak Nymphalis antiopa
Phaon crescent Phyciodes phaon
painted crescent Phyciodes pictus
Texas crescent Phyciodes texana
pearl crescent Phyciodes tharos
vesta crescent Phyciodes vesta
question mark Polygonia interrogationis
malachite Siproeta stelenes
fulvia checkerspot Thessalia fulvia
West Coast lady Vanessa annabella
red admiral Vanessa atalanta
painted lady Vanessa cardui
American lady Vanessa virginiensis
Subfamily: Limentidinae
California sister Adelpha bredowii
viceroy Limentis archippus
desert viceroy Limentis archippus obsoleta

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 “astyanax” red-spotted purple Limentis arthemis astyanas
(incl. arizonensis)
common mestra Mestra amymone
Subfamily: Charaxinae
goatweed butterfly Anaea andria
tropical leafwing Anaea trolodyta (incl. aidea)
Subfamily: Apaturinae
hackberry emperor Asterocampa celtis
tawny emperor Asterocampa clyton texana
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Mead’s wood nymph Cercyonis meadii
canyonland satyr Cyllopsis pertepida
red satyr Megisto rubricata
Subfamily: Danainae
queen Danaus gilippus
monarch Danaus plexippus
Family: Hesperiidae (skippers)
Subfamily: Pyrginae
common streaky-skipper Celotes nessus
sleepy duskywing Erynnis brizo
funereal duskywing Erynnis funeralis
meridian duskywing Erynnis meridianus
Rocky Mountain duskywing Erynnis telemachus
mournful duskywing Erynnis tristis
common sootywing Pholisora catullus
white checkered-skipper Pyrgus albescens
common checkered-skipper Pyrgus communis
small checkered-skipper Pyrgus scriptura
Texas powdered skipper Systasea pulverulenta
northern cloudywing Thorybes pylades
unidentified skipper unknown Pyrginae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae (common skippers)
bronze roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes aenus (incl. erna)
dotted roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes eos
nysa roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes nysa
Oslar’s roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes oslari
simius roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes simius
Texas roadside-skipper Amblyscirtes texanae
Delaware skipper Anatrytone logan (=delaware)
tropical least skipper Ancyloxypha arene
sachem Atalopedes campestris
python skipper Atrytonopsis python
Viereck’s skipper Atrytonopsis vierecki
orange skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacia
dun skipper Euphyes vestris (=ruricola)
green skipper Hesperia viridis

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 Apache skipper Hesperia woodgatei
fiery skipper Hylephila phyleus
clouded skipper Lerema accius
eufala skipper Lerodea eufala
Edwards’ skipperling Oarisma edwardsii
Morrison’s skipper Stinga morrisoni
Subfamily: Megathyminae (giant skippers)
Viola’s ursine yucca giant-skipper Megathymus ursus (incl. violae)
Mary’s lechuguilla giant-skipper Agathymus mariae mariae
Carlsbad agave skipper Agathymus neumoegeni carlsbadensis
Family: Sphingidae (sphinx or hawk moths)
white-lined sphinx Celerio lineata
western lesser vine sphinx Pholus vitis
achemon sphinx Pholus achemon
five-spotted hawk moth Manduca quinquemaculata
small-eyed sphinx Paonias myops
Family: Saturniidae (wild silkworm moths)
Subfamily: Hemileucinae (buck and io moths)
io moth Automeris io
Subfamily: Citheroniinae (royal moths)
Oslar’s oakworm moth Anisota oslari
Subfamily: Saturniinae (giant silkworm moths)
Dyar’s Agapema moth Agapema anona dyari
New Mexico range caterpillar Agapema galbina
Family: Notodontidae (prominents)
walnut caterpillar Datana integerrima
Family: Arctiidae (tiger moths)
wasp moth Ctenucha venosa
tiger moth Dysschema howardi
tiger moth Daritis thetis
tiger moth Apantesis proxima
tiger moth Arachnis zuni
salt-marsh caterpillar Estigmene acraea
fall webworm Hyphantria cunea
fall webworm Hyphantria sp.
fall webworm Pygarctia spraguei
tiger moth Halysidota (Halisidota) davisii
tiger moth Halysidota (Halisidota) tessellaris
tiger moth unknown Arctiidae
Family: Noctuidae (owlet moths)
black witch moth Erebus (Ascalapha) odorata
black witch moth Erebus sp.
noctuid moth Catocala spp.
noctuid moth Xerociris wilsonii
noctuid moth unknown Noctuidae

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 Subfamily: Stiriinae
moth Stiria blanchardi
Family: Lymantriidae (tussock moths)
tussock moth Hemerocampa spp.
tussock moth unknown Lymantriidae
Family: Sesiidae (clear-winged moths)
clear-winged moth Aegeria sp.
wasp moth unknown Sesiidae
clear-winged moth unknown Sesiidae
Family: Acrolophidae (clothes moths)
cloths moth Acrolophus sp.
Family: Prodoxidae (yucca moths)
yucca moth Mesepiola specca
Order: DIPTERA (flies)
Suborder: Nematocera
Family: Tipulidae (crane flies)
crane fly Holorusia grandis
Family: Culicidae (mosquitoes)
mosquito Culex stigmatosoma
mosquito Culex sp.
mosquito Aedes vexans
mosquito Aedes sp.
mosquito Psorophora ciliata
mosquito Psorophora signipennis
mosquito unknown Culicidae
Family: Chironomidae (true midges)
midge Chrionomus decorus
Subfamily: Tanypodinae (Procladiini)
no common name Procladius sp.
Subfamily: Tanypodinae (Pentaneurini)
no common name Ablabesmyia sp.
no common name Labrundinia sp.
no common name Paramerina sp.
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae (Corynoneurini)
no common name Corynoneura sp.
no common name Thienemanniella sp.
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae (Orthocladiini/Metriocnemini)
no common name Cricotopus sp.
no common name Limnophyes sp.
Subfamily: Chironominae (Chrionomini)
no common name Dicrotendipes sp.
no common name Lauterborniella sp.

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 no common name Paratendipes sp.
no common name Phaenopsectra sp.
no common name Polypedilum sp.
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae (Tanytarsini)
no common name Micropsectra sp.
no common name Nimbocera sp.
no common name Paratanytarsus sp.
no common name Rheotanytarsus sp.
no common name Stempellinella sp.
no common name Tanytarsus A
no common name Tanytarsus B
no common name Tanytarsus C
Family: Simuliidae (black flies)
black fly Simulium vittatum
Family: Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats)
fungus gnat Rhymosia spp.
Family: Cecidomyiidae(gall gnats)
gall gnat unknown Cecidomyiidae
Suborder: Brachycera
Family: Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)
soldier fly Hoplitimyia constans
soldier fly Hedriodiscus truquii
Family: Scenopinidae (window flies)
window fly Scenopinus fenestralis
Family: Asilidae (robber flies)
robber fly Diogmites spp.
robber fly Promachus magnus
robber fly Promachus sp.
robber fly Asilus sp.
robber fly Erax spp.
robber fly unknown species
Family: Bombyliidae (bee flies)
bee fly Exoprosopa capucina
bee fly Paravilla sp.
bee fly Lepidanthrax sp.
bee fly Anastoechus nitidulus
bee fly Anastoechus sp.
bee fly unknown Bombyliidae
Family: Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies)
long-legged fly Sympycans hastatus
long-legged fly Paraclius spp.
long-legged fly Plagioneurus sp.
long-legged fly unknown Dolichopodidae

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 Suborder: Cyclorrhapha
Family: Phoridae (humpbacked flies)
humpbacked fly Diplonevra sp.
Family: Syrphidae (syrphid flies)
syrphid fly Volucella avida
syrphid fly Volucella haagii
syrphid fly Volucella caudate
syrphid fly Volucella satur
syrphid fly Volucella marginata
syrphid fly Volucella sp.
syrphid fly Allograpta obliqua
syrphid fly Tubifera latifrons
syrphid fly Mesogramma polita
syrphid fly (Esuriens sp. ?)
Family: Otitidae (picture-winged flies)
picture-winged fly Paroedopa punctigera
Family: Tephritidae (fruit flies)
fruit fly unknown Tephritidae
Family: Sepsidae (black scavenger flies)
black scavenger fly Sepsis spp.
Family: Heleomyzidae (heleomyzid flies)
no common name Suillia barberi
Family: Ephydridae(shore flies)
shore fly Parydra appendiculata
shore fly (Paracatela triseta ?)
Family: Anthomyiidae (anthomyiid flies)
anthomyiid fly Pegomya longimana
Family: Muscidae (muscid flies)
little house fly Fannia canicularis
muscid fly Phaonia sp.
dump fly Ophyra leucostoma
muscid fly Helina sp.
muscid fly Coenosia sp.
seedcorn maggot Hylemya cilicrura
Family: Tachinidae (tachinid flies)
tachinid fly Acantholespesia comstocki
tachinid fly Ptilodexia spp.
tachinid fly Paradidyma singularis
tachinid fly Nemorilla floralis
tachinid fly Euphorocera tachinomoides
tachinid fly Peleteria sp.
tachinid fly Microphthalma disjuncta
tachinid fly Belvosia bifasciata

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 Family: Calliphoridae (blow flies)
blow fly Calliphora vicina
blow fly Phormia regina
blow fly Aldrichina grahami
screwworm fly Callitroga macellaria
Family: Sarcophagidae (flesh flies)
flesh fly (grasshopper maggot) Sarcophaga kellyi
flesh fly Sarcophaga plinthopyga
Family: Sphaeroceridae (small dung flies)
small dung fly Leptocera fontinalis
small dung fly Leptocera sp.
Order: SIPHONAPTERA (fleas)
flea unknown Siphonaptera
flea (Sternopsyllus texanas ?)
Family: Pulicidae (common fleas)
human flea Pulex irritans
flea unknown Pulicidae
Order: HYMENOPTERA (ants, wasps, bees)
Suborder: Apocrita (parasites, ants, wasps, bees)
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Brachonidae (braconids)
braconid wasp Vipio sp.
Superfamily: Bethyloidea
Family: Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
cuckoo wasp Chrysis inflata
Superfamily: Scolioidea (ants and parasitic wasps)
Family: Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)
scoliid wasp Scolia sp.
Family: Mutillidae (velvet ants)
velvet ant Dasymutilla klugii
velvet ant Dasymutilla creusa
velvet ant Photopsis sp.
velvet ant unknown Mutillidae
Family: Formicidae (ants)
army ant Neivamyrmex fuscipennis
army ant Neivamyrmex arizonense
army ant Neivamyrmex minor
western harvester ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis
red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
velvety tree ant Liometopum occidentale luctuosum

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 Superfamily: Vespoidea (vespoid wasps)
Family: Pompilidae (spider wasps)
spider wasp Hemipepsis ustulata
spider wasp Hemipepsis sp.
spider wasp Pepsis angustimarginata
spider wasp Pepsis thisbe
tarantula wasp Pepsis formosus
spider wasp Pepsis sp.
Family: Vespidae (vespid wasps)
vespid wasp Stenodynerus toltecus
vespid wasp Stenodynerus superpendentis
Subfamily: Eumeninae (potter wasps)
potter wasp unknown Eumeninae
Subfamily: Polistinae (paper wasps)
paper wasp Polistes fuscatus texanus
paper wasp Polistes exclamans
paper wasp Polistes hunteri
paper wasp Polistes rubiginosus
Superfamily: Sphecoidea (sphecoid wasps)
Family: Sphecidae (sphecid wasps)
sphecid wasp unknown Sphecidae
Subfamily: Larrinae (sand-loving wasps)
sand-loving wasp Tachytes sayi
Subfamily: Trypoxyloninae (organ-pipe mud-daubers)
mud-daubers unknown Trypoxyloninae
Subfamily: Sphecinae (thread-waisted wasps)
thread-waisted wasp Sphex aberti
thread-waisted wasp Sphex breviceps
thread-waisted wasp Sphex breviceps pruinosus
thread-waisted wasp Sphex placidus
thread-waisted wasp Sphex procerus
thread-waisted wasp Chlorion elegans
thread-waisted wasp Chlorion pubidorsum
thread-waisted wasp Chlorion sp.
thread-waisted wasp Sceliphron caementaria
thread-waisted wasp Sceliphron sp.
thread-waisted wasp Chalybion zimmermanni
thread-waisted wasp Chalybion californicus
Subfamily: Nyssoninae
cicada killer Sphecius speciosus
Superfamily: Apoidea (bees)
Family: Colletidae (yellow-faced and plasterer bees)
plasterer bee Colletes sp.

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 Family: Andredidae (andrenid bees)
andrenid bee Andrena mellea
andrenid bee Andrena spp.
andrenid bee Perdita megacephala
Family: Halictidae (halictid bees)
halictid bee Agapostemon radiatus
halictid bee Halictus (Lasioglossum) bardus
halictid bee Halictus spp.
Family: Megachilidae (leafcutting bees)
leafcutting bee Anthidium maculosum
leafcutting bee Hemisia (morsei ?)
leafcutting bee Megachile policaris
leafcutting bee Megachile texana
leafcutting bee Lithurge apicalis
leafcutting bee unknown Megachilidae
Family: Apidae (bumble, honey bees)
honey bee Apis mellifera
bumble bee Bombus sp.
bee Centris caesalpinae
Family: Anthophoridae (digger, cactus, carpenter bees)
bee Martinapis luteicornis
cactus bee Diadasia australis
cactus bee Diadasia rinconis
digger bee Melissodes tristis
digger bee Melissodes suffusa
digger bee Exomalopsis solidaginis
carpenter bee Xylocopa arizonensis
digger bee Tetralonia sp.

Carpenter bee on buckwheat flowers photo, NPS Photo by Kristin Dorman-Johnson.

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