Photo Guides:
Bugs Bees/Wasps
June 2025
Photography by Pilar Morera
Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Bug Photo Guide
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Seven-spotted lady beetle Coccinella septempunctata
Ten-spotted spurleg lady beetle Brachiacantha decempustulata
Twenty-spotted lady beetle
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Polished lady beetle
Cycloneda munda
Polished lady beetle (larva)
Cycloneda munda
Asian lady beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis
Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis
Asian lady beetle (larva) Harmonia axyridis
Bean leaf beetle Cerotoma trifurcata
Bumble flower beetle Euphoria inda
Dogbane leaf beetle Chrysochus auratus
End band net-winged beetle Calopteron terminale
Goldenrod soldier beetle Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Japanese beetle Popillia japonica
Tamarack Nature Preserve Bug Photo Guide
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Margined leatherwing beetle Chauliognathus marginatus
Mottled tortoise beetle Deloyala guttata
Raspberry fruitworm beetle Byturus unicolor
Six-spotted tiger beetle Cicindela sexguttata
Striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum
Three-lined potato beetle Lema daturaphila
Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Red milkweed beetle Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Large milkweed bugs Oncopeltus fasciatus
Small milkweed bug Lygaeus kalmii
Swamp milkweed leaf beetle
Labidomera clivicollis
Swamp milkweed leaf beetle -larva
Labidomera clivicollis
Alder spittlebug
Clastoptera obtusa
Black leaf-leg bug
Phylloscelis atra
Black firefly Lucidota atra
Common eastern firefly Photinus pyralis
Firefly - nymph Photinus
Nut and acorn weevils Curculio Cryptocephalus
Exema
Grape Colaspis Colaspis brunnea
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Imported long-horned weevil
Calomycterus setarius
Ironweed curculio Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus
Peach root weevil Pseudoedophrys hilleri
Meracantha contracta
Redbud seed weevil
Gibbobruchus mimus
Scooped scarab Onthophagus hecate
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Diamondback spittlebug Lepyronia quadrangularis
Helmeted squash bug - nymph Euthochtha galeator
Green stink bug
Chinavia hilaris
Green stink bug - nymph Chinavia hilaris
North American tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris
North American tarnished plant bug - nymph Lygus lineolaris
Corimelaena
Spine headed bug
Acanthocephala terminalis
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
North American wheel bug Arilus cristatus
North American wheel bug - nymphs Arilus cristatus
North American wheel bug - nymphs Arilus cristatus
Orange assassin bug Pselliopus barberi
Pale green assassin bug-nymph Zelus luridus
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Piezogaster calcarator
Ferruginous carpenter ant Camponotus chromaiodes
Broad-headed sharpshooter Oncometopia orbona
Piezogaster calcarator - nymph
Fusca-group field ants Complex formica fusca
Stilt bug - nymph Berytidae
Buffalo treehopper Tribe ceresini
Buffalo treehopper - nymph Tribe ceresini
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Two-striped planthopper
Two-striped planthopper - nymph
Red-banded leafhopper
Graphocephala coccinea
Green cone-headed planthopper
Acanalonia conica
Velvet ant Pseudomethoca simillima
Red-lipped green lacewing - larva Chrysoperla rufilabris
Acanalonia bivittata
Acanalonia bivittata
Sharpshooter planthopper
Tylozygus bifidus
Brown stink bug Euschistus servus
Tamarack Nature Preserve Bug Photo Guide
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Coppery leafhopper
Jikradia olitoria
Coppery leafhopper - nymph
Jikradia olitoria
Citrus flatid planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
Chlorotettix tegatus
Tumbling flower beetle
Paramordellaria triloba
Dogwood spittlebug
Clastoptera proteus
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Stripe-horned green lacewing- nymph Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis
Two-marked treehopper Complex Enchenopa
Melanoliarus placitus
Draeculacephala antica
Texananus
binotata
Wooly alder aphid Prociphilus tessellatus
Red goldenrod aphid Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum
Plant-parasitic hemipteran- nymph Sternorrhyncha
Nature Preserve Bug Photo Guide
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Southern masked chafer Cyclocephala lurida
Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
Banded longhorn beetle Leptura quadrifasciata
Twenty spotted ladybug Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris
Corrupt bark louse Psocidae
Grapevine beetle Pelidnota punctata
Reticulated beetle Tenomerga cinerea
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Hyaline plant bug Hyaliodes harti
Hyaline plant bug nymph Hyaliodes harti
Locust borer Megacyllene robiniae
Immigrant pavement ant Tetramorium immigrans
Meadow spittlebug - nymph Philaenus spumarius
Meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius
Tamarack Nature Preserve Bug Photo Guide
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Obscure plant bug
Plagiognathus obscurius
Rice root aphids Tetraneura akinire
Stilt bug Jalysus
Downy flower gall midge
Rhopalomyia anthophila
Grape tube gallmaker Ampelomyia viticola
Hackberry nipplegall psyllid Pachypsylla celtidismamma
Goldenrod gall fly
Eurosta solidaginis
Goldenrod bunch gall midge
Rhopalomyia solidaginis
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
European earwig Forficula auricularia
Bee/Wasp Photo Guide
Bicolored striped sweat bee Agapostemon virescens
Carlin’s mining bee Andrena carlini
Eastern carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica
Eight-toothed cuckoo leaf-cutter bee Coelioxys octodentatus
Golden northern bumble bee Bombus fervidus
Ligated furrow bee Halictus ligatus
Metallic sweat bee Dialictus Mining bee Andrena
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Nomad bee Nomada
Notch-backed cellophane-cuckoo bee Epeolus scutellaris
Sweat bee Augochloropsis
Pure green sweat bee Augochlora pura
Two-spotted bumble bee Bombus bimaculatus
Small carpenter bee Zadontomerus
Wilke’s mining bee Andrena wilkella
Western honeybee Apis mellifera
Common eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens
Blood bee Sphecodes
Brown-belted bumble bee Bombus griseocollis
Common thread-waisted wasp Ammophila procera
Double-banded scoliid wasp Scolia bicincta
Dark paper wasp Polistes fuscatus
Photography
European paper wasp Polistes dominula
Four-toothed mason wasp Monobia quadridens
Fraternal potter wasp Eumenes fraternus
Great black digger wasp Sphex pensylvanicus
Great golden digger wasp Sphex ichneumoneus
Hump-backed beewolf Philanthus gibbosus
Ichneumon wasp Ichneumon annulatorius
Katydid wasp Sphex nudus
Photography by Pilar Morera Flipbook prepared by Betty Yan
Butterfly hunting wasp Lestica
Metric paper wasp Polistes metricus
Thynnid wasp Myzinum obscurum
Gold-marked thread-waisted wasp Eremnophila aureonotata
Parasitic wasp Arotes decorus
Smoky-winged beetle bandit wasp Cerceris fumipennis
Bald-faced hornet Dolichovespula maculata
Bald-faced hornet (nest) Dolichovespula maculata
American pelecinid wasp Pelecinus polyturator
Hidalgo mason wasp Euodynerus hidalgo
Tiphiid Wasp Myzinum maculatum
Eastern cicada killer wasp Sphecius speciosus
Parasitic wasp Alysiinae
Braconid wasp Braconidae