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.