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Fresh Pond Insects, Spiders, and Other Arthropods
Identifications by Tom Murray
2005-2007

 

1. Ants - Myrmica sp.
2. Aphid - Aphididae
3. Black Scavenger Fly - Sepsidae
4. Braconid Wasp - Braconidae sp.
5. Broad-shouldered Water Strider - Veliidae
6. Brown Lacewing - Micromus posticus
7. Bumblebee - Bombus sp.
8. Cabbage White Butterfly - Artogeia rapae
9. Carolina Grasshopper - Dissosteira carolina
10. Carpenter Ant - Camponotus sp.
11. Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica
12. Centipede - Class: Chilopoda
13. Click Beetle - Ampedus sp.
14. Click Beetle - Elateridae
15. Clouded Sulfur (Butterfly) - Colias philodice
16. Common Green Darner - Anax junius
17. Cranefly - Tipula sp.
18. Cranefly larva - Tipula sp.
19. Damselfly Nymph - Suborder Zygoptera
20. Darkling Beetle - Neomida bicornis
21. Darner - Anax sp.
22. Diurnal Firefly - Ellychnia
23. Dung Fly - Scathophaga sp.
24. Dwarf Spider - Subfamily Erigoninae
25. Eastern Forktail Damselfly - Ischnura verticalis
26. Eastern Yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons
27. Springtail, Elongate-bodied - Suborder Arthropleona
28. European Paper Wasp - Polistes sp.
29. Fire Colored Beetle larva - Pyrochroidae
30. Flatid Planthopper - Anormenis chloris
31. Fly larva - Xylophagus sp.
32. Fungus Gnat - Mycetophilidae
33. Geometrid Moth Caterpillar
34. Geophilomorph sp. (centipede)
35. Goldenrod Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
36. Grass Moth Crambus sp.
37. Green Bottle Fly - Calliphoridae
38. Green Metallic Bee - Family Halictidae
39. Ground Beetle - Subfamily Harpalinae
40. Ground Beetle - Family Carabidae
41. Ground Cricket - Family Gryllidae,
42. Gypsy Moth Caterpillar and adult - Lymantria dispar
43. Hacklemesh Weaver - Amaurobiidae
44. Harvestman (Daddy Long Legs) - Order Opiliones
45. Honey Bee - Apis mellifera
46. Ichneumon Wasp - Ichneumonidae sp.
47. Leaf Beetle - Family Chrysomelidae
48. Leaf Hopper - Agallia quadripunctata
49. Leaf-Rolling Weevil - Homoeolabus analis
50. Locust Borer - Megacyllene robineae

51. Longhorn Beetle larva - Cerambycidae
52. Longhorn caddisfly - Leptoceridae
53. Long-legged fly - Dolichopodidae - Subfamily Sciapodinae
54. Meadow Spittlebug Adult - Philaenus spumarius
55. Meadowhawk (Dragonfly) - Sympetrum sp.
56. Mesh Web Weaver Spider - Dictyna sp.
57. Micro Moth - Coleophora sp.
58. Micro Moth - Lepidoptera sp.
59. Midge - Chironomidae
60. Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis
61. Millipede - Class Diplopoda
62. Mite - Subclass Acarina
63. Mosquito - Culicidae - Aedes sp.
64. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Larva, Pupa, Adult - Harmonia axyridis
65. Orb-weaver Spider - Araneidae
66. Plant Bug - Family Miridae
67. Potato Leafhopper - Empoasca fabae
68. Potter Wasp - Eumenes fraternus
69. Pygmy Grasshopper - Family Tetrigidae
70. Red-banded Leafhopper - Graphocephala coccinea
71. Robber Fly - Machimus sp.
72. Root Maggot Fly - Anthomyiidae
73. Rove Beetle Larva - Staphylinidae
74. Rove Beetle - Family Staphylinidae
75. Slug - Class Gastropoda
76. Snail - Class Gastropoda
77. Soil Centipede - Geophilomorpha
78. Sow Bug - Oniscidae
79. Spider Wasp - Family Pompilidae
80. Spittlebug nymphs - Cercopidae
81. Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
82. Springtail - Lepidocyrtus sp.
83. Springtail - Orchesella cincta
84. Springtail - Orchesella villosa
85. Springtail - Pogonognathellus flavescens
86. Springtail - Tomocerus vulgaris
87. Springtail - Hypogastrura sp.
88. Spur-throated Grasshopper - Melanoplus sp.
89. Stone Centipede - Order Lithobiomorpha
90. Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila sp.
91. Tropical centipede - Cryptops hortensis
92. Twenty-Spotted Lady Beetle - Psyllobora vigintimaculata
93. Twice-stabbed Stinkbug - Cosmopepla lintneriana
94. Wandering Glider - Pantala flavescens
95. Weevil (black) - Brentidae: Apion sp.
96. Wolf Spider - Lycosa sp.
97. Wood Roach - Parcoblatta sp.
98. Woodlouse - Oniscidea