Coleoptera (Beetles)
Beetles are the most diverse group of animals in the world.
Tiger beetles (Carnivorous)
Alpine Longhorn Rosalia (Rosalia alpina)
Weevils
Convergent Lady Beetel (Hippodamia convergens)
Jewel beetles (Anthaxia salicis)
Ironclad Beetle (Phloeodes diabolicus)
Bioluminescent Beetle (Tribe Pyrophorini)
Stag Beetles
Rhinocerus Beetle
Julodis viridipes
Great Silver Water Beetle
Carrion Beetles (Eats dead things)
Hymenoptera
Bees
Orange-shouldered Resin Bee (Megachile faceta)
Spiny-legged Stingless Bee (Trigona spinipes)
Purple-winged Bamboo-Carpenter
Ants
Discothyrea bidens
Camponotus fulvopilosus
Traumatomutilla americana
Wasps
Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa)
Bembix americana
Chrysis angolensis
Apps and websites
Great resource for all insects
Great resource for Ant species
Considerations
Invertebrates are some of the most morphologically diverse groups on the planet.
This means that they have been able to find impressive adaptations to many different living conditions.
This page is still in progress.
Books
Physical Tools
Bug Net
Insect Aspirator
Bug Net
A very handy device that can be used to collect insect specimens from foliage like bushes and trees. Especially useful for collecting larger and flying insects for collection and observation.
Insect Aspirator
Use a small chamber and suction to collect the especially small insects for collection and observation.
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
North American Luna Moth (Actias luna)
Metal Mark Butterfly (Alesa Prima)
Urania Swallowtail Moth (Urania fulgens)
Woodland Ringlet Butterfly (Erebia medusa)
Crotalaria Pod Borer Moth (Argina astrea)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Butterfly
North Island Lichen Moth (Ipana atronivea)
Diptera (Flies)
Zuerchermyia festiva
White-tailed Bee Fly (Bombomyia discoidea)
Asiobaccha notofasciata
Peacock Fly (Callopistromyia annulipes)
Australian Tiger Crane Fly (Nephrotoma australasiae)
Sixspot Fruitfly (Sphaeniscus sexmaculatus)
Long-nosed Pond Fly (Sericomyia bifasciata)
Toxorhynchites theobaldi
Spotted Bee Fly (Anthrax irroratus)
Hemiptera
Assassin Bugs
Cicadas
Aphids
Treehoppers
Jagged Ambush Bug
Sagotylus confluens
Odonata
Blue Dasher
Tule Bluet
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
River Jewelwing
Orthoptera
Valley Grasshopper
Hygronemobius dialeucus Cricket
Naskrecki's Bush Katydid
Mantodea (Mantises)
Holy Bark Mantis
Hapalopezella maculata
Pseudovates spinicollis
European mantis
Blattodea
Southern Harvester Termite
Miombo Nasute Termite
Phoraspis picta
