Terrestrial Invertebrates
A collection of all the species I have seen from California to New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon and Hawaii.
This page will be continuously updated as I continue encountering new species & taking photos of old friends.
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Total Species Count (all invertebrates): 233
Updated 10.3.25
Arachnids
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
*** Not pictured is the Silver Garden Orbweaver // Argiope argentata
Desert Blonde Tarantula // Aphonopelma chalcodes
Cross Orbweaver // Araneus diadematus -- Photo Credit: Nate K.
Western Black Widow // Latrodectus hesperus
Paravaejovis puritanus
Stripe-tailed Scorpion // Paravaejovis spinigerus -- Photo Credit: Nate K.
Phidippus adumbratus
Isopods
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Common Pill Woodlouse // Armadillidium vulgare
Beetles
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
*** Not pictured is the Spotted Cucumber Beetle // Diabrotica undecimpunctata, White-necklace Blister Beetle // Epicauta segmenta
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle // Chrysomela scripta
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle // Coccinella septempunctata
Banded Cucumber Beetle // Diabrotica balteata
Asian Lady Beetle // Harmonia axyridis
True Bugs
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Red-shouldered Bug // Jadera haematoloma
Harlequin Bug // Murgantia histrionica
Large Milkweed Bug // Oncopeltus fasciatus
Bees, Wasps, Ants & Sawflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Western Honey Bee // Apis mellifera
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee // Bombus vosnesenskii
Pacific Velvet Ant // Dasymutilla aureola
Orange-tipped Woodborer // Lithurgopsis apicalis
Rough Harvester Ant // Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp // Sceliphron caementarium
Moths & Butterflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Aroga morenella
Bryolymnia viridata
Echo Azure // Celastrina echo
Queen // Danaus gilippus -- Photo Credit: Nate K.
Monarch // Danaus plexippus
Dichorda illustraria
Salt Marsh Moth // Estigmene acrea
Eusarca falcata
Wedgling Moth // Galgula partita
White-lined Sphinx // Hyles lineata
Common Buckeye // Junonia coenia
Ponometia acutus
Scribbled Swallow // Sympistis perscripta
Synchlora faseolaria
Mantises
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Arizona Mantis // Stagmomantis limbata
Dragonflies & Damselflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Vivid Dancer // Argia vivida
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper // Amphitornus coloradus
Yarrow's Grasshopper // Melanoplus yarrowii -- Photo Credit: Nate K.
Square-legged Camel Cricket // Tropidischia xanthostoma
Millipedes
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Yellow-spotted Millipede // Harpaphe haydeniana
Xystocheir dissecta -- Photo Credit: Nate K.
Mollusks
Phylum: Mollusca
Pacific Banana Slug // Ariolimax columbianus
Tropical Leatherleaf Slug // Laevicaulis alte