Terrestrial Invertebrates
Total Species Count (all invertebrates): 244
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Updated 1.11.26
Arachnids
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Not pictured:
Argiope argentata // Silver Garden Orbweaver
Aphonopelma chalcodes // Desert Blonde Tarantula
Araneus diadematus // Cross Orbweaver -- Photo Credit: Nate Kenny
Latrodectus hesperus // Western Black Widow
Paravaejovis puritanus
Paravaejovis spinigerus // Stripe-tailed Scorpion -- Photo Credit: Nate Kenny
Phidippus adumbratus
Isopods
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Armadillidium vulgare // Common Pill Woodlouse
Beetles
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Not pictured:
Diabrotica undecimpunctata // Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Epicauta segmenta // White-necklace Blister Beetle
Paropsis atomaria // Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle
Chrysomela scripta // Cottonwood Leaf Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata // Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Diabrotica balteata // Banded Cucumber Beetle
Harmonia axyridis // Asian Lady Beetle
True Bugs
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Apiomerus californicus // Califonia Bee Assassin
Jadera haematoloma // Red-shouldered Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis // Western Conifer Seed Bug
Murgantia histrionica // Harlequin Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus // Large Milkweed Bug
Siphanta acuta // Torpedo Bug
Bees, Wasps, Ants & Sawflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Apis mellifera // Western Honey Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii // Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Dasymutilla aureola // Pacific Velvet Ant
Lithurgopsis apicalis // Orange-tipped Woodborer
Pogonomyrmex rugosus // Rough Harvester Ant
Sceliphron caementarium // Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Moths & Butterflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Aroga morenella
Bryolymnia viridata
Celastrina echo // Echo Azure
Danaus gilippus // Queen -- Photo Credit: Nate Kenny
Danaus plexippus // Monarch
Dichorda illustraria
Estigmene acrea // Salt Marsh Moth
Eusarca falcata
Galgula partita // Wedgling Moth
Hyles lineata // White-lined Sphinx
Junonia coenia // Common Buckeye
Ponometia acutus
Sympistis perscripta // Scribbled Swallow
Synchlora faseolaria
Mantises
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Mantodea
Stagmomantis limbata // Arizona Mantis
Dragonflies & Damselflies
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Argia vivida // Vivid Dancer
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Amphitornus coloradus // Striped Slant-faced Grasshopper
Melanoplus yarrowii // Yarrow's Grasshopper -- Photo Credit: Nate Kenny
Tropidischia xanthostoma // Square-legged Camel Cricket
Centipedes
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Scolopendra polymorpha // Common Desert Centipede
Millipedes
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Diplopoda
Harpaphe haydeniana // Yellow-spotted Millipede
Xystocheir dissecta -- Photo Credit: Nate Kenny
Mollusks
Phylum: Mollusca
Ariolimax columbianus // Pacific Banana Slug
Laevicaulis alte // Tropical Leatherleaf Slug