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David Albeck's Photos of Insects
Animalia > Insecta
Class Insecta. Six-legged arthropods. Possibly the most successful form of multicellular animal, at least in terms of numbers of species.
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Coleoptera (Beetles)
Diptera (Flies)
Hemiptera (Bugs)
Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees, Sawflies)
Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Odonata (Dragonflies & damselflies)
Other insects
Order Coleoptera
Animalia > Insecta > Coleoptera
Beetles.
Reddish-Brown Stag
Lucanus capreolusfemale
(no album)
Oil Beetle
Meloe sp.
beetle
beetle
Order Diptera
Animalia > Insecta > Diptera
True flies and close relatives. The name diptera means "two wings"; dipterans fly using their forewings and have little stubs called halteres as vestigial hindwings. Dipterans include house flies, midges, gnats, and mosquitoes. None of them have a venomous sting, but some of them will bite.
syrphid fly
Order Hemiptera
Animalia > Insecta > Hemiptera
True bugs, including stink bugs, aphids, and cicadas. The name hemiptera means "half a wing"; the order was traditionally defined to consist of insects with forewings that were hardened on the front half of the wing. (These are now a suborder, Heteroptera.) All hemipterans have sucking mouthparts for drinking plant sap, and do not have a wormlike larval stage - they hatch into nymphs with jointed legs.
Witch Hazel Cone Gall Aphid galls
Hormaphis hamamelidis
Order Hymenoptera
Animalia > Insecta > Hymenoptera
Wasps, ants, bees, and sawflies.
Bald-Faced Hornet
Bald-Faced Hornet
Wool Sower wasp gall
Callirhytis seminator
Great Black Wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
Bumblebee
Bombus sp
Birch Sawfly
Trichiosoma triangulum
Birch Sawfly
Trichiosoma triangulum
Elm Sawfly
Cimbex americana
Order Lepidoptera
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera
Butterflies, moths, and relatives.
Skippers (Hesperidae)
Brushfoots (Nymphalidae)
Swallowtail family (Papilionidae)
Other butterfiles and moths
Family Hesperiidae
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperidae
These "skippers" generally have a sort of stubby wing shape and a habit of resting with their wings half-open.
Horace's Duskywing,
Erynnis horatius
Horace's Duskywing
Erynnis horatius
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Family Nymphalidae
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
These "brush-footed" butterflies walk on only four legs, since the first pair is reduced to a pair of small "brushes" that look like mouthparts.
Apaturinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Apaturinae
Tawny Emperor
Asterocampa clyton
Tawny Emperor
Asterocampa clyton
Charaxinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Charaxinae
Prepona sp.
Danainae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Danainae
Glasswing,
Greta sp.
Paper kite,
Idea leuconoe
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
monarch
Monarch 2
(no album)
Heliconiinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Heliconiinae
Cethosia ("lacewing")
Heliconius sp.?
Heliconius sp.
Dryas iulia
Dryas Julia
Liminitidinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Limenitidinae
Adelpha sp?
Viceroy
Limenitis archippus
White Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
White Admiral
Limenitis arthemis
Morphinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Morphinae
White Morpho,
Morpho polyphemus
Owl,
Caligo sp.
Nymphalinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Nymphalinae
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
red admiral
Vanessa atalanta
White Peacock
Anartia Jatrophae
Eastern Comma
Polygonia comma
Polygonia ("comma")
Polygonia ("comma")
Polygonia ("comma")
fritillary
fritillary
fritillary
fritillary
Milbert's tortoiseshell
Satyrinae:
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae > Satyrinae
Fadet Commun
Coenonympha pamphilus
Family Papilionidae
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae
These "swallowtails" are large butterflies usually with elongated "tails" trailing from their hindwings.
Cairns birdwing
Ornithoptera euphorion (male)
Cairns birdwing
Ornithoptera euphorion (female)
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio sp.
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio sp.
Tiger Swallowtails
Papilio sp.
Tiger Swallowtail
blue-banded swallowtail
Swallowtail
Papilio sp.
Spicebush Swallowtail
Papilio troilus
asian swallowtail
Other or Unkown Families of Lepidopterans
Animalia > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Other
Unidentified
Luna Moth
Actias Luna
Unidentified
Lophocampa maculata
Lophocampa maculata
Acronicta americana
(no album)
Ctenucha virginica
butterfly
butterfly
butterfly
butterfly
Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Macroglossum stellatarum
sphinx moth caterpillar
(no album)
moth
Order Odonata
Animalia > Insecta > Odonata
Dragonflies and Damselflies.
dragonfly
(no album)
dragonfly
Other Insects
Animalia > Insecta > Other
Miscellaneous other insects.
None at this time...
