Minnesota Seasons - Photos by Babette Kis



	Photos		Photos
Insects and Arachnids		Insects and Arachnids (continued)
ailanthus webworm moth	2	little underwing	1
alfalfa webworm moth	1	longhorn-cuckoo bees (Triepeolus spp.)	4
American carrion beetle	1	long-tailed aphideater complex	2
American idia moth	1	lost sallow	2
ant-like longhorn beetle	2	maize calligrapher (Toxomerus politus)	1
antlered flutter fly	1	marsh meadow grasshopper	1
arabesque orbweaver	2	meadow spittlebug	2
asteroid moth	3	meshweavers (Family Dictynidae)	2
bald-faced hornet	4	metallic sweat bees	2
baptisia seed pod weevil	1	Mexican grass-carrying wasp	3
bee fly (Chrysanthrax cypris)	2	Milwaukee mining bee	4
bee-mimic robber fly (Laphria canis complex)	1	mining bees (Andrena spp.)	3
bee-mimic robber flies (Laphria index complex)	1	mottled tortoise beetle	3
bent-lined carpet	1	narcissus bulb fly	1
birch catkin bug	1	nomad bees (Nomada spp.)	2
black diabrotica	1	northern bush katydid	2
black firefly	3	northern paper wasp	3
black vine weevil	2	oak rough bulletgall wasp	1
black-winged long-horned beetle	2	oblique streaktail	2
blood bees (Sphecodes spp.)	4	openfield orbweaver	6
bluish borer	1	orange mint moth	1
bold jumper	2	orange-headed epicallima	1
bowl-and-doily spider	3	orange-legged drone fly	2
brilliant jumping spider	9	orange-spotted drone fly	2
broad-faced sac spider	1	orange-tipped wood-digger bee	3
bronze jumping spider	5	orbed narrow-wing	1
brown wasp mantidfly	3	orchard orbweaver	2
Bruce spanworm moth	1	ornate harp ground beetle	2
candy-striped spider	3	ornate snipe fly	2
cellophane bees (Colletes spp.)	1	pallid leafroller moth	2
chalk-fronted corporal	1	pearl crescent	2
cherry shoot borer moth	2	peatland sheet-web weaver	3
Chinese mantis	1	peppered jumping spider	9
chrysanthemum lace bug	1	plume moths (Geina spp.)	2
click beetles (Agriotes spp.)	1	plume moths (Hellinsia spp.)	1
click beetles (Melanotus spp.)	1	polished lady beetle	1
clover leaf weevil	2	pondside pyralid moth	1
cobweb spiders (Thymoites spp.)	3	potter and mason wasps (Ancistrocerus spp.)	1
common crane flies (Tipula subg. Pterelachisus)	2	potter or mason wasp (Subfamily Eumeninae)	3
common drone fly	3	pufftails (Sphegina subg. Asiosphegina)	1
common eastern bumble bee	3	quadrate snipe fly	1
common picture-winged fly	2	raspberry fruitworm beetle	2
common scorpionflies (Panorpa spp.)	2	red-belted bumble bee	1
common tan wave	2	red-shouldered stink bug	1
confused haploa	2	red speckled dun	1
confusing furrow bee	1	rigid sunflower borer	2
conical trashline orbweaver	2	robber flies (Cerotainia spp.)	3
copper underwing	3	rodent bot flies (Cuterebra spp.)	2
coppery leafhopper	1	running crab spiders (Philodromus spp.)	4
coreopsis beetle	1	rusty-patched bumble bee	4
corn earworm moth	2	scallop moth (Cepphis armataria)	1
cuckoo wasps (Elampus spp.)	2	scentless plant bug (Harmostes reflexulus)	3
crab spiders (Mecaphesa spp.)	6	Scudder’s bush katydids (Scudderia spp.)	2
cross orbweaver	3	Scudder’s short-wing grasshopper	5
crowded flea beetle	2	short-winged meadow katydid	1
cuckoo wasps (Subfamily Chrysidinae)	2	slender crab spiders (Tibellus spp.)	3
dogwood spittlebug	2	small milkweed bug	4
eastern calligrapher	1	snipe fly (Chrysopilus foedus)	1
eastern forktail	1	snowy urola moth	1
eastern giant swallowtail	5	soldier fly (Nemotelus kansensis)	2
eastern grass-veneer	1	splendid earth-boring beetle	1
eastern yellow-backed laphria	2	spotted cucumber beetle	2
eight-spotted forester moth	1	spotted bird grasshopper	1
elegant grass-veneer	2	spotted pink lady beetle	3
elm spanworm moth	1	starbellied orbweaver	2
emerald ash borer	1	stilt bug (Neoneides muticus)	2
European mantis	1	stilt-legged fly (Rainieria antennaepes)	2
European paper wasp	3	strangalepta flower longhorn beetle	1
European wool carder bee	3	striped garden caterpillar moth	2
fall cankerworm moth	1	striped orbweaver	5
false milkweed bug	1	swamp milkweed leaf beetle	1
fan-foot moths (Zanclognatha spp.)	1	swift feather-legged fly	5
fiery skipper	1	tachinid flies (Cylindromyia spp.)	2
flower lebia beetle	1	tan jumping spider	1
flower weevils (Odontocorynus spp.)	1	thin-legged wolf spiders (Pardosa spp.)	2
Forbes’ tree cricket	2	three-banded crab spider	2
four-banded stink bug hunter wasp	1	three-spotted fillip	1
four-spotted sap beetle	1	tomentose burying beetle	3
fraternal potter wasp	4	triangle-backed pelochrista moth	1
fruit fly (Campiglossa albiceps)	1	twice-stabbed stink bug	1
garden ghost spider	2	two-lined leatherwing	1
glossy black idia moth	1	two-spotted longhorned bee	4
gnat ogre (Holcocephala calva)	5	typical cobweb spiders (Theridion spp.)	1
gold-and-brown rove beetle	1	umbrose seed bug	2
golden northern bumble bee	2	unequal tortoise beetle	3
golden sweat bee	1	variable duskyface fly	2
golden-backed snipe fly	3	Virginia bluebells	5
golden-eyed lacewing	1	Virginia ctenucha	3
goldenrod leaf beetle	1	Walsh’s locust	1
grayish jumping spider	6	warty leaf beetles (Exema spp.)	2
green pug (Pasiphila rectangulata)	1	wasp-like falsehorn	1
green soldier fly	3	wavy-lined emerald	3
green stink bug	1	wedgling moth	1
green-legged grasshoppers	2	western lynx spider	1
Greene’s giant ichneumonid wasp	3	white-banded crab spider	2
ground crab spiders (Xysticus spp.)	7	white-jawed jumping spider	2
half-wing	1	white-winged march fly	4
hangingflies (Bittacus spp.)	1	winter firefly	1
helmeted squash bug	1	wolf spiders (Family Lycosidae)	3
hickory tussock moth	1	yellow-faced leafhopper	2
Hobomok skipper	2	yellow-necked soldier beetle	1
honeysuckle moth	2
horned spanworm moth	1	Plants
ichneumonid wasp (Therion circumflexum)	2	Dutchman’s breeches	1
ichneumonid wasps (Cosmoconus spp.)	1	goldenseal	4
large lace-border	1	rope dodder	1
large milkweed bug	1	smooth carrionflower	1
leafhoppers (Aphrodes spp.)	2
leaf-cutter, mortar, and resin bees (Megachile spp.)	4	Reptiles
Leconte’s haploa	2	Dekay’s brown snake	2
lesser maple spanworm moth	1
lesser vagabond sod webworm moth	1	Slime Molds
		red raspberry slime mold	2