Miscellaneous Invertebrate Photos

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Nature Pages

Thanks to many folks who have helped me ID some of the creatures on this page, including Anurag Agrawal, Jeff Beane, Giff Beaton, Matt Brust, Chris Carlton, Pat Coin, Dave Ferguson, Steve Hall, Jim Hunt, Mike Mills, Dorothy Pugh, Mike Quinn, Ed Riley, Hershel Raney, Josh Rose, Clyde Sorenson, Steve Spomer, and Steve & Dean.

Beetles | Butterflies | Moths | Misc. Invertebrates

Snails (Phylum Mollusca)

Land Snails NEW! 6 Apr 2008

Mantids (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Dictyoptera, Family Mantidae)

Mantids Updated! 30 Oct 2007

Orthopterans (Grasshoppers, katydids, crickets) (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Orthoptera)

Grasshoppers (Suborder Caelifera) Updated! 14 Oct 2007
Katydids (Suborder Ensifera) New! 30 Oct 2007

Cicadas, Leaf Hoppers, etc. (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Homoptera)

Dogday Cicada (Tibicen sp.) alone; mated pair - Brunswick Co., NC 28 Aug 04

True Bugs (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera)

Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) NEW! 14 Oct 2007
Toadbugs (Gelastocoridae)
Ambush Bug (Phymata sp.)
Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) NEW! 26 Oct 2007
Rice Stinkbug (Oebalus pugnax) - Washington Co., NC 30 June 2006
stinkbug Euschistus sp. | stinkbug Euschistus sp. - Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006
Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus) - Brunswick Co., NC 27 Aug 05
unidentified huge coreid leaf-footed bug - 1 | unidentified huge coreid leaf-footed bug - 2 - Brunswick Co., NC 29 Oct 2006
Stink Bug nymph, probably a Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) - Durham Co., NC 9 Oct 04
Spined Soldier Bug (Podisus maculiventris) - Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 06

Lacewings, Owlflies, Antlions, etc. (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera)

Antlion sp. (Myrmeleontidae) - Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae) - coming to porch light - Watauga Co., NC 26 July 2006
Owlfly (Ascaloptynx appendiculatus) - Alamance Co., NC 6 Jun 04
Summer Fishfly (Chauliodes pectinicornis) - Craven Co., NC 28 Aug 05

Ants, Bees, Wasps (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera)

(Thanks to Jim Hunt for help with this group!)

Vespidae Wasps NEW! 6 Nov 2007
Sphecidae Wasps NEW! 26 Oct 2007
Scoliidae Wasps NEW! 26 Oct 2007
Pompilidae Wasps NEW! 20 Oct 2007
Halictidae sweat bees NEW! 26 Oct 2007
Perhaps a Cimbicid Sawfly in the genus Cimbex Sawfly 1 | Sawfly 2 - Clay Co., NC 5/21/2005
sawfly larva - Watauga Co., NC 7/202006
Red Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)
Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta)
Unidentified Ants

Flies (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Diptera)

unidentified pattern-winged Bombyliid fly, possibly Poecilanthrax sp. - Richmond Co., NC 10/7/2007 NEW! (Thanks to Pat Coin for ID assistance)
unidentified bee fly - Orange Co., NC 3/17/2007 NEW!
probably Physocephala sp., one of the thick-headed flies, which are great wasp mimics - Orange Co., NC 6/6/2006
Scorpionfies (Mecoptera > Panorpidae) NEW!
Tachinid fly 1 | Tachinid fly 2
male Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus) 1 | male Elephant Mosquito (Toxorhynchites rutilus) 2
Tiny fly with white-spotted amber wings - Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Co., NC
Robberflies (Asilidae) Updated! 31 Oct 2007

Cool little Tachinid fly (Zelia vertebrata) - Wake Co., NC 5 May 04

Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus) (mating pair) - Orange Co., NC 5 May 04
Deerfly egg mass

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Created on ... May 17, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu

Miscellaneous Invertebrate Photos

Snails (Phylum Mollusca)

Horseshoe Crabs (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Merostomata)

Crustaceans (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Crustacea)

Millipedes (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Diplopoda)

Centipedes (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Chilopoda)

Termites (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, Order Isoptera)