Note: This is does
not include all the insects in Mother Nature’s Backyard. The insects in this list have been
photo documented. We update this list as
photos and identities become available.
Butterflies
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Attracted by which plants
in garden
|
Months Seen
|
* Tiger
Swallowtail
|
Papilio rutulus
|
·
Willows
(Salix)
·
Penstemons
|
Apr-Jun
|
*Cloudless
Sulphur
|
Phoebis sennae marcellina
|
|
May-Jun
|
Cabbage
White
|
Pieris rapae
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
May-Jun
|
*Monarch
|
Danaus plexippus
|
·
Narrowleaf
Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
|
May-Jun
|
Gulf
Fritillary
|
Agraulis vanillae incarnata
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
May-Jun
|
*Mourning
Cloak
|
Nymphalis antiopa antiopa
|
·
Willows
(Salix)
|
Mar,
Apr
|
*American
(Virginia) Lady
|
Vanessa virginiensis
|
·
Feltleaf
Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium canescens)
|
Jun
|
*Marine
Blue
|
Leptotes marina
|
·
CA
Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
|
Jul
|
* Gray
Hairstreak
|
Strymon melinus pudica
|
·
CA
Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
|
Jul
|
* Funereal
Duskywing
|
Erynnis funeralis
|
·
Black
Sage (Salvia mellifera)
|
Jul
|
*
Fiery Skipper
|
Hylephila phyleus
|
·
CA
Woodmint (Stachys bullata)
·
Pacific
Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense)
|
Jul
|
*
Umber Skipper
|
Poanes melane
|
·
Purple
Sage (Salvia leucophylla)
·
Pacific
Aster (Symphyotrichum chilense)
|
Jun-Jul
|
* native to Gardena
Dragonflies
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Attracted by what
in garden
|
Months Seen
|
*
Wandering Glider
|
Pantala flavescens
|
·
Insects
– mostly flying
|
Jun-Jul
|
* native to Gardena
Bees
Common Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Attracted by
|
Months Seen
|
*Mining
Bee
|
??Andrena sp.
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
|
European
Honey Bee
|
Apis mellifera
|
·
Sages
(Salvia species)
·
CA
Encelia
|
Mar-Jun
|
*Yellow-faced
Bumblebee
|
Bombus (Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii
|
·
Purple
Sage (Salvia leucophylla)
|
Jun
|
* native to Gardena
Other Insects
Common
Name
|
Scientific Name
|
Attracted by
|
Months Seen
|
*Green Fruit Beetle
|
Cotinus mutabilis
|
·
??
mostly flying
|
Jul
|
*Great Golden Digger
Wasp
|
Sphex ichneumoneus
|
·
‘Island
Pink’ Yarrow (Achillea millefolium
‘Island Pink’)
·
Red
Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens)
|
Jun-Jul
|
*Digger/Burrowing
Wasp
|
Sphex lucae
|
·
‘Island
Pink’ Yarrow (Achillea millefolium
‘Island Pink’)
|
Jun-Jul
|
*Mason
Wasp
|
Parancistrocerus sp.
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
Jul
|
*Potter
Wasp
|
Eumenes crucifer
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
Jul
|
*Bee
Fly
|
Geron spp.
|
·
Red
Buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens)
|
Jul
|
*Bee
Fly
|
Villa lateralis
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
Jul
|
*Tachnid
Fly
|
Archytas sp.
|
·
Common
Yarrow (Achillea Millefolia)
|
Jul
|
* native to Gardena
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