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Insects Seen in Mother Nature’s Backyard




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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