Insect Postings - Mother Nature's Backyard Blog

Southern California gardens are home to a number of interesting insects, from butterflies and bees to tiny wasps.  We try to feature these insects on our blog.  Below are the insects we've blogged about as of August, 2018.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Date	URL
Agapostemon (genus)	Metallic Green Bees	09/2012	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2012/09/metallic-green-bees-genus-agapostemon.html
Agraulis vanillae	Gulf Fritillary butterfly	08/2015	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2015/08/gulf-fritillary-butterfly-agraulis.html
Bombus vosnesenskii	Yellow-faced Bumble Bee	06/2014	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2014/06/yellow-faced-bumble-bee-bombus.html
Bombylidae (family)	Beeflies	06/2015	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2015/06/bee-flies-family-bombyliidae.html
Cotinis mutabilis	Green Figeater Beetle	08/2013	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2013/08/green-fig-beetle-figeater-beetle-green.html
Erynnis (genus)	Duskywing butterflies	05/2015	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2015/05/duskywing-butterflies-genus-erynnis.html
Hylephila phyleus	Fiery Skipper	08/2016	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2016/08/fiery-skipper-butterfly-hylephila.html
Leptotes marina	Marine Blue butterfly	08/2018	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2018/08/marine-blue-butterflies-leptotes-marina.html
Libellula saturata	Flame Skimmer Dragonfly	06/2017	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2017/05/flame-skimmer-dragonfly-libellula.html
Papilio rutulus	Western Tiger Swallowtail	07/2014	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2014/07/western-tiger-swallowtail-papilio.html
Poanes melane	Umber Skipper Butterfly	07/2016	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2016/07/umber-skipper-butterfly-poanes-melane.html
Pyrgus albescens	White Checkered Skipper	09/2016	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2016/09/white-checkered-skipper-butterfly.html
Sphex (genus)	Thread-waisted wasps	06/2016	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2016/06/thread-waisted-wasps-genus-sphex.html
Strymon melinus	Common Gray Hairstreak	07/2018	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2018/07/gray-hairstreak-butterfly-strymon.html
Xylocopa varipuncta	Valley Carpenter Bee	04/2017	http://mother-natures-backyard.blogspot.com/2017/04/valley-carpenter-bee-xylocopa-varipuncta.html

 

 

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