2021 ASIW Day 3 – July 21
I was able to spend the entire day at Art and Science in the Woods on Wednesday (as well as Thursday and Friday). I was able to spend most of the day with the Young Naturalists class. They were most enthusiastic about the insects we encountered and had many questions.
Insect taxa encountered
As I have done for previous days, I provide a list of the families of insects we encountered. Most were located by the students, instructors, and teaching assistants. I tried to keep a running list of the families encountered. As with prior days, one of the teaching assistants recorded the data on paper as we walked along the trails at the Sun Foundation. Insects encountered are listed by order (in alphabetical order) and family (also by alphabetical order within each insect order). Links to more information will open in a new browser window/ tab.
We encountered 8 orders/ 46 families of insects during my time with this class. Well done!
Order Blattodea
- Family Ectobiidae
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Buprestidae
- Family Curculionidae
- Family Haliplidae
- Family Mordellidae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Agromyzidae
- Family Chironomidae
- Family Culicidae
- Family Muscidae
- Family Tephretidae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Berytidae
- Family Blissidae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Cicadidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Corixidae
- Family Fulgoridae
- Family Gerridae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Myridae
- Family Nabidae
- Family Notonectidae
- Family Pentatomidae
- Family Psylllidae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Apidae
- Family Braconidae
- Family Chalcididae
- Family Chrysididae
- Family Crabronidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
- Family Ichneumonidae
- Family Sphecidae
- Family Vespidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, and skippers)
- Family Crambidae
- Family Noctuidae
- Family Notodontidae
- Family Nymphalidae
- Family Pieridae
Order Odonata
- Family Aeshnidae
- Family Coenagrionidae
- Family Libellulidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and relatives)
- Family Gryllidae
- Family Rhaphidophoridae
- Family Tetrigidae
- Family Tettigoniidae