2021 ASIW Day 4 – July 22
During the fourth day of Art and Science in the Woods, I was visiting instructor in two classes: Drawing with the Sun (morning) and Treasure Hunt for the Past (afternoon). I have separated the taxa encountered for each class. I was able to spend a couple hours with each class and am most thankful to the instructors for inviting me to their classes to share some information and insights about insects.
Taxa encountered (Drawing with the sun class)
These are the orders and families of insects we encountered as I spent time discussing insects with students during the morning. As I typically do, these are arranged alphabetically by order and family within each order. Links to more information will open in a new browser window/ tab.
During the morning, our class encountered insects in 8 orders and 27 families.
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Carabidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Coccinellidae
- Family Curculionidae
Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
- Family Forficulidae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Agromyzidae
- Family Asilidae
- Family Bombyliidae
- Family Culicidae
- Family Muscidae
- Family Tipulidae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Cicadidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Cydnidae
- Family Fulgoridae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Miridae
- Family Pentatomidae
- Family Rhyparochromidae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps)
- Family Apidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, and skippers)
- Family Nymphalidae
- Family Pieridae
- Family Yponomeutidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and relatives)
- Family Gryllidae
Order Phasmatodea
- Family Diapheromeridae
Taxa encountered (Treasure hunt for the past class)
These are the orders and families of insects we encountered as I spent time discussing insects with students during the afternoon. As I typically do, these are arranged alphabetically by order and family within each order. Links to more information will open in a new browser window/ tab.
During the afternoon, our class encountered insects in 7 orders and 27 families.
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Cerambycidae
- Family Dermestidae
- Family Lampyridae
- Family Scarabaeidae
Order Diptera (flies)
Order Hempitera (true bugs)
- Family Berytidae
- Family Blissidae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Cicadidae
- Family Cydnidae
- Family Fulgoridae
- Family Lygaeidae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Pentatomidae
- Family Reduviidae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Apidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Mutillidae
- Family Sphecidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, and skippers)
- Family Crambidae
- Family Geometridae
- Family Noctuidae
- Family Yponomeutidae
Order Mantodea (praying mantis)
- Family Mantidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets and relatives)
- Family Gryllidae
- Family Tettigoniidae