2022 ASIW Day 3 – June 15
Day 3, I visited the Drawing class in the morning and the Solar class in the afternoon. As I did previous days, I spent roughly 2 hours with each class. We searched for insects by walking the paths near the Sun Foundation, sweeping and beating vegetation and observing insects in flight and on plants. Students had the opportunity to participate in another round of insect bingo (the winner in each class gets to select a prize). I separated the insects observed for each class below.
Insect taxa encountered – Drawing Class
This list of insect taxa observed is arranged alphabetically by order and family within each order. These are the families of insects we observed during this class. Each link will take you to a page explaining more about that group of insects.
Totals for the morning – 7 orders, 26 families of insects. This list does not include non-insect arthropods we observed (such as spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes and their relatives).
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Cantharidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Coccinellidae
- Family Dermestidae
- Family Lampyridae
- Family Lycidae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Agromyzidae
- Family Cecidomyiidae
- Family Culicidae
- Family Dolichopodidae
- Family Tachinidae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Blissidae
- Family Cercopidae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Gelastocoridae
- Family Miridae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, skippers)
- Family Erebidae
- Family Hesperiidae
- Family Papilionidae
- Family Sphingidae
Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
- Family Gomphidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
- Family Gryllidae
- Family Tettigoniidae
Insect taxa encountered – Solar Class
This list of insect taxa observed is arranged alphabetically by order and family within each order. These are the families of insects we observed during this class. Each link will take you to a page explaining more about that group of insects.
Totals for the afternoon – 7 orders, 36 families of insects. This list does not include non-insect arthropods we observed (such as spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes and their relatives).
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Cantharidae
- Family Carabidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Cicindelidae
- Family Lycidae
- Family Staphylinidae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Asilidae
- Family Cecidomyiidae
- Family Chironomidae
- Family Culicidae
- Family Simuliidae
- Family Tabanidae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Anthocoridae
- Family Aradidae
- Family Berytidae
- Family Cercopidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Miridae
- Family Nabidae
- Family Scutelleridae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
- Family Vespidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, skippers)
- Family Erebidae
- Family Geometridae
- Family Nymphalidae
- Family Pieridae
- Family Pterophoridae
Order Neuroptera (net-winged insects)
- Family Hemerobiidae
Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
- Family Aeschnidae
- Family Gomphidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
- Family Gryllidae
- Family Tettigoniidae
- Family Tridactylidae
- Family Trigoniidae