2022 ASIW Day 2 – June 14
Day 2, I visited the Reptile class in the morning and the Wild Adventure class in the afternoon. As I did yesterday, 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. I separated the insects observed for each class below.
Insect taxa encountered – Reptile 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, 37 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 Buprestidae
- Family Cantharidae
- Family Carabidae
- Family Cerambycidae
- Family Curculionidae
- Family Dermestidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Lycidae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Cecidomyiidae
- Family Chironomidae
- Family Dolichopodidae
- Family Rhagionidae
- Family Syrphidae
- Family Tabanidae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Aphididae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Cercopidae
- Family Gelastocoridae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Miridae
- Family Nabidae
- Family Psyllidae
- Family Reduviidae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Braconidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, skippers)
- Family Erebidae
- Family Geometridae
- Family Hesperiidae
- Family Lycaenidae
- Family Nymphalidae
- Family Pieridae
Order Mecoptera (scorpionflies)
- Family Bittacidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
- Family Acrididae
- Family Trigoniidae
- Family Tridactylidae
Insect taxa encountered – A Wild Adventure 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 – 9 orders, 32 families of insects. This list does not include non-insect arthropods we observed (such as spiders, ticks, centipedes, millipedes and their relatives). Another impressive day discovering the insect diversity at the Sun Foundation and nearby habitats.
Order Coleoptera (beetles)
- Family Cantharidae
- Family Carabidae
- Family Chrysomelidae
- Family Cerambycidae
- Family Cicindelidae
- Family Coccinellidae
- Family Curculionidae
- Family Lampyridae
Order Diptera (flies)
- Family Agromyzidae
- Family Cecidomyiidae
- Family Sciaridae
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Family Aphididae
- Family Cicadellidae
- Family Coreidae
- Family Cercopidae
- Family Gelastocoridae
- Family Membracidae
- Family Miridae
- Family Pentatomidae
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Family Apidae
- Family Formicidae
- Family Halictidae
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, skippers)
- Family Crambidae
- Family Erebidae
- Family Lycaenidae
- Family Nymphalidae
- Family Pterophoridae
Order Mantodea (praying mantis)
- Family Mantidae
Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
- Family Libellulidae
Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets)
- Family Tettigoniidae
- Family Tridactylidae
Order Phasmatodea (walkingsticks)
- Family Diopheromeridae