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damselflies, and mosquitoes (we'll
count anything) have been identified at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.
Butterflies |
Swallowtails — Big and spectacular; long “tail” extensions of hind wings |
| Black swallowtail | Papilio polyxenes |
| Eastern tiger swallowtail | Papilio glaucus |
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| Whites & Sulphurs — Our most abundant butterflies; bright pastel shades |
| Checkered white | Pontia protodice |
| Cabbage white | Pieris rapae |
| Clouded sulphur | Colias philodice |
| Orange sulphur | Colias eurytheme |
| Cloudless sulphur | Phoebis sennae |
| Little yellow | Eurema lisa |
| Dainty sulphur | Nathalis iole |
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| Gossamer-wing Butterflies — Small; shaded in blue, gray, or copper; often with false eyespots
and “tail” antennae |
| Harvester | Feniseca tarquinius |
| Gray copper | Lycaena dione |
| Bronze copper | Lycaena hyllus |
| Gray hairstreak | Strymon melinus |
| Reakirt's blue | Hemiargus isola |
| Eastern tailed-blue | Everes comyntas |
| Spring azure | Celastrina ladon |
| Melissa blue | Lycaeides melissa |
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| Brush-footed Butterflies — Highest number of species; often large; in colors of black, red,
or brown |
| American snout | Libytheana carinenta |
| Variegated fritillary | Euptoieta claudia |
| Great spangled fritillary | Speyeria cybele |
| Regal fritillary | Speyeria idalis |
| Silver-bordered fritillary | Boloria selene |
| Gorgone checkerspot | Chlosyne gorgone |
| Silvery checkerspot | Chlosyne nycteis |
| Pearl crescent | Phyciodes tharos |
| Question mark | Polygonia interrogationis |
| Eastern comma | Polygonia comma |
| Gray comma | Polygonia progne |
| Mourning cloak | Nymphalis antiopa |
| Painted lady | Vanessa cardui |
| Red admiral | Vanessa atalanta |
| Common buckeye | Junonia coenia |
| Red-spotted purple | Limenitis arthemis astyanax |
| Viceroy | Limenitis archippus |
| Hackberry emperor | Asterocampa celtis |
| Tawny emperor | Asterocampa clyton |
| Northern pearly-eye | Enodia anthedon |
| Common wood-nymph | Cercyonis pegala |
| Little wood-satyr | Megisto cymela |
| Monarch | Danaus plexippus |
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| Skippers - Small, robust bodies; jerky, skipping flight; hooked antennae; many species and very hard
to distinguish (many of gold/brown or charcoal/gray coloration) |
| Silver-spotted skipper | Epargyreus clarus |
| Hayhurst's scallopwing | Staphylus hayhurstii |
| Wild indigo duskywing | Erynnis baptisiae |
| Common checkered-skipper | Pyrgus communis |
| Common sootywing | Pholisora catullus |
| Least skipper | Ancyloxypha numitor |
| Peck's skipper | Polites peckius |
| Tawny-edged skipper | Polites themistocles |
| Little glassywing | Pompeius verna |
| Sachem | Atalopedes campestris |
| Delaware skipper | Atrytone logan |
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Dragonflies & Damselflies
Dragonfly - At rest, holds wings horizontally from body; thick abdomen; strong flier; compound eyes touch or nearly
touch.
Damselfly - At rest, most species hold wings folded above body; thin abdomen; weak flier; compound eyes separated.
 Dragonfly
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| Darners |
| Common green darner | Anax junius |
| Lance-tipped darner | Ashnea constricta |
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| Halloween pennant | Celithemis eponina |
| Eastern pondhawk | Erythemis simplicicolis |
| Widow skimmer | Libellula luctuosa |
| Twelve-spotted skimmer | Libellula pulchella |
| Blue dasher | Pachydiplax longipennis |
| Wandering glider | Pantala flavescens |
| Eastern amberwing | Perithemis tenera |
| Common whitetail | Plathemis lydia |
| Variegated meadowhawk | Sympetrum corruptum |
| Western meadowhawk | Sympetrum occidentalis |
| Cherry-faced meadowhawk | Sympetrum internum |
| Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum |
| Black saddlebags | Tramea lacerata |
| Red saddlebags | Tramea onusta |
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| Emeralds |
| Common baskettail | Epitheca cynosura |
| Prince baskettail | Epitheca princeps |
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| Clubtails |
| Jade clubtail | Arigomphus submedianus |
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 Damselfly
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| Broad-winged Damsels |
| Ebony jewelwing | Calopteryx maculata |
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| Pond damsels |
| Red damsel | Amphiagrion sp. |
| Paiute dancer | Argia alberta |
| Blue-fronted dancer | Argia apicalis |
| Springwater dancer | Argia plana |
| Vivid dancer | Argia vivida |
| Azure bluet | Enallagma aspersum |
| Familiar bluet | Enallagma civile |
| Orange bluet | Enallagma signatum |
| Rainbow bluet | Enallagma antennatum |
| Skimming bluet | Enallagma geminatum |
| Eastern forktail | Ischnura verticalis |
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| American ruby spot | Hetaerina americana |
Mosquitoes
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| Aedes vexans |
| Anopheles punctipennis |
| Anopheles quadrimaculatis |
| Anopheles walkeri |
| Culex erraticus |
| Culex pipiens |
| Culex restuans |
| Culex salinarius |
| Culex tarsalis |
| Culisita inornata |
| Ochlerotatus atropalpus |
| Ochlerstatus sollicitans |
| Ochlerotatus triseriatus |
| Ochlerotatus trivittatus |
| Psorophora ciliata |
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