Wild Carolina: Insects

This is a useful site for picture identification.

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Flies

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Yellow Fly (Diachlorus ferrugatus) (?)

I think this is a Yellow Fly, but many of the pictures that come up in an online search have more color in the wings and eyes. Could this be a young one?

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Common Green Bottlefly (Lucilia sericata)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

To be identified

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Long-Legged Fly (Chrysosoma)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018) [Male]

Robberfly (Efferia)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus)

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

tbi

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

Robberfly (Promachus hinei)

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Ants

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Black Carpenter Ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus)

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Dragonflies and Damselflies

Columbia, SC (July 2018) [Female]

Columbia, SC (July 2018) [male]

Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018) [female]

Columbia, SC (July 2018) [male]

Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

tbi

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

Blue-Fronted Dancer (?)

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Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Katydids

Columbia, SC (July 2018) [Male]

Red-Headed Bush Cricket (aka Handsome Trig) (Phyllopalpus pulchellus)

• Here is someone else's video of one of these crickets, which makes me wish I'd spent more time watching this one in my backyard.

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

tbi

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Two-Striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus)

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Bees and Wasps

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Blood Bee (aka Cuckoo Bee?) (Sphecodes)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Red Paper Wasp (?)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Yellow Jacket(?)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

​Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

• Non-native

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Hoppers

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Candy-Striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Planthopper (Acanolonia)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Flatid Planthopper (?)

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Beetles and Misc. Bugs

Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Kudzu Beetle (Megacopta cribraria)

• Non-native (native to India and China)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Two-Lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

Eastern-Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Robinson's Annual Cicada (Neotibicen robinsonianus)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Ox Beetle (?)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

tbi

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American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

• Non-native

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Moths and Butterflies

Columbia, SC (July 2018) [caterpillar on milkweed]

Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

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Columbia, SC (July 2018)

American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

Zebra Swallowtail (Protographium marcellus)

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Fairfield County, SC (August 2018)

Red-Spotted Purple Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)

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Columbia, SC (August 2018)

To be identified (moth)

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