List of Visually Identified Lepidoptera
Count = 13 species
Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus
Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae
Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops
Eastern Tailed Blue Everes comyntas
Spring Azure Celastrina argiolus
Polygonia sp.
Red-spotted Purple Limentis astyanax
Viceroy Limenitis archippus
Monarch Danaus plexippus
Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii
Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor
ODONATA
Identifications made by Richard Orr.
AESHNIDAE (DARNERS)
1) Aeshna umbrosa Walker (usnm ent 00123319 aeshna umbrosa walker sex? yuster) -- this was a final instar larva collected and returned to Elizabeth
Yuster
2) Anax junius (Drury) -- sight records -- 2 mature males, 1 female ovipositing i n lily pad
3) Epiaseschna heros (Fabricius) -- sight records -- 3 seen, 1 was a female ovipo siting in rotten wood in the pond next to the bioblitz tables
LIBELLULIDAE (SKIMMERS)
4) Erythemis simplicicollis (Say) -- sight records -- 4 males seen at the ponds
5) Libellula cyanea Fabricius -- 1 sight record male -- 1 capture/release male -- 1 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123312 libellula cyanea fabricius
male orr)
6) Libellula incesta Hagen -- 2 sight record males -- 1 collected by your team (usnm ent00123313 libellula incesta hagen female orr)
7) Libellula lydia Drury -- 12 sight records males and females -- 2 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123314 libellula lydia drury male female
orr) -- observed female ovipositin g alone (not guarded by male which is usually the case)
8) Pachydiplax longipennis (Burmeister) -- 20 sight and capture/release records, males and females -- 1 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123315
pachydiplax longipennis (burmeister) male orr)
9) Tramea lacerat a Hagen -- 2 sight records, both males over ponds
LESTIDAE (SPREADWING DAMSELFLIES)
10) Lestes rectangularis Say -- 3 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123316 lestes rectangularis say male male female orr)
COENAGRIONIDAE (POND DAMSELFLIES)
11) Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen) -- 5 late instar larvae collected by Elizab eth Yuster and returned to her -- collected from Nash Branch (usnm ent
00123320 argia fumipennis violacea hagen sex? yuster)
12) Enallagma sp. probably exsulans (Hagen) -- 1 mid instar larva collected by El izabeth Yuster and returned to her (usnm ent 00123321 enallagma
species? author? sex? yuster)
13) Ischnura kellicotti Williamsoni -- 50+ seen, captured and released -- males a nd females on floating leaves of ponds -- observed in wheel (copulation)-- red female and gray female forms were present with gray form predominating
14) Ischnura posita posita (Hagen) -- 50+ seen, captured and released -- males an d females -- 1 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123317 ischnura
posita posita hagen male orr)
15) Ischnura verticalis (Say) -- 8 seen, captured and released -- males and females -- 1 collected by your team (usnm ent 00123318 ischnura verticalis
(say) female orr)
Thanks for letting me look at specimens collected by the Smithsonian team. If you wish to
have these specimens returned to the museum I would be happy to do so.
The larvae species collected by Elizabeth Yuster from Nash Branch indicates that this stream is very much alive and is maintaining at least a reasonable (for
an urban setting) degree of water quality.
Richard L. Orr
USDA APHIS PPD
Senior Entomologist
4700 River Road Unit 117
Riverdale, MD 20737
Work (301) 734-8939
COLLECTED SPECIMENS
Identified By Museum of Natural History Specialists. Morphospecies still awaiting identification are labeled simply "species."
Total Number of Species = 639
BEETLES (COLEOPTERA)
Anthicidae
1 species
Brentidae
1 species
Bruchidae
2 species
Buprestidae
4 species
Cantharidae
3 species
Carabidae
22 species
Cerambycidae
3 species
Chrysomelidae
31 species
Ciidae
1 unidentified species
Cleridae
3 species
Coccinellidae
9 species
Corylophidae
1 species
Curcurlionidae
10 species
Dermestidae
1 species
Dytiscidae
6 species
Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Alaus oculatus
8 additional species
Erotylidae
2 species
Eucnemidae
2 species
Helophoridae
1 species
Heteroceridae
1 species
Histeridae
3 species
Hydrophilidae
1 species
Lampyridae
1 species
Languriidae
2 species
Latridiidae
1 species
Leiodidae
1 species
Lycidae
1 species
Melandryidae
2 species
Mordellidae
4 species
Mycetophagidae
1 species
Nitidulidae
3 species
Passalidae (Bess Beetles)
Popilius disjunctus
Pedilidae
1 species
Phalacridae
1 species
Pselaphidae
1 species
Scarabaeidae
4 species
Scirtidae
3 species
Silphidae
3 species
Sphindidae
1 species
Staphylinidae
11 species
Tenebrionidae (Darking Beetles)
Alobates pennsylvanica
Neatus tenebrioides
Neomida bicornis
Platydema excavatum
Platydema subcostatum
Statira gagatina
Uloma imberbis
Throscidae
1 species
Trogossitid
3 species
Collembola (Springtails)
1 species
Dermaptera
Forficulidae
1 species
FLIES (DIPTERA)
Acalypterate
20 species
Agromyzidae
2 species
Anthomyiidae
8 species
Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Cryptocornutas index
Eudioctria brevis
Laphria thoracia
Neoitamus flavofemorata
Bombyliidae
1 species
Calliphoridae
3 species
Cecidomyiidae
2 species
Chamaemyiidae
2 species
Chironomidae
9 species
Chloropidae
11 species
Culicidae
1 species
Dolichopodidae
20 species
Drosophilidae
6 species
Empididae
7 species
Ephydridae (Shore Flies)
3 species
Discocerina obscurella
Hydrelia formosa
Hydrelia griseola
Hydrelia nobilis
Ilythea spilota
Lytogaster gravida
Lytogaster neglecta
Notiphila caudata
Notiphila pauroura
Notiphila puchra
Notiphila scalaris
Notiphila solita
Parydra aquila
Parydra pinguis
Parydra quadrituberculata
Polytrichophora conciliata
Scatella picea
Lauxaniidae
3 species
Lonchopteridae (Spear-winged Flies)
Lonchoptera lutea
Micropezidae
1 species
Muscidae
7 species
Mycetophilidae
2 species
Mydidae
1 species
Nematocera
2 species
Otitidae
1 species
Phoridae
2 species
Psilidae
1 species
Psychodidae
1 species
Ptychopteridae
1 species
Rhagionidae
2 species
Sarcophagidae
6 species
Sciaridae
1 species
Sciomyzidae
4 species
Sepsidae
2 species
Sphaeroceridae
2 species
Stratiomyidae (Soldier Flies)
3 species
Solva pallipes
Hedriodiscus vertebratus
Syrphidae (Syrphid Flies)
7 species
Eupeodes americanus
Paragus angustifrons
Toxomerus marginatus
Tachinidae
2 species
Tephritidae
3 species
Tipulidae
15 species
Xylomyidae (Xylomyid Flies)
Xylomya pallidifemur
Xylophagidae
1 species
TRUE BUGS (HETEROPTERA )
Corixidae
2 species
Gerridae
3 species
Lygaeidae
3 species
Miridae
13 species
Misc.
8 species
Pentatomidae
4 species
Podopidae
1 species
Reduviidae
3 species
Homoptera
Aphididae
2 species
Cercopidae
1 species
Cicadellidae
20 species
Membracidae
11 species
Misc.
1 species
Psyllidae
1 species
BEES (HYMENOPTERA)
Andrenidae
2 species
Anthophoridae
6 species
Aphelinidae
3 species
Apidae (Bumble Bees and Carpenter Bees)
Apis mellifera
Bombus vagans
Chalcididae
2 species
Chrysididae
5 species
Encyrtidae
3 species
Eulophidae
7 species
Eupelmidae
1 species
Eurytomidae
3 species
Halictidae (Halictid Bees)
4 species
Lasioglossum fuscipenne
Ichneumonidae
31 species
Megachilidae
1 species
Mymaridae
6 species
Pompillidae
1 species
Pteromalidae
6 species
Scoliidae
1 species
Sphecidae
3 species
Tiphiidae
2 species
Trichogrammatidae
2 species
Vespidae (Vespid Wasps)
Polistes dominulus
Polistes fuscatus
TERMITES (ISOPTERA)
1 species
Reticulitermes flavipes
LEPIDOPTERA (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS)
Arctiidae
3 species
Drepanidae
1 species
Gelechiidae
2 species
Geometridae
15 species
Hesperiidae
3 species
Ancylosypha numitor (Least Skipper)
Noctuidae
10 species
Nymphalidae
Liminitis archippus (Viceroy)
Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)
Pyralidae
25 species
Sphingidae
2 species
Tineidae
5 species
Tortricidae
3 species
NEUROPTERA (FISH FLIES)
2 species
Chysopidae
2 species
Corydalidae
Nigronia serricornis
Myrmeleontidae
1 species
Odonata
Coenagrionidae
5 species
Libellulidae
5 species
GRASSHOPPERS, CRICKETS, COCKROACHES (ORTHOPTERA)
Acrididae
2 species
Gryllidae
1 species
Mantidae
1 species
Tetrigidae
2 species
Blattidae
1 species
PSOCIDS (PSOCOPTERA)
1 species
THRIPS (THYSANOPTERA)
1 species
CADDISFLIES (TRIPCHOPTERA)
2 species