References
— The Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Insects & Spiders. Lorus and Margery Milne. 6th printing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
— California Insects. Jerry A. Powell and Charles L. Hogue. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
— Insects of Western North America. Edward Oliver Essig. New York: Macmillan, 1926.

Photos copyright © 2010-2011 Kat Avila
Locations: Places are noted below photos. See my park-related web pages for insects seen at those particular sites.
Camera: Canon SD780 IS
Notes:
Alutacea Bird Grasshopper (aka Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper), Schistocerca alutacea: If my insect field guide is correct, then this grasshopper is farther west outside of its usual range.
pallid-winged grasshopper
UCI
2011.3.15
Aphids
aphids
on narrow-leaf milkweed
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20		 aphids
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20		 aphids
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20		 aphids
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20		 aphids
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20
Beetles
ladybug
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20		 ladybug
There are cracks all across
its shell.
Mason Regional Park
2011.10.20
Butterflies
Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus, SKIPPER FAMILY
butterfly
City of Orange
2011.08.21		 butterfly
close-up on wings
City of Orange
2011.08.21		 butterfly
City of Orange
2011.08.21		 butterfly
City of Orange
2011.08.21		 butterfly
close-up on head
City of Orange
2011.08.21
butterflies
mating butterflies
UCI
2011.10.07		 butterflies
UCI
2011.10.07		 butterflies
UCI
2011.10.07		 butterfly
close-up on head
UCI
2011.10.07		 butterflies
UCI
2011.10.07
Pale Swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon, SWALLOWTAIL FAMILY: This swallowtail wasn't scared off by my presence, so I was able to get some good close-ups.
pale swallowtail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16		 pale swallowtail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16		 pale swallowtail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16		 pale swallowtail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16
pale swallowtail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16		 pale swallowtail
close-up on tail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16		 pale swallowtail
close-up on tail
Irvine Regional Park
2011.5.16
Long-tailed Silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudata, FAMILY LEPISMATIDAE
I mistook this at first for the common silverfish (Lepisma saccharina), which except for the tail length it is very similar to. This urban dweller has a tail with three prongs and likes to nibble on clothes, paper, and bookbinding paste. The shiny one in the photographs looks like living jewelry.
common silverfish
dorsal view
RSM
2010.7.21		 common silverfish
close-up
RSM
2010.7.21		 common silverfish
See how wide apart
its eyes are.
RSM
2010.7.21		 common silverfish
lateral view
RSM
2010.7.21		 common silverfish
close-up
RSM
2010.7.21
Wasps
western yellow jacket
Western Yellow Jacket
(Vespula pennsylvanica)
Santa Ana
2011.5.12