University of California, Irvine's (UCI) Ecological Preserve Irvine, California Page 2 of 3 (INSECTS)

convergent ladybug beetle Hippodamia convergens COCCINELLIDAE FAMILY	damselfly	dragonfly "Dragonflies extend them [their wings at rest] to the sides horizontally and damselflies hold them toward the rear vertically." —ASIS	What's inside these?
BEES & SIMILAR INSECTS
honey bee Apis mellifera APIDAE FAMILY "Introduced from Eurasia. … Aggressive Africanized ("killer") Honey Bees reached CA in mid-1990s." —NAS (Photos are of regular bees.)	honey bee Apis mellifera APIDAE FAMILY California buckwheat plant eriogonum fasciculatum "Flowers tiny, white to pinkish... dead flowers persistent, rust-colored." —NAS	black-and-yellow mud dauber Sceliphron caementarium SPHECIDAE FAMILY "Mud nests under rocks, cliff overhangs, eaves stocked with paralyzed spiders." —NAS The spiders are food for the next generation when they hatch.
bee fly Villa sp.	bee fly Poecilanthrax sp.	bee fly Poecilanthrax sp.
HARLEQUIN [CABBAGE] BUGS, Murgantia histrionica, PENTATOMIDAE FAMILY, aka Stink Bug, Calico Bug, Fire Bug "This insect causes white and yellow blotches on the foliage of infested plants, ruining their commercial value." —ASIS
nymph on summer mustard	nymph	nymph	nymphs
BEHR'S METALMARK, Apodemia virgulti, RIODINIDAE FAMILY Once thought to be a subspecies of the Mormon Metalmark (Apodemia mormo), according to the web site Butterflies and Moths of North America.
Genus Apodemia "One of the most frequently encountered metalmarks…, this group is widely distributed in the western U.S. and Central America to Costa Rica." —BH			This butterfly is covered in pollen.
MORE BUTTERFLIES
anise swallowtail Papilio zelicaon SWALLOWTAIL FAMILY It is missing the lower half of its hindwing on the left side.	—COMPARATIVE— western tiger swallowtail Papilio rutulus SWALLOWTAIL FAMILY (Photo taken not far from preserve.)	checkered white Pontia protodice WHITES & SULFURS FAMILY	pacuvius duskywing Erynnis pacuvius SKIPPER FAMILY
SPIDERS
silver argiope Argiope argentata ARANEIDAE FAMILY	argiope The zig-zag bands of silk "advertise the presence of the web to birds, which frequently fly into webs lacking stabilimenta [web decorations]." —SPI	argiope	another argiope (ventral view)
Spider with prey on a field bindweed flower.	green lynx spider Peucetia viridans OXYOPIDAE FAMILY with honey bee prey	trashline orbweaver Cyclosa conica ARANEIDAE FAMILY Spider crawling toward the center of its web, which is bisected vertically by a trail of insect debris.	trashline orbweaver Cyclosa conica ARANEIDAE FAMILY Same spider now blending in with its stabilimenta (web decorations).
ground-level funnel web	—COMPARATIVE— Orb weaver (barn spider?) found under a shady tree in the city of Cypress.	—COMPARATIVE— Plant bug seen on UCI campus. (dorsal view)	—COMPARATIVE— Plant bug seen on UCI campus. (lateral view)

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