Checklist of Insects of Prairie Park

This list includes only insects that have been documented by photographs in the park. All photographs are by students unless otherwise noted.

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Order of Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
Whitetail Dragonfly


Order of Crickets, Grasshoppers and Katydids (Orthoptera)
Admirable Grasshopper

Redlegged Grasshopper

Field Cricket

Order of Termites (Isoptera)
Eastern Subterranean Termite

Order of True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Large Milkweed Bug

Order of Beetles (Coleoptera)

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Whiligig Beetles

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

Lady Beetle

Order of Ants, Bees and Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Ants

Ant hill

Ants with larvae

Honeybee

Order of Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)

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Painted Lady

Redspotted Purple

Eastern-tailed Blue

Cloudless sulphur

Monarch

Pearl Crescent

Red Admiral

Order of True Flies (Diptera)
House Fly