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Use this Illinois Insect Database or the links below to help identify the insects found at the Nature Center.
The Bug Guide and Cirrus Image are great identification resources.
Yellow Jacket
Vespula gemanica
Bumblebee
Bombus sp.
Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
Big Fuzzy Thing
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Clouded Sulphur Butterfly
Colias philodice
Flower Fly
Syrphus sp.
Honey Bee
Apis sp.
Dragonfly
(Phyla Odonata)
Praying Mantis
Stagmomantis carolina
Damselfly
(Phyla Odonata)
Flower Fly
Syrphus sp.
Milkweed Bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Ants
Damselfly Larva
(Phyla Odonata)
Dragonfly Larva
(Phyla Odonata)
Stag Beetle
Lucanidae
Birdwing Grasshopper
Schistocerca americana
Ichneumon Wasp
Ichneumonoidea sp.
Great Black Wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
Bumblebee
Bombus sp.
Aphids
Aphidoidea sp.
Small Black Bee
Sphercodes sp.
Honey Bee
Apis sp.
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Brown Marmonated Stink Bug
Halyomorpha halys
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus
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