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COMMON NAME GENUS SPECIES INTRODUCTION VERIFIED
Achemon Sphinx Eumorpha

achemon

NATIVE
Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon MIGRATORY
Alfalfa Caterpillar/Butterfly Colias eurytheme NATIVE
American Cockroach Periplaneta americana NATIVE yes
Angular winged Katydid Microcentrum rhombifolium NATIVE
Anise Swallowtail Papilio zelicaon NATIVE
Anise Swallowtail Papilo zelicaon MIGRATORY
Ant Cricket Myrmecophila oregonensis NATIVE
Ant scarabs Crema stocheiluss NATIVE
Anthaxias Anthaxia NATIVE
Aphid Aphidius NATIVE yes
Aquatic leaf beetles Donacia NATIVE
Armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta NATIVE
Ash Gray or Eyed Ladybird Olla abdominalis NATIVE
Bathroom Fly Telmatoscopus albipunctatus NATIVE
Bear Sphinx Arctonotus lucidus NATIVE
Bed Bug Cimex lecturius NATIVE
Big Black Horse Fly Tabonus punctifer NATIVE
Big Red Skimmer Libellula saturata NATIVE
Big-eyed Bugs Geocoris NATIVE
Biting Snipe Flies Symphoromyia NATIVE
Black Blow Fly Phormia

regina

NATIVE
Black Grass Bugs Irbisa NATIVE
Black Shore Bugs Saldula NATIVE
Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens NATIVE
Black Urban Bibionid Dilophus orbatus NATIVE
Black Witch Otosema odorata INVASIVE
Blackberry Leaf Skeletonizer Schreckensteinia festaliella INVASIVE
Blue Milkweed Beetle Chrysochus cobaltinus NATIVE
Blue Sharpshooter Hardnia circellata NATIVE
Bluets Enallagma NATIVE
Blue-winged Duns Ephemerella NATIVE
Body Louse Pediculus

humanus ssp. Humanus

NATIVE
Bordered Plant Bug Largus cinctus NATIVE
Brine Fly Ephydridae riparia NATIVE
Brown Leatherwig Cantraris consors NATIVE
Buckeye Junonia coenia NATIVE
Buffalo Flower Beetle Orphilus subnitidus NATIVE
Bumble Bees Bombus NATIVE yes
Burying Beetles Nicrophorus NATIVE
Butterfly Chrysalis Chalcid Brachmyerla ovata NATIVE
Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae MIGRATORY
Cabbage Butterfly Pieris rapae NATIVE
California Acorn Weevil Cuculio uniformis NATIVE
California Black Tiger Beetle Omus californicus NATIVE
California Branch Borer Polycaon confertus NATIVE
California Camel Cricket Ceuthophilas californianus NATIVE
California Creeping Water Bug Ambrysus californica NATIVE
California Dogface Colia eurydice NATIVE
California Giant Stonefly Pteronarcys californica NATIVE
California Oak Gall Wasp Andricus californicus NATIVE
California Oak Moth Phryganidia californica NATIVE
California Pear Sawfly Pristiphora abbreviata NATIVE
California Phengodid Zarhipis integripenis NATIVE
California Prionus Prionus calironicus NATIVE
California ringlet Coenonympha california NATIVE
California Sister Adelpha bredowi NATIVE
California Sister Limentis bredowii ssp. Californica MIGRATORY
California Telson-tail Nipponentoman californicum NATIVE
Carpenter Bees Xylocopa NATIVE
Carpet Beetles Anthrenus NATIVE
Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis NATIVE yes
Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus NATIVE
Cereal Psocid Liposecelis divinatorius NATIVE
Chalcedon

Euphydryas

chalcedona

NATIVE
Chicken Body Louse Menacanthus stiamineus NATIVE
Chinch Bugs Blissus leucopterus NATIVE
Chinese Mantid Tenodera aridifolia NON-NATIVE
Citrus Thrips Scirtothrips citri NATIVE
Clear-winged Grasshoper Camnula pellucida NATIVE
Cloudless Sulfur Pheobis sennae ssp.marcellina MIGRATORY
Cluster Fly Pollenia rudis NATIVE
Common braconids Apanteles NATIVE
Common Burrowing Bees Andrena NATIVE
Common carabids Pterostichus californicus NATIVE
Common Carrion Dermestid Dermestes marmoratus NATIVE
Common Checkered Beetle Trichodes ornatus NATIVE
Common Crane Flies Tipula NATIVE
Common Damsel Bugs Nabis ferus NATIVE
Common Dustywings Coniopteryx NATIVE
Common Flat Bugs Mezira NATIVE
Common Flesh Flies Sarcophaga NATIVE
Common Green Darner Anax junius NATIVE
Common Green Lacewing Chrysopa carnea NATIVE
Common Hairstreak Strymon melinus NATIVE
Common Ichneomonids Ophion NATIVE
Common Lace Bugs Corythucha NATIVE
Common Leafcutter Bees Megachile NATIVE
Common Midge Chironomous NATIVE
Common Milkweed Bug Lygaeus kalmii NATIVE
Common Negro Bugs Corimelaenidae NATIVE
Common Sawfly Tenthredo NATIVE
Common Scavenger Water Beetles Tropisternus NATIVE
Common Silverfish Lepisma saccharina NATIVE
Common Snakeflies Agulla NATIVE
Common Water Scorpion Ranatra brevicollis NATIVE
Common Water Striders Gerris remigis NATIVE
Common Whirligig Beetles Gyrinus NATIVE
Common White Pieris protodice MIGRATORY

Convergent Ladybird

 Hippodamia convergens NATIVE yes
Cool-weather Mosquito Culiseta incidens NATIVE
Cottony-cushion Scale Icerya purchasi NATIVE
Crab Louse Pthirus pubis NATIVE
Culture Louse Onchiurus folsomi NATIVE
Dancers Argia NATIVE
Dentante Stink Beetle Eleodes dentipes NATIVE
Desert Dampwood Termite Paraneotermes simpliclcorns NATIVE
Devastating Grasshoper Melanoplus devatator NATIVE
Devil's Coach Horse Ocypus olens NATIVE
Dimorphic Flower Longhorn Anastrangalia laetifica NATIVE
Downy Leather-winged Beetle Podabrus pruinosus NATIVE
Drone Fly Eristalis tenax NATIVE
Drugstore Beetle Stegobium paniceum NATIVE
Edwards' Anthophora Anthophora edwardsii NATIVE
Edward's Water Penny Eubrianax edwardsi NATIVE
Electric Light Bug Lethocerus americanus NATIVE
European Blue Bottle Fly Calliphora vicina NATIVE
European Earwig Forficula auricularia NATIVE
European Elm Scale Gossyparia spuria NATIVE
Eyed Elater Alaus melanops NATIVE
Eyed Sphinx Smerinthus cerisyi NATIVE
False Greenhouse Leaftier Udea profundalis NATIVE
February Miller Feralia februalis NATIVE
Field Cricket Gryllus NATIVE
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phylens NATIVE
Flat-backed Kelp Fly Coelopa vanduzeei NATIVE
Flour Beetles Tribolium NATIVE
Folsoms Campodeid Campodea folsomi NATIVE
Fork-tailed Bush Katydids Scudderia mexicana NATIVE
Fork-tails Iscchnura NATIVE
Four Spurred Assassin Bug Zelus tetracanthus NATIVE
Fragile Gray Anacamptodes fragilaria NATIVE
Fuller's Rose weevil Pantomorus godmani NATIVE
Garden Long-legged fly Condylostylus pilicornus NATIVE
Garden Miller Galgula partita NATIVE
Garden Silphid Silpha ramosa NATIVE
German Cockroach Blattella germanica NATIVE yes
Gian Willows Aphid Tuberolachnus salignus NATIVE
Giant Green Water Beetle Dytiscus marginicollis NATIVE
Golden Buprestid Buprestis aurulenta NATIVE
Golden Paper Wasp Polistes fuscatus NATIVE
Golden Tortoise Beetle Metriona bicolor NATIVE
Golden-haired Dung Fly Scatophaga stercoraria NATIVE
Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus ssp. Corcoran MIGRATORY
Greater Bee Fly Bombylius major NATIVE
Green Blister Beetle Lytta chloris NATIVE
Green chaters Dichelonyx NATIVE
Green Dock Beetle Castroidea cyanea NATIVE
Green Hairstreak Gallophrys viridis MIGRATORY
Green Ostomatid Temnochila chloridia NATIVE
Green Stink Bugs Chlorochroa NATIVE
Green Willow Sawfly Rhogogaster NATIVE
Greenhouse Thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis NATIVE
Greenish Burrowing Bee Andrena cuneilabris NATIVE
Guinea Pig Louse Glircola porchelli NATIVE
Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae NATIVE
Hairy Rove Beetle Staphylinus maxillosus NATIVE
Harlequin Cabbage Bug Murgantia histrionica NATIVE
Head Louse Pediculus humanus ssp. Capitis NATIVE
Hide Beetle D. Maculatus NATIVE
House Fly Musca domestica NATIVE
House Mosquito Pipiens pipiens NATIVE
Icaroides Blue Plebejus icoriodes ssp. Missionensis MIGRATORY
Ironclad Beetle Phloeodes diabolicus NATIVE
Jerusalem Cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus NATIVE yes
Kelp Muscid Fucellia costalis NATIVE
Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium NATIVE
Kirby's Backswimmer Notonecta kirbyi NATIVE
Laguna Marine Springtail Entomobrya laguna NATIVE
Large Japyx Japyx diversiunguis NATIVE
Large Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus NATIVE
Large Water Boatmen Hesperocorixa laevigata NATIVE
Lawn Springtail Bourletiella arvalis NATIVE
Lead Cable Borer Scobicia declivis NATIVE
Leaf Hopper Assassin Bug Zelus renardii NATIVE
Lichen moths Cisthene NATIVE
Little House Fly Fannia canicularis NATIVE
Little Toe Biter Belostoma flumineum NATIVE
Live Oak Leaf Blotchminer Cameraria agrifoliella NATIVE
Livestock Biting Lice Bovicola NATIVE
Livestock Sucking Lice Haematopinus NATIVE
Long-tailed Mealybugs Pseudococcus longispinus NATIVE
Long-tailed Silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata NATIVE
Lorquin's Admiral Limenitis lorquini NATIVE
Marine Wedge Telmatogeton macswaini NATIVE
McDunnough's Leafwing Pero macdunnoughi NATIVE
Meadow Miller Axenus arvalis NATIVE
Meal Moth Pyrali farinalis NATIVE
Metallic Small-headed Flies Eulonchus NATIVE
Metallic Sweat Bees Agapostemon NATIVE
Minute Pirate Bugs Anthocoris NATIVE
Monarch Danaus plexippus MIGRATORY yes
Mormon Creeping Water Bug Ambrysus mormon NATIVE
Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa NATIVE
Mormon Metal Mark Apocemia mormo NATIVE
Nautical Borer Xylotrechus nauticus NATIVE
North American Grass Webworm Nomophila nearctica NATIVE
Northern Duskywing Thoybes pylades MIGRATORY
Northern Snailshell Caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis NATIVE
Oak Gall Chalcid Torymus californicus NATIVE
Oak Groundling Adrasteia sedulitella NATIVE
Oak Winter Highflier Hydriomena nubilofasciata NATIVE
Obese Springtail Morulina multatuberculata NATIVE
Omnivorous looper Sabulodes aegrotata NATIVE
Orange Tortrix Argyrotaenia citrana NATIVE
Orange-winged Arphia conspersa ssp. Ramona NATIVE
Oregon Stag Beetle Platycerus oregonensis NATIVE
Oregon Tiger Beetle Cincindela oregona NATIVE
Oriental Cockroach Blatta orientalis NATIVE
Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopis NATIVE
Ornate Plant Bugs Closterocoris ornatus NATIVE
Pacific Corambe Corambe pacifica NATIVE
Pacific Damwood Termite Zootermopsis angusticollis NATIVE
Pacific Spotted Mayfly Callibaetis pacificus NATIVE
Pale Swallowtail Papilio eurymedon NATIVE
Pallid-winged Grasshopper Trimeritropis pallidipennis NATIVE
Pastel Skimmer Sympetrum saturata NATIVE
Rove Beetle Thinopinus pictus NATIVE
Pigeon Louse Fly Pseudolynchia canariensis NATIVE
Pigmy Blue Brephidium exilis NATIVE
Pink Webspinner Haploembia solieri NATIVE
Pink-margined Green Nemoria leptalea NATIVE
Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor hursuta NATIVE
Pug loopers Eupithecia NATIVE
Punctuate Blister Beetle Epicauta puncticollis NATIVE
Range Crane Fly Tipula simplex NATIVE
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta NATIVE yes
Red Flat Bark Beetle Cucujus claripes NATIVE
Red Milkweed Beetle Tetraopes basalis NATIVE
Red mound ants Formica NATIVE
Red Turpentine Beetle Dendroctonus valens NATIVE
Red-shouldered leaf beetle Saxinus saucia NATIVE
Robust Assassin Bugs Apiomerus NATIVE
Rockhoppers Mesomachilis NATIVE
Rodent Bot Flies Cuterebra NATIVE
Rose Aphid Macrosiphum rosae NATIVE yes
Rose Curculio Rhynchites bicolor NATIVE
Rough Stink Bugs Brochymena NATIVE
Rufous Carabid Calathus ruficollis NATIVE
Rugose Stag Beetle Sinadendron rugosum NATIVE
Saltmarsh Caterpillar Estigmene acrea NATIVE
Sand Wasps Bembix NATIVE
Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti NATIVE
Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti MIGRATORY
Sara Orange-tip Anthocharis sara stella NATIVE
Satyr anglewing Polygonia satyrus NATIVE
Saw-toothed grain Beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis NATIVE
Say's Stink Bug Chlorocchroa sayi NATIVE
Sculptured Pine Borer Chalcophora angulicollis NATIVE
Seal Louse Echinophthirius NATIVE
Semisocial Sweat Bees Halictus lasioglossum NATIVE
Sericas Serica NATIVE
Sierran Damwood Zootermopsis nevadensis NATIVE
Slender Pigeon Louse Columbicola columbae NATIVE
Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle Scolytus multistriatus NATIVE
Sna Jose Scale Quadraspidiotus perniciosus NATIVE
Snaileaters Scaphinotus NATIVE
Sperry's Lawn Moth Crambus sperryellus NATIVE
Spined woodborer Ergates spiculatus NATIVE
Spiny Rat Louse Polyptax spinulosa NATIVE
Spiny Tachina Fly Paradejeania rutilioides NATIVE
Splendid Sheild-back Katydid Neduba ovata NATIVE
Spotted Dung Beetle Sphaeririum scarabaeoides NATIVE
Spotted flower buprestids Acmaeodera NATIVE
Spotted Soldier Fly Stratiomys maculosa NATIVE
Squash Bugs Anasa tristis NATIVE
Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans NATIVE
Stick-tight flea Xenopsylla gallinacea NATIVE
Stink Beetles/Olive Beetles Eleodes NATIVE
Stout's Branch Borer Polycaon stouti NATIVE
Swallow Bug Oeciacus vicarius NATIVE
Tawny Prominent Nadata vicarius NATIVE
Ten-lined June Beetle Polyphylla decimlineata NATIVE
Ten-spotted Psocid Peripsocus californicus NATIVE
Thread-waisted Conopid Physocephala texana NATIVE
Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper Spissistilus festinus NATIVE
Toad Bugs Gelastocoris oculatus NATIVE
Toe Biter Abedus indentatus NATIVE
Tule Beetles Agonum NATIVE
Tussock moths Orgyia NATIVE
Twig girdlers Agrilus NATIVE
Two-spotted Lady Beetle Adalia bipunctata NATIVE yes
Two-stabbed Ladybeetle Chilocorus orbus NATIVE
Urban Anthophora Anthophora urban NATIVE
Varied Springtail Isotoma viridis NATIVE
Wandering Tiger Moth Spilosoma vagans NATIVE
Webbing Clothes Moth Tineola biselliella NATIVE
Weedfield Sable Pyrausta subsequalis NATIVE
West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella NATIVE
Western Banded Elfin Incisilia eryphon MIGRATORY
Western Box Elder Bug Leptocoris rubrolineatus NATIVE
Western Drywood Termite Kalotermes minor NATIVE
Western Encephalitas Mosquito Culex tarsalis NATIVE
Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis NATIVE
Western Leaf-footed Bug Leptoglossus clypealis NATIVE
Western Poplar Sphinx Pachysphinx occidentalis NATIVE
Western Red-shouldered Plant Bug Thyanta pallidovirens NATIVE

Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle

 Diabrotica undecimpunctata NATIVE
Western Subterranean Termite Reticulitermes hesperus NATIVE
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus NATIVE yes
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilo ruulus MIGRATORY
Western White Pieris occidentalis MIGRATORY
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata NATIVE yes
White-shouldered House Moth Endrosis sarcitrella NATIVE
White-tail Skimmer Libellula lydia NATIVE
White-winged March Fly Bibioalbipennis NATIVE
Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa NATIVE
Williams Plume Moth Platyptilia williamsi NATIVE
Willow Leafgall Sawfly Euura pacifica NATIVE
Willow Nestmaker Ichthyura apicalis NATIVE
Wingless Scorpion Fly Apterobittacus apterus NATIVE
Woodland cicadas Platypedia NATIVE
Xerces Blue Glaucopsyche xerces NATIVE
Yellow and Black Mud Dauber Sceliphron caementarium NATIVE
Yellow Mealworm Tenebrio molitor NATIVE
Yellow-banded Stonefly Calinearia californica NATIVE
Yellow-legged Paper Wasp Mischocyttarus flavitarsis NATIVE

WHAT WE MEAN BY VERIFIED - Flora and fauna that have been "verified" are ones that have been seen or noted by one of the scientists, educators, or naturalists here at the Academy.
WHO DID THE RESEARCH? - This project was researched, compiled and the results made into this web site by Academy High School Interns Erica Bestpitch and Evan Saint-Pierre under the supervision of the librarians in the former Biodiversity Resource Center using Academy Library resources. Additional help and information was contributed by Fernando Pico and the Academy High School Interns involved in the CAS SF Bay: 2K project.

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