from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter:
selected YUCATAN INSECTS
SHORTCUTS TO IMPORTANT GROUPS:
BEETLES | BUTTERFLIES | CATERPILLARS | MOTHS
- Ant, Acacia
- Ant, Harvester
- Ant, Velvet Panther
- Ant, Army
- Ant, Army (& Tarantula)
- Ant, Leafcutter
- Ants Robbing Wasp Pupae
- Antlions
- Bee, Leafcutter
- Bee, Melipona/ Maya Stingless
- Predaceous Bees?
- Bee, Stingless
BEETLES:
- Bloodworms (larvae of non-biting midges)
- Bug, Assassin, Longlegged
- Bug, Cactus
- Bug, Citron
- Bug, Cotton Stainer
- Bug, Leaf-footed, Affinis
- Bug, Kissing
- Bug, Stink, Red-bordered
- Bug, Thorn
- BUTTERFLIES
- SPECIAL: BUTTERFLIES, ID CHART
- ALSO: Especies y géneros por familia de lepidópteros de Yucatán
- Banner, Banded
- Banner, Orange
- Beauty, Blomfild's
- Blue Wave
- Bluewing, Mexican
- Cracker, Gray
- Cracker, Guatemalan
- Cracker, Yucatan
- Daggerwing, Ruddy
- Elf
- Emperor, Pavon
- Fritillary, Gulf Coast)
- Fritillary, Variegated
- Hairstreak, Mallow Scrub-
- Hairstreak, White Scrub-
- Hairstreak, Widespread Brangas
- Hairstreak, Zebra-striped
- Heliconian, Erato
- Leafwing, Red-striped
- Leafwing, Thorn-scrub
- Longwing, Banded
- Malachite
- Metalmark, Long-tailed
- Monarch
- Morpho, Common Blue
- Owl-Butterfly, Split-banded
- Patch, Bordered
- Pixie
- Polygon, Spotted (Polygonus pardus)
- Pygmy-blue, Western
- Queen
- Sailor, Mexican
- Sailor, White
- Satyr, Dirty-blue
- Satyr, Gold-stained
- Satyr, Plain
- Sister
- Skipper, Asine Longtail
- Skipper, Belus
- Skipper, Burns' Checkered-
- Skipper, Checkered
- Skipper, Cleta Tufted-
- Skipper, Common Spurwing
- Skipper, Fantastic
- Skipper, Gilbert's Flasher
- Skipper, Hammock
- Skipper, Laviana White-
- Skipper, Mercurial
- Skipper, Spreadwing
- Skipper, Turk's-cap White-
- Skipper, White-stripped Longtail
- Skipper, Widespread Bent-
- Skipper, Zilpa
- Soldier
- Sulphur, Orange-barred
- Sulphur, White Angled
- Swallowtail, Dark Kite-
- Swallowtail, Polydamas
- Tulcis Crescent
- White, Giant
- White Peacock
- White Scrub-Hairstreak
- Yellow, Dina
- Zebra Heliconian
- CATERPILLARS:
- Orange Dog
- Swallowtail, Ruby-spotted
- Swallowtail, Thoas
- Satellite Sphinx
- Tiger Moth
- Tiger Moth, (Ammalo helops)
- Chinche Hocicona (Triatoma)
- Cockroach, American
- Cockroach, True Death's Head
- Cricket, Jamaican Field
- Damselfly, Mexican wedgetail
- Dragonfly, Amberwing, Slough
- Dragonfly, Carmine Skimmer
- Dragonfly, Saddlebags, Striped
- Dragonfly, Setwing, Brown
- Dragonfly, Spreadwing
- Dragonfly, Thornbush Dasher
- Dragonlet, Band-winged
- Fly, Green Hover
- Fly, Horse
- Fly, Long-legged
- Fly, Robber
- Fly, Yellow
- Grasshopper, band-winged group
- Grasshopper, Cattail Toothpick
- Grasshopper, Giant
- Grasshopper, Lubber
- Honeybees
- Katydid, Mexican Bush
- Katydid, (Insara phthisica)
- Katydid, adult but almost wingless species
- Lacebug
- Lacewing
- Leafhopper, Sharpshooter #1
- Leafhopper, Sharpshooter #2
- Locusts
- Mantis, Lichen
- Mosquito Larva & Pupa
- MOTHS:
- Planthopper Nymph
- Rat-tailed Maggot (Hoverfly larva)
- Sawfly, Mexican
- Spittlebug
- Termites, arboreal nests
- Termites, subterranean
- Trash Bug (Yucatan, Mexico)
- Treehopper (Umbonia gladius)
- Wasp, Ichneumon
- Wasp, Mud-Dauber
- Wasp, "Yellowjacket"
- Wasp, Paper #1
- Wasp, Paper #2
- Wasp, Potter
- Wasp, Sand
- Wasp, Mexican Tarantula Hawk
- Wasp, Milde's Tarantula Hawk
- Waterbug, Giant (Lethocerus medius)
- Weevil, Palm
- White Grubs
