Common Arthropods of Toronto
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1. Bees and Wasps
- European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominulus)
- German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)
- Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.)
- Bald-faced Hornet (Vespula maculata)
- Large Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
- Green Metallic Bee (Agapostemon virescens)
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2. Beetles
- Pennsylvania Leather-wing (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus)
- Blister Beetle (Meloe sp.)
- Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
- Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)
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3. Grasshoppers, Crickets and Cicadas
- Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
- Tree Cricket (Oecanthus sp.)
- Field Cricket (Gryllus pennsylvanicus)
- Dogday cicada (Tibicen canicularis)
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4. True Bugs
- Small Eastern Milkweed Bug (Lygaens kalmis)
- Scarlet-and-green Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
- Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
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5. Flies
- Green Bottle Fly (Phaenicia spp.)
- Drone fly (Eristalis tenax)
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6. Butterflies
- Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
- Comma (Polygonia comma)
- Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
- White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)
- Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme )
- Common Sulphur (Colias philodice )
- Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
- Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
- Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)
- Pearly Eye (Enodia anthedon )
- Large Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
- Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica)
- Least Skipper (Ancloxopha numitor)
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7. Dragonflies and Damselflies
- Variable dancer (Argia fumipennis)
- Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)
- Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
- Ruby Meadowhawk (Sympetrum rubicundulum)
- Meadowhawk sp. (Sympetrum sp.)
- Band-winged Meadowfly (Sympetrum semicinctum)
- Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
- Common Baskettail (Tetragoneuria cynosura)
- Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
- Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
- Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia)
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
- Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
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8. Spiders
- Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus)
- Three-spotted Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
- Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus)
- Black-footed Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei)
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