Insects

A beautiful dragonfly sits on a stem in the American River next to campus.

There are somewhere between 1 and 10 million species of insects on this planet. The diversity is staggering!

Ants, Bees & Wasps

Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Gall Wasps

Dragonflies

Flame Skimmer (Libellula saturata)

Resources

http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/  - Art Shapiro's Butterflly Site (monitors butterlies of the California Central Valley)