Common Local Insects of the San Francisco Bay Region

Dung Fly (Family Anthomiidae)

Honeybee (Family Apidae)

Bumblebee (Family Apidae)

Carpenter Bee(Family Apidae)

Digger Bee (Family Anthophoridae)

Cuckoo Bee (Family Apidae)

Green Bottle Fly (Family Calliphoridae)

Soldier Beetle (Family Cantharidae)

Ground Beetle (Family Carabidae)

Stem Borer (FamilyCephidae)

Midge (Family Chironomidae)

Dogbane Beetle (Family Chrysomelidae)

Ladybird Beetle (Family Coccinellidae)

Leaf-footed Bug (Family Coreidae)

Water Boatman (Family Corixidae)

Mosquito (Family Culicidae)

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Family Chrysomelidae)

Click Beetle (Family Elateridae)

Carpenter Ant (Family Formicidae)

Toad Bug (Family Gelastocoridae)

Geometrid Moth (Family Geometridae)

Water Strider (Family Gerridae)

Skipper (Family Hesperidae)

Giant Silk Moth (Family Saturniidae)

Ichneuman Wasp (Family Ichneumonidae)

Buckeye Butterfly (Family Nymphalidae)

Bordered Plant Bug (Family Largiidae)

Blue (Family Lycaenidae)

Milkweed Bug (Family Lygaeidae)

Mason Bee (Family Megachilidae)

Squash Bug (Family Miridae)

Yellow-legged Paper Wasp (Family Vespidae)

Water Scorpion (Family Nepidae)

Backswimmer (Family Notonectidae)

Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Family Nymphalidae)

Anise Swallowtail (Family Papilionidae)

Stink Bug (Family Pentatomidae)

Cabbage White Butterfly (Family Pieridae)

Blood-sucking Conenose (Family Reduviidae)

Boxelder Bug (Family Rhopalidae)

Snail-eater (Family Carabidae)

Blue Mud Wasp (Family Sphecidae)

Syrphid Fly (Family Syrphidae)

Darkling Beetle (Family Tenebrionidae)

Crane Fly (Family Tipulidae)

Red Admiral Butterfly (Family Nymphalidae)

Yellowjacket (Family Vespidae)

"City Bugs", ECollege of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, Copyright 1998