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California Native Plant Society
in collaboration with East Bay Municipal Utility District
Other Insects, Arachnids , etc.
(All photos and writing from May Chen's Pollinator Post from Bringing Back the Natives website).
Those seen on Skyline trail noted with (S)
jewel beetle
Jewel Beetle (Metallic Woodboring Beetle)-
subgenus Melantaxia (family Buprestidae) (S)
metallic wood boring beetle
Jewell or Metallic Wood-boring Beetle
subgenus Melantaxia (family Buprstidae)
skin beetle
Skin Beetle-Cryptorhorpalum (Family Dermestidae)
winter ant
American Winter Ant-
Prenolepsis imparis (family Formicidae) (S)
Spotless Lady Beetle
Spotless Lady Beetle-
Cycloneda sanguinea (family Coccinellidae).
seven spotted lady beetle
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle-
Coccinella septempunctata (family Coccinellidae) (S)
Not native to US
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(Third instar of) Southern Green Stink Bug-
Nezara viridula (family Pentatomidae),
Beeblossom Aphids-
Macrosiphum gaurae (family Aphididae)
Beeblossom apid
Lace bug
Lace Bugs (family Tingidae)
Darker Lace bug nymphs next to lighter adult.
lace bug mating
Two Lace bugs mating
Side view of Lace bug
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