Friends of Ballard Park in Newport RI

INSECTS SPOTTED IN BALLARD PARK IN SPRING 2008
Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)♀
Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
Common Leafhopper (Helochara communis)
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) ♂/♀
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis)
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) ♂/♀
Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas)
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) ♂/♀
Golden Robberfly (Dioctria hyalipennis)
Globular Springtail (Bourletiella arvalis)
Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) ♂/♀












	In the Spring of 2008 photographer and bug enthusiast Daniel Thombs documented many of the insects living in Ballard Park. A selection of Mr. Thombs brilliant photographs is shown at right and a list of the insects he saw is below. All of the photographs were taken in the quarry meadow of Ballard Park.



	INSECTS SPOTTED IN BALLARD PARK IN SPRING 2008 Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum)♀ Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) Common Leafhopper (Helochara communis) Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera) ♂/♀ Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) ♂/♀ Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas) European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula) Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) ♂/♀ Golden Robberfly (Dioctria hyalipennis) Globular Springtail (Bourletiella arvalis) Halloween Pennant (Celithemis eponina) ♂/♀						Harvestman (Leiobunum sp.) Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hoverfly (Toxomerus geminatus) Hoverfly (Toxomerus marginatus) Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) nymph/adult Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) ♀ Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) ♂/♀/♀ Spotted Form Slaty Skimmer (Libellula incesta) Slender Spreadwing (Lestes rectangularis) Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)