Central Park Insects

Ellen Michaels, formerly a model, has stepped to the other side of the camera and is currently a wildlife and nature photographer specializing in photos of the birds, butterflies, insects and landscapes of Central Park in New York City.

Click on thumbnail size insect pictures to view larger size images. If you have questions you can e-mail me here

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Square-headed Wasp

This is the only time the Tachytes wasp has been seen in Central Park

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus

Great Golden Digger Wasp and Weevil Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus and Cerceris clypeata (female)

Mason Wasp

The Euodynerus hidalgo hidalgo wasp is rare in Central Park

Wasp-mimic Syrphid Fly

Spilomyia longicornis

Flower (Syrphid) Fly

The Toxomerus politus fly is rare in Central Park

Syrphid (Flower) Fly

Eristalis

Robber Fly

Efferia aestuans

Great Black Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Great Black Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Ichneumon Wasp

The Eutanyacra wasp is rare in Central Park

Crane Fly (male)

Tipula furca

Black and Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Funnel Web Spider (Grass Spider)

Agelenopsis

Corn Earworm Moth

Helicoperva zea

Lunate Zale Moth

Zale lunata

Praying Mantis

Tenodera

Praying Mantis

Tenodera

Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis