A living guide to Kauaʻi
Insects, Spiders & Relatives of Kauaʻi
Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.
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Tetramorium caldarium
Tetramorium caldarium
Tetramorium caldarium belongs to Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Woolly Wall Bee
Megachile lanata
Woolly Wall Bee (Megachile lanata) belongs to Megachilidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Trichogramma achaeae
Trichogramma achaeae
Trichogramma achaeae belongs to Trichogrammatidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Oraesia excavata
Oraesia excavata
Oraesia excavata belongs to Erebidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Citrus Leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Citrus Leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella) belongs to Gracillariidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Sleepy Orange
Abaeis nicippe
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) belongs to Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Dolichothrips franae
Dolichothrips franae
Dolichothrips franae belongs to Phlaeothripidae in the order Thysanoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Orphinus fulvipes
Orphinus fulvipes
Orphinus fulvipes belongs to Dermestidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Ornebius bimaculatus
Ornebius bimaculatus
Ornebius bimaculatus is a small scaly cricket.
Pleistodontes froggatti
Pleistodontes froggatti
Pleistodontes froggatti belongs to Agaonidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced — purposely introduced.
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli belongs to Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Diachasmimorpha tryoni
Diachasmimorpha tryoni
Diachasmimorpha tryoni belongs to Braconidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced — biocontrol.
Forcipomyia hardyi
Forcipomyia hardyi
Forcipomyia hardyi was an important native component of drifting stream invertebrates in the Kōkeʻe study.
Rhembobius abdominalis
Rhembobius abdominalis
Rhembobius abdominalis is an introduced parasitoid wasp.
Emoloana menehune
Emoloana menehune
Emoloana menehune is a short-winged, grass-associated planthopper endemic to Kauaʻi.
Pseudosmittia maculiventris
Pseudosmittia maculiventris
The non-biting midge historically called Pseudosmittia maculiventris was reassessed when the genus Rhagosmittia was established.
Frankliniella schultzei
Frankliniella schultzei
Frankliniella schultzei belongs to Thripidae in the order Thysanoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Scotorythra kuschei
Scotorythra kuschei
Scotorythra kuschei was described from moths collected in 1919.
Anomalochrysa debilis
Anomalochrysa debilis
Anomalochrysa debilis is a Hawaiian endemic lacewing with records from Kauaʻi and several other main islands.
Discomyza maculipennis
Discomyza maculipennis
Discomyza maculipennis is a widespread shore fly associated with organic debris.
Hylaeus andrenoides
Hylaeus andrenoides
Hylaeus andrenoides belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus chlorostictus
Hylaeus chlorostictus
Hylaeus chlorostictus belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus connectens
Hylaeus connectens
Hylaeus connectens belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian; multi-island.
Hylaeus hirsutulus
Hylaeus hirsutulus
Hylaeus hirsutulus belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus hostilis
Hylaeus hostilis
Hylaeus hostilis belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus kokeensis
Hylaeus kokeensis
Hylaeus kokeensis belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus laetus
Hylaeus laetus
Hylaeus laetus belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian; multi-island.
Hylaeus mutatus
Hylaeus mutatus
Hylaeus mutatus belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus perspicuus
Hylaeus perspicuus
Hylaeus perspicuus belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus solaris
Hylaeus solaris
Hylaeus solaris belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Hylaeus specularis
Hylaeus specularis
Hylaeus specularis belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian; multi-island.
Hylaeus albonitens
Hylaeus albonitens
Hylaeus albonitens belongs to Colletidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Hide Beetle
Omorgus suberosus
Hide Beetle (Omorgus suberosus) belongs to Trogidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Syntormon flexibile
Syntormon flexibile
Syntormon flexibile is a widely distributed long-legged fly.
Ochthera circularis
Ochthera circularis
Ochthera circularis has enlarged grasping forelegs used in its predatory life around stream margins.
Dolichopus exsul
Dolichopus exsul
Dolichopus exsul is cataloged as introduced in the Hawaiian Islands, with an Asian range that includes India, Nepal, Taiwan, and China.
Oxyethira maya
Oxyethira maya
Oxyethira maya is an introduced microcaddisfly whose aquatic larvae occupy transparent, flattened silk cases attached to rocks.
Scatella amnica
Scatella amnica
The 2014 revision added Kauaʻi to the documented range of Scatella amnica.
Scatella bryani
Scatella bryani
Scatella bryani is a Hawaiian endemic with records from all six main islands covered by the revision.
Scatella cilipes
Scatella cilipes
Scatella cilipes has Kauaʻi records from wet stream-edge rocks, including Wailua Falls, as well as later stream collections.
Scatella cinereifacies
Scatella cinereifacies
Scatella cinereifacies was described from specimens collected on wet rocks at ʻŌpaekaʻa Stream.
Scatella clavipes
Scatella clavipes
Scatella clavipes is a Hawaiian endemic recorded from Kauaʻi and several other islands.
Scatella hawaiiensis
Scatella hawaiiensis
Scatella hawaiiensis has a broad documented distribution within the Hawaiian archipelago.
Scatella kauaiensis
Scatella kauaiensis
Scatella kauaiensis is treated as restricted to Kauaʻi.
Scatella sexnotata
Scatella sexnotata
Scatella sexnotata is one of the widespread nonendemic shore flies in the Hawaiian review.
Scatella stagnalis
Scatella stagnalis
Scatella stagnalis is an adventive shore fly whose Kauaʻi occurrence was added in the 2014 revision.
Scatella warreni
Scatella warreni
Scatella warreni is a Hawaiian endemic recorded on Kauaʻi and several other islands.
Uropachys clavastyla
Uropachys clavastyla
Uropachys clavastyla belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi only.
Uropachys crassicercus
Uropachys crassicercus
Uropachys crassicercus belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi only.
Uropachys flavicrura
Uropachys flavicrura
Uropachys flavicrura belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi only.
Uropachys hawaiensis
Uropachys hawaiensis
Uropachys hawaiensis belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi only.
Uropachys palustricola
Uropachys palustricola
Uropachys palustricola belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi only.
Sigmatineurum napali
Sigmatineurum napali
Sigmatineurum napali is a Kauaʻi long-legged fly described from adults about 4 mm long.
Megalagrion eudytum
Megalagrion eudytum
Megalagrion eudytum is associated with seep and waterfall surfaces, where its immature stages occupy wet microhabitats.
Megalagrion heterogamias
Megalagrion heterogamias
Megalagrion heterogamias is associated with flowing water, including riffles and cascades.
Megalagrion vagabundum
Megalagrion vagabundum
Megalagrion vagabundum is a seep-associated damselfly whose larvae have sac-like gills.
Megalagrion oresitrophum
Megalagrion oresitrophum
Megalagrion oresitrophum is placed among standing-water breeders in the comparative study, with leaf-like larval gills.
Megalagrion paludicola
Megalagrion paludicola
Megalagrion paludicola is associated with standing-water breeding habitats, and the comparative study records lance-shaped larval gills.
Megalagrion mauka
Megalagrion mauka
Megalagrion mauka is represented by Kauaʻi specimens, including the Kalalau Trail, but its breeding habitat remains explicitly unknown in the recent comparative study.
Megalagrion kauaiense
Megalagrion kauaiense
Megalagrion kauaiense is associated with phytotelmata: small bodies of water held by plants.
