Last month, my dad and I packed up the van and set off for a week of camping in Yellowstone. It was quite the adventure, taking us through Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. After two days on the road, we rolled into Gardiner, Montana, and even at a gas station, we couldn’t help but spot some cool moths—Many-spotted Tiger Moth and Pearly-winged Lichen Moth. We kept the momentum going with a stop at a roadside pull-out, where we came across a Mormon cricket and some members of Subfamily Asilinae. But the highlight for me was at our Yellowstone campsite, where we found Snakeweed Grasshoppers mating and some bullsnakes. It was a great trip, and I had an amazing time exploring with my dad!
You don't need to take interest in this, it is simply for my self:
Spiders (Order Aranea):
Cross Orbweaver (Araneus diadematus)
Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
Paradise Jumping Spider (Genus Habronattus) unknown species at the moment.
Genus Cicurina (not going to species because there is no photo of the underside)
Malacostracans (Class Malacostraca):
Common Shiny Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)
Flies (Order Diptera):
Western Aphideater (Eupeodes fumipennis)
Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies (Family Sarcophagidae) Not enough angles for species level
Subfamily Asilinae (the whole fly needs to be included in the photo. The terminalia, which are extremely useful for determining genus and species in Asilinae, are cut off in the photo.)
True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera):
Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)
Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)