Editing Utah (section)

===Wildlife===
[[File:Rocky-mountain-elk.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Rocky Mountain elk]] is the Utah state mammal.]]
[[File:California-gull.jpg|thumb|right|The [[California gull]] is the Utah state bird.]]
{{see also|List of fauna of Utah}}
Utah is home to more than 600 vertebrate animal species<ref name="udwr-vertibrates">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/SearchVerts.asp |title=Vertebrate Animals |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502184742/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/SearchVerts.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as numerous invertebrates and insects.<ref name="udwr-invertibrates">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/SearchInverts.asp |title=Insects and Mollusks |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525083953/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/SearchInverts.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Mammals====
{{main|List of mammals of Utah}}
Mammals are found in every area of Utah. Non-predatory larger mammals include the [[plains bison]],<ref name="stewart bison">{{cite web|url=https://digitallibrary.utah.gov/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=80834|title=American Bison (Bison bison)|date=January 2011|first1=Ron|last1=Stewart|first2=Allen|last2=Nielson|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=December 7, 2020|format=PDF|page=3|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415033637/https://digitallibrary.utah.gov/awweb/awarchive?type=file&item=80834|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="b-bison">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=bosxbiso |title=American bison |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719222820/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=bosxbiso |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[elk]],<ref name="c-canadensis">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=cervelap |title=Elk or Wapati |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232153/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=cervelap |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[moose]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals">{{cite web |url=https://nhmu.utah.edu/mammals-wasatch-front |title=Mammals of the Wasatch Front |date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=July 19, 2020 |publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Utah]] |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719175602/https://nhmu.utah.edu/mammals-wasatch-front |url-status=live}}</ref> [[mountain goat]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[mule deer]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[pronghorn]],<ref name="antilocapra-americana">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=antiamer |title= Pronghorn |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233459/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=antiamer |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> and multiple types of [[bighorn sheep]].<ref name="o-c-californiana">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscaca |title=California bighorn sheep |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719224838/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscaca |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="o-c-nelsoni">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscane |title=Desert bighorn sheep |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130062348/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscane |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="o-c-canadensis">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscana |title=Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233729/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=oviscana |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Non-predatory small mammals include [[muskrat]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> and [[nutria]].<ref name="m-coypus">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=myoccoyp |title=Nutriap |access-date=March 15, 2021 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030194724/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=myoccoyp |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Large and small predatory mammals include the [[American black bear|black bear]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[cougar]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[Canada lynx]],<ref name="l-canadensis">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lynxcana |title=Canada lynx |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130061948/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=lynxcana |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[bobcat]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> fox ([[gray fox|gray]], [[red fox|red]], and [[kit fox|kit]]),<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[coyote]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[American badger|badger]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[black-footed ferret]],<ref name="m-nigripes">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=mustnigr |title=Black-footed ferret |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719223712/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=mustnigr |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[American mink|mink]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[stoat]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[long-tailed weasel]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> [[raccoon]],<ref name="nhmu wasatch front mammals"/> and [[North American river otter|otter]].<ref name="discover-utah-llpa">{{cite web|url=http://thelivingplanet.com/discoverutah/|title=Discover Utah|publisher=[[Loveland Living Planet Aquarium]]|access-date=May 21, 2017|archive-date=June 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611104801/http://thelivingplanet.com/discoverutah/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[brown bear]] was formerly found within Utah, but has since been [[extirpation|extirpated]].<ref name="u-arctos">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=ursuarct |title=Brown bear |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719224031/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=ursuarct |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are no confirmed mating pairs of [[gray wolf|gray wolves]] in Utah, although there have been sightings in northeastern Utah along the [[Wyoming]] border.<ref name="c-lupus">{{cite web |url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=canilupu |title=Gray wolf |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232443/https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=canilupu |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="sltrib 20200603 wolf">{{cite web |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/03/gray-wolf-is-utah-first/ |title=A gray wolf is in Utah for the first time in years. The state is setting traps. |first=Zak |last=Podmore |date=June 3, 2020 |work=Salt Lake Tribune |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719233113/https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/03/gray-wolf-is-utah-first/ |archive-date=July 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Birds====
{{main|List of birds of Utah}}
As of January 2020, there were 466 species included in the official list managed by the Utah Bird Records Committee (UBRC).<ref name="ubrc 2020">{{cite web|url=http://www.utahbirds.org/checklistUtah.htm |title=Birds of Utah |date=January 2020 |publisher=Utah Birds Records Committee|access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref><ref name="ubrc aux 2020">{{cite web|url=http://www.utahbirds.org/RecCom/AuxiliaryList.htm |title=Auxiliary Lists |date=May 2017 |publisher=Utah Birds Records Committee|access-date=July 6, 2020}}</ref> Of these, 119 are classed as [[Accidental (biology)|accidental]], 29 are classed as occasional, 57 are classed as rare, and 10 have been [[Introduced species|introduced]] to Utah or North America. Eleven of the accidental species are also classed as provisional.

Due to the "[[Miracle of the Gulls]]" incident in 1848, the most well-known bird in Utah is the [[California gull]], which is also the Utah state bird.<ref name = "Pioneer">{{cite web | url = http://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/bird.html |title = Utah State Bird |access-date = August 11, 2014 | publisher = Utah.gov |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200122135458/http://onlinelibrary.utah.gov/research/utah_symbols/bird.html |archive-date = January 22, 2020 }}</ref><ref name = "Ryser">{{cite book|title=Birds of the Great Basin|first=Fred A.|last=Ryser|year=1985|location=Reno, NV, US|publisher=University of Nevada Press|page=203|isbn=0-87417-080-X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxpXq_hMxfAC&pg=PA203|access-date=August 11, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Seagull Monument|A monument]] in Salt Lake City commemorates the Miracle of the Gulls.<ref name="Ryser"/> Other gulls common to Utah include [[Bonaparte's gull]],<ref name="l-philadelphia">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=laruphil|title=Larus philadelphia|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213230552/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=laruphil|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[ring-billed gull]], and [[Franklin's gull]].

Other birds commonly found include the [[American robin]],<ref name="t-migratorius">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=turdmigr|title=Turdus migratorius|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213063241/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=turdmigr|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[common starling]], finches ([[Black rosy finch|black rosy]],<ref name="l-atrata">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=leucatra|title=Leucosticte atrata|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213135645/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=leucatra|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cassin's finch|Cassin's]],<ref name="c-cassinii">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=carpcass|title=Carpodacus cassinii|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214041445/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=carpcass|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[American goldfinch|goldfinch]]),<ref name="c-tristis">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=cardtris|title=Carduelis tristis|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213063147/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=cardtris|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[black-billed magpie]],<ref name="p-hudsonia">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=picapica|title=Pica hudsonia|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213135802/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=picapica|url-status=live}}</ref> [[mourning dove]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Two Doves |url=https://www.alpinenaturecenter.org/two-doves.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=ALPINE NATURE CENTER |language=en}}</ref> sparrows ([[house sparrow|house]], [[American tree sparrow|tree]],<ref name="s-arborea">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizarbo|title=Spizella arborea|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213063257/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizarbo|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Black-chinned sparrow|black-chinned]],<ref name="s-atrogularis">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizatro|title=Spizella atrogularis|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213140048/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizatro|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Black-throated sparrow|black-throated]],<ref name="a-bilineata">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=amphbili|title=Amphispiza bilineata|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213140215/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=amphbili|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Brewer's sparrow|Brewer's]],<ref name="s-breweri">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizbrew|title=Spizella breweri|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213230653/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizbrew|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Chipping sparrow|chipping]]),<ref name="s-passerina">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizpass|title=Spizella passerina|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215221910/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=spizpass|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Clark's grebe]],<ref name="a-clarki">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=aechclar|title=Aechmophorus clarki|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=June 24, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215222007/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=aechclar|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[ferruginous hawk]], geese ([[Snow goose|snow]], [[Cackling goose|cackling]],<ref name="b-hutchinsii">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=branhutc|title=Branta hutchinsii|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214041153/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=branhutc|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Canada goose|Canada]]),<ref name="b-canadensis">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=brancana|title=Branta canadensis|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214041249/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=brancana|url-status=live}}</ref> eagles ([[Golden eagle|golden]] and [[Bald eagle|bald]]),<ref name="h-leucocephalus">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=halileuc|title=Haliaeetus leucocephalus|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 23, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213063713/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=halileuc|url-status=live}}</ref> [[California quail]],<ref name="c-californica">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=callcali|title=Callipepla californica|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214041235/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=callcali|url-status=live}}</ref> [[mountain bluebird]], and hummingbirds ([[Calliope hummingbird|calliope]],<ref name="s-calliope">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=stelcall|title=Stellula calliope|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214041242/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=stelcall|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Black-chinned hummingbird|black-chinned]],<ref name="a-alexandri">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=archalex|title=Archilochus alexandri|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213135843/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=archalex|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Broad-tailed hummingbird|broad-tailed]]).<ref name="s-platycercus">{{cite web|url=https://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/Display.asp?FlNm=selaplat|title=Selasphorus platycercus|publisher=[[Utah Division of Wildlife Resources]]|access-date=May 29, 2017|archive-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214040937/http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=selaplat|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Invertebrates====
[[File:Latrodectus hesperus (F Theridiidae).jpg|thumb|right|Western black widow spider]]
{{main|List of arachnids of Utah|List of butterflies and moths of Utah|List of mollusks of Utah}}

Utah is host to a wide variety of [[arachnid]]s, [[insect]]s, [[mollusk]]s, and other [[invertebrate]]s. Arachnids include the [[Centruroides exilicauda|Arizona bark scorpion]],<ref name="usu-scorpion-facts">{{cite web|url=http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/ENT-68-08.pdf|title=Utah Pests Fact Sheet: Scorpions|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6qe6jAaLp?url=http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1947|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Latrodectus hesperus|Western black widow spiders]],<ref name="nhmu-bugs">{{cite web|url=https://nhmu.utah.edu/bugs-utah|title=Bugs of Utah|publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Utah]]|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701201747/https://nhmu.utah.edu/bugs-utah|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Xysticus discursans|crab spiders]],<ref name="nmsu-entelegynae-page-3">{{cite web|url=http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/spiders/entelegynes3.html|title=The Spiders of the Arid Southwest - Taxonomic Section - Entelegynae (page 3)|publisher=[[New Mexico State University]] College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126145033/http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/spiders/entelegynes3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[hobo spider]]s (''Tegenaria agrestis''),<ref name="usu-top-20-arachnids">{{cite web|url=http://utahpests.usu.edu/uppdl/htm/top-20-arachnids|title=Top 20 Arachnids|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=May 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521052156/http://utahpests.usu.edu/uppdl/htm/top-20-arachnids|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pholcus phalangioides|cellar spiders]], [[Agelenopsis|American grass spiders]], [[woodlouse spider]]s.<ref name="nhmu-bugs"/> Several spiders found in Utah are often mistaken for the [[brown recluse spider]], including the [[Loxosceles deserta|desert recluse spider]] (found only in [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]]), the cellar spider, and [[Southern house spider|crevice weaving spiders]].<ref name="usuext 20 arachnids">{{cite web |url=https://extension.usu.edu/pests/uppdl/top-20-arachnids |title=Top 20 Arachnids |publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Office |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129051733/https://extension.usu.edu/pests/uppdl/top-20-arachnids |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ksl recluse 20151010">{{cite news |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/36882486/5-of-the-most-common-spiders-in-utah |title=5 of the most common spiders in Utah |date=October 10, 2015 |first=Natalie |last=Crofts |work=[[KSL-TV]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316004147/https://www.ksl.com/article/36882486/5-of-the-most-common-spiders-in-utah |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="desnews 19921125">{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/11/25/19018756/arachnophobia-or-not-utahns-should-look-upon-spiders-as-friends |title=Arachnophobia or not, Utahns should look upon spiders as friends |date=November 25, 1992 |first=Larry A. |last=Sagers |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210316004511/https://www.deseret.com/1992/11/25/19018756/arachnophobia-or-not-utahns-should-look-upon-spiders-as-friends |url-status=live }}</ref>  The brown recluse spider has not been officially confirmed in Utah {{as of|2020|06|alt=as of summer 2020}}.<ref name="usuext summer 2020">{{cite web |url=https://extension.usu.edu/pests/files/up-newsletter/2020/UtahPestsNews-summer20.pdf |title=Murder Hornet Madness |date=2020 |issue=Summer |quote=And finally, false reports of brown recluse spiders incite fear in Utah residents (only the desert recluse spider, found in Washington County, exists in Utah). |page=7 |publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Office |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115151806/https://extension.usu.edu/pests/files/up-newsletter/2020/UtahPestsNews-summer20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the rarest insects in Utah is the [[Cicindela albissima|Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle]], found only in [[Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park]], near [[Kanab, Utah|Kanab]].<ref name="usfws-tiger-beetle">{{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=I0EW |title=Species Profile for Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima) |publisher=[[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525081829/https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=I0EW |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was proposed in 2012 to be listed as a threatened species,<ref name="2012 tiger beetle proposal">{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-02/pdf/2012-23741.pdf |title=Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Threatened Status for Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle and Designation of Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule |date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525081830/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-02/pdf/2012-23741.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the proposal was not accepted.<ref name="2012 tiger beetle withdrawal">{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-23165.pdf |title=Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule To List Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle and Designate Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule |date=October 2, 2013 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |archive-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506184803/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-23165.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other insects include [[Melanoplus sanguinipes|grasshoppers]],<ref name="usu-grasshoppers">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/cucurbits-melon/grasshoppers|title=Grasshoppers|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Services|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154353/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/cucurbits-melon/grasshoppers|url-status=live}}</ref> [[green stink bug]]s,<ref name="usu-stinkbugs">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/tomato-pepper-eggplant/stink-bugs|title=Stink Bugs|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154439/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/tomato-pepper-eggplant/stink-bugs|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Army cutworm]],<ref name="usu-potato-cutworm">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/potato/cutworms|title=Cutworms|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Services|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154408/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/potato/cutworms|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[monarch butterfly]],<ref name="butterfly-site-utah">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebutterflysite.com/utah-butterflies.shtml|title=List of Butterflies of Utah|publisher=The Butterfly Site|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615131854/http://www.thebutterflysite.com/utah-butterflies.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Speyeria mormonia|Mormon fritillary butterfly]].<ref name="butterfly-site-utah"/> The [[Hyles lineata|white-lined sphinx]] moth is common to most of the United States, but there have been reported outbreaks of large groups of their larvae damaging tomato, grape and garden crops in Utah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata|title=White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) {{!}} Butterflies and Moths of North America|website=www.butterfliesandmoths.org|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125506/https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata|archive-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Four or five species of [[firefly]] are also found across the state.<ref name="daily herald fireflies">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/spanish-fork/spanish-fork-resident-shows-off-fireflies-for-community/article_ec3dfc61-d033-559b-8889-34b8e2caeca1.html |title=Spanish Fork resident shows off fireflies for community |first=Katie |last=England |date=June 10, 2018 |work=[[Daily Herald (Utah)|The Daily Herald]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612203739/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/spanish-fork/spanish-fork-resident-shows-off-fireflies-for-community/article_ec3dfc61-d033-559b-8889-34b8e2caeca1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2009, [[Africanized honeybee]]s were found in southern Utah.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/africanized_bees_found_in_utah.html African bees found in Utah for the first time] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912145440/http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/africanized_bees_found_in_utah.html |date=September 12, 2016 }}. Associated Press. February 12, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ag.utah.gov/news/africanmainpage.html |title=Utah Department of Agriculture and Food |publisher=Ag.utah.gov |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020154420/http://ag.utah.gov/news/africanmainpage.html |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bees had spread into eight counties in Utah, as far north as [[Grand County, Utah|Grand]] and [[Emery County, Utah|Emery]] counties by May 2017.<ref name="ksl 20170518">{{cite news |url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44294722&nid=148&title=killer-bees-now-documented-in-8-utah-counties |title=Killer bees now documented in 8 Utah counties |date=May 18, 2017 |first=Becky |last=Wright |work=[[KSL-TV]] |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520212841/http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44294722&nid=148&title=killer-bees-now-documented-in-8-utah-counties |archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>