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THE NATURE CONSERVANCY/LORQUIN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY INSECT SURVEY Hamilton Preserve (Preliminary results: field identifications) Date: 6-1-91, 6-2-91 Observers: R. & J. Garrison, J. Cole, A. Evans, J. Fujita, G. Larsson, M. Ortiz, R. Watkins Capt?: X= captured, no= not captured; H= Hamilton Preserve; DP= Devil's Punchbowl; p-j= pinyon-juniper woodland Order/Family/Genus/species/Common name Capt? Abundance Microhabitat Notes Order Ephemeropter (mayflies) Unknown family 1 species ? 1 H, pond larva Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Aeshnidae (darners) Aeshna multicolor no occasional DP, p-j seen Libellulidae (common skimmers) Paltothemis lineatipes X occasional DP, riparian Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselflies) Argia vivida X occasional H, pond Enallagma civile X 1 H, pond Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets) Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) Trimerotropus pallidipennis X common H,p-j Arphia ramona X 1 DP, canyon Blattidae (cockroaches) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j soil nr. trashcan Unknown family (cockroach) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Order Isoptera (termites) Hodotermitidae Zootermopsis angusticollis X 1 DP, p-j at light, reproductive adult (dampwood termite) Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 2 Thysanoptera (thrips) Unknown family 1 species no 1 DP, p-j seen Order Hemiptera (true bugs) Miridae (plant bugs, leaf bugs) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j 1 species, probably Miridae X 1 DP, p-j 2 species X occasional DP, p-j at light Veliidae (broad-shouldered water striders) 1 species no occasioinal DP, stream water surface, seen Order Homoptera(cicadas, aphids, hoppers, etc.) Cicadidae (cicadas) Okanagana sp. X occasional DP, p-j Cicadellidae (leafhoppers) 1 species no 1 DP, p-j Order Neuroptera (snakeflies, antlions, lacewings, etc) Raphidiidae (snakeflies) Agulla sp. X 1 Chrysopidae (common lacewings) 1 species X 3 DP, p-j at light 1 species X 2 DP, p-j at light Myrmeleontidae (antlions) 1 species no 1 H, nr. pond larval pit 5 species X common DP, p-j at light black light Order Coleoptera (beetles) Carabidae (ground beetles) Callosoma sp. X 1 DP, p-j Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles) 1 species X frequent H, pond Staphylinidae (rove beetles) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 3 Coleoptera, Cont. Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles) Dichelonyx truncata X common DP, p-j on flannel bush, Fremontodendron Dichelonyx muscula X common DP, p-j on mountain mahogany, Cercocarpus Diplotaxis sp. X 1 DP, p-j at light Phyllophaga xerophila X 3 DP, p-j at light Polyphylla decemlineata X occasional DP, p-j at light (12-lined June beetle) Serica sp. X common DP, p-j at light 1 species X common DP, p-j on bushes 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Buprestidae (matallic wood-boring beetles) Acmaeodera sp. X 1 H, p-j on flowers 1 species X 1 H, p-j 1 species X occasional DP, p-j Cantharidae (soldier beetles) Cantharis pruinosus X 2 DP, p-j in black light Cleridae (checkered beetles) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Nitidulidae (sap beetles) 1 species X occasional DP, p-j Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles) Hippodemia convergens X common H, p-j (convergent ladybird beetle) 1 species, no spots X common H, p-j 1 species, tortoise beetle X 1 DP, p-j Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles) Eleodes sp. X 3 DP, p-j 2 to insect zoo 1 species X occasional DP, p-j Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 4 Coleoptera, Cont. Zopheridae (darkling beetles) Phloedes pustulosus X 1 DP, p-j canyon (ironclad beetle) Meloidae (blister beetles) 1 species X occasional DP, p-j canyon Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles) 1 species X 1 H, p-j Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles) Saxinis saucia X common H, pond on flowers (red-shouldered leaf beetle) Subfamily Lamiinae: 1 species X few DP, p-j Subfamily Lepturinae: longhorn X occasional DP, p-j 1 species, metallic green X 1 DP, p-j 1 species, green X occasional DP, p-j 1 species, gray X occasional DP, p-j 1 species, metallic blue, 2 red spots X occasional DP, p-j Curculionidae (weevils) Scyphophorus yuccae X common DP, p-j (yucca weevil) Order Trichoptera (caddisflies) Limnephilidae (northern caddisflies) 1 species, free-living X 2 DP, p-j at light Order Lepidoptera (moths, butterlies, skippers) Prodoxidae (yucca moths) 1 species X 3 DP, p-j on yucca (day) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j on yucca (day) Tortricidae (tortricid moths) 2 species X occasional DP, p-j at light Pterophoridae (plume moths) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 5 Lepidoptera, Cont. Pyralidae (snout moths, grass moths) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Hesperiidae (skippers) Heliopetes ericetorum X 1 DP, p-j 1 species ? 1 H & DP, p-j Papilionidae (swallowtails) Papilio rutulus no 1 DP, riparian Pieridae (whites, sulphurs, orange-tips) Anthocharis sara sara X frequent H & DP, riparian second brood (sara orange-tip) Pieris protodice no 2 DP, canyon (checkered white) Lycaenidae (blues, etc.) Plebejus acmon X 6 H, p-j on flowers no 4-5 DP, p-j on flowers Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak) X 2 H, DP Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies) Vanessa cardui (painted lady) X abundant DP, p-j migrating northwestward Geometridae (geometrid moths) Nemoria sp., green X uncommon DP, p-j at light 3 species X occasional DP, p-j at light 1 species, green X uncommon DP, p-j at light 1 species X 1 H, riparian larva (inchworm) Sphingidae (sphinx moths) Hyles lineata X 3 DP, p-j larvae on Amsinckia; to zoo (white-lined sphinx) Sphinx perelegans (elegant sphinx) X uncommon DP, p-j at light Noctuidae (noctuid moths) Subfamily Plusiinae: 1 species X occasional DP, p-j at light 1 species X 1 DP, p-j resembles bird dropping; day 10 species X occasional DP, p-j at light Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 6 Lepidoptera, cont. Unknown family (moth) 1 species X common DP, p-j at light Order Diptera (flies) Tipulidae (crane flies) 1 species X 4 DP, p-j at light Culcidae (mosquitoes) Culex sp.? X common DP, p-j Asilidae (robber flies) Efferia sp. X common H, p-j on brush 2 species X occasional H, p-j 1 species X 1 DP, canyon Bombyliidae (bee flies) Anthrax analis X common H, p-j Anthrax, 2 spp. X uncommon H, p-j Bombylius major X common H, p-j (greater bee fly) Bombylius sp. X uncommon H, p-j 1 species, small X 1 H, p-j Syrphidae (syrphid flies) Metasyrphus sp. X 2 DP, p-j at light 1 species X occasional DP, p-j Muscidae (houseflies, etc.) Musca? sp. no common DP, p-j Order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants) Tenthredinidae (common sawflies) 1 species X occasional DP, p-j larvae: on pinyon and mountain mohogany Ichneumonidae (ichneumons) prob. Ophion sp. X occasional DP, p-j at light Cynipidae (gall wasps) 1 species no common H, p-j galls only, on sagebrush Hamilton Preserve Insect Survey, Page 7 Hymenoptera, Cont. Formicidae (ants) Camponotus sp. (carpenter ant) no occasional DP, p-j at night Liometopum occidentale (probable) no common DP, p-j on Fremontodendron (velvety tree ant) flannel bush Myrmecocystus? sp. no common H, p-j (honeypot ant) Pogonomyrmex sp. no common H, p-j (havester ant) Tiphiidae (tiphiid wasps) 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light Mutilidae (velvet ants) Dasymutila sp. X occasional DP, p-j, riparian to insect zoo Pompilidae (spider wasps) Anoplia sp. (hunting wasp) no common H, p-j Sphecidae (sphecid wasps) Ammophila sp. X 1 H, p-j on soil (thread-waisted wasp) Anthophoridae (carpenter bees, etc) 1 species X 1 H, p-j Unknown family 1 species X 1 DP, p-j at light