BIOL 403, Invertebrate Field Zoology, Fall 2006
Department of Biology, Samford University
Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, Professor

Specimen Collection
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Collection data:  4 Sept 2006, Oak Mountain State Park, Shelby Co., Alabama

Agelenopsis web Christmas spider Diapheromera femorata, Walkingstick Ephemeridae, Mayfly Dolomedes vittatus
Froghopper Neoconocephalus ensiger, Sword bearing katydid Frontinella pyramitela, Bowl and doily web Frontinella pyramitela Geologist turns botanist
Neriene radiata, Filmy dome spider Filmy dome web Ichneumonidae, Ichneumonid wasp Hentiza palmarum, Long jawed jumping spider Flatid, Planthopper
Acrosternum hilare, Green stink bug Gryllus pennsylvanicus, Fall field cricket White micrathena web (Micrathena mitrata) Micrathena mitrata, White micrathena Tetragnatha laboriosa
Araneus marmoreus, Marbled orbweaver Araneus marmoreus, Marbled Orbweaver web Pachydiplax longipennis, Blue dasher Tim gives a self mini lecture Pemphigidae wooly aphid
Popilius disjunctus, Bess beetle Pisaurina mira, Nursery web spider Robber fly Musca Domestica, House fly Schizocosa crassipes female, Brush legged spider
Short legged harvestman Slantfaced grasshopper Put ya left foot out
 


Collection data:  11 Sept 2006, Oak Mountain State Park, Shelby Co., Alabama

Calopteryx maculata, Ebony jewelwing Halysidota tessellaris, Banded tussock moth Phobetron pithecium, hag moth caterpillar Comma butterfly caterpillar Polygonia interrogationis, Questionmark caterpillar
Eastern swallowtail butterfly Sleepy orange butterfly Monarch butterfly Carolina satyr butterfly Red-banded haristreak
Moth (unidentified) Metepeira labyrinthea, Labyrinth orbweaver Neoscona domicilorum Gasteracantha cancriformis Jumping spider
Green anole, Anolis carolinensis Praying mantis Praying mantis eggcase Invertebrate Field Zoology class Conehead grasshopper
Eastern boxelder bug Family Muscidae Chrysopa sp., Ant lion    


Collection data:  18 September 2006, Lakeshore Drive powerline,
City of Homewood, Jefferson Co., Alabama

Pearl crescent butterfly, Phyciodes tharos Cloudless sulphur, Phoebis sennae Common buckeye, Junonia coenia Gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae Fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus
Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus American snout butterfly, Libytheana carinenta Chinese mantid, Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Jumping spider, Phidippus sp. Southern black widow spider (male), Latrodectus mactans
Leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus        


Collection data:  25 September 2006, Upper Fishing Lake,
Oak Mountain State Park, Shelby Co., Alabama

Myrmekiaphila fluviatilis White banded crab spider, Misumenoides formosipes Cyclosa conica (male) in web Labyrinth orbweaver, Metepeira labyrinthea Gasteracantha cancriformis
Marbled orbweaver, Araneus marmoreus Passion flower (host for gulf fritillary Verrucosa arenata Caterpillar Fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus


Collection data:  2 October 2006, Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama

Homo sapien - Jane Brock Isia isabella, Woolly bear caterpillar Reduviid Carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica
Green lynx with egg case, Peucetia viridans Jumping spider, Platycryptus undatus Marbled orbweaver, Araneus marmoreus Neoscona crucifera Neoscona domicilorum
Purseweb spider, Sphodros rufipes Purseweb spider web Argiope aurantia    


Collection data: 9 October 2006, rocky outcrop at Peavine Falls,
Oak Mountain State Park, Shelby Co., Alabama

Anasaitis canosa Pelegrina galathea, peppered jumper Hibana gracilis Ctenus hibernalis Dolomedes scriptus
Pardosa sp., stone spider Pardosa sp. Habronattus agilis Eurema lisa, Little Yellow (male) Eurema lisa, Little Yellow
Strymon melinus, gray hairstreak Vanessa atalanta, red admiral Scolopendra sp., centipede Centruroides gracilis Tibicen linneiLinne's cicada
Narceus americanus, millipede Chalcophora virginiensis      


Collection data:  23 October 2006, Samford University parking deck,
Homewood, Jefferson Co., Alabama

Achaearanea tepidariorum Kukulcania hibernalis, crevice spider Kukulcania hibernalis, Southern house spider Pholcus phalangioides Ceuthophilus sp.
Adalia bipunctata Earwig, order Dermaptera      


Collection data:  30 October 2006, Cahaba River at Old Overton Road, Canoe Lauch
Jefferson Co., Alabama

Dolomedes scriptus Eris marginata, Bronze jumper Lyssomanes viridis, Magnolia green jumper    
Macroinvertebrates
Corbicula sp., freshwater bivalve Somatogyrus sp., Freshwater snails on penny Cambarus sp., Crayfish Physella sp., Freshwater snail Elimia sp., Freshwater snail
Jane Brock & Tim Martin develop photography methods Psephenus sp., Water penny beetle larva Heptageniid, mayfly larva Dromogomphus sp., Dragonfly larva Gomphus sp., Dragonfly larva
Acroneuria sp., Stonefly larva Isonychia sp., Mayfly larva Argia sp., Damselfly larva Cheumatopsyche sp., Caddisfly larva Rhagovelia obesa, Waterstrider
Tipula sp., Cranefly larva Corydalus cornutus, Eastern dobsonfly larva      

 

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