Mason DeFoe's Riparian Padlet by Mason DeFoe

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Common Name

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Greenhouse Millipede

Scientific Name

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Oxidus gracilis

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Common Name

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Common Pill Woodlouse

Scientific Name

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Armadillidium vulgare

Living Condition

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It lives in a variety of habitats, but prefers chalk and limestone soils and turf. It emerges at night to feed and can be seen climbing trees and walls in search of mildew and rotting plants to feed on.

Food Chain

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Pill woodlice feed on dead plant matter, as well as lichen and algae. They find food using their senses of taste and smell.

Apart from man, its main predators are centipedes, toads, shrews and spiders.

Region

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restricted to calcareous soils or coastal areas.

Sources

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Pill woodlouse | The Wildlife Trusts

The Wildlife Trusts

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org › invertebrates › pill-wood...

Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare) - Woodland Trust

Woodland Trust

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk › animals › crustaceans

Woodlice fact sheet - Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest

https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk › sites › default › files

Armadillidium vulgare

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Armadillidium_vulgare

Common Name

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Carolina Grasshopper

Scientific Name

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Dissosteria carolina

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Common Name

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American Winter Ant

Scientific Name

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Prenolepis imparis

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Common Name

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Western Poison Ivy

Scientific Name

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Toxicodendron rydbergii

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Common Name

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Iowa Darter

Scientific Name

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Etheostoma exile

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Common Name

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Smallmouth Bass

Scientific Name

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Micropterus dolomieu

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Common Name

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Mimic Lymnaea

Scientific Name

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Pseudosuccinea columella

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Common Name

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Largemouth Bass

Scientific Name

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Micropterus nigricans

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Common Name

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Bluegill

Scientific Name

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Lepomis macrochirus

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Common Name

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Two-striped Grasshopper

Scientific Name

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Melanoplus bivittatus

Living Condition

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Prefers cool environments with a lot of moisture.

Food Chain

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They are crucial for recycling deceased plant material, aerating soil, and providing sustenance for a variety of organisms, including reptiles, birds, mammals, and predatory insects.

Region

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They occur in tropical and temperate areas and are common throughout the United States.

Sources

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Greenhouse millipede - Wikipedia

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Greenhouse_millipede

Living Condition

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Weedy Grasslands

Food Chain

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The Carolina grasshopper feeds readily on downy brome, smooth brome, western wheatgrass, wheat, barley, dandelion, and kochia.

Dissosteira carolina are preyed on by various animals, including many birds, pallid bats, Carolina wolf spiders, praying mantis, and great black wasps

Region

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Ranges widely in North America.

Sources

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Carolina Grasshopper | Entomology - University of Wyoming

University of Wyoming

https://www.uwyo.edu › grasshoppers › field-guide › dica

Dissosteira carolina - Wikipedia

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dissosteira_carolina

Living Condition

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They are at their best during or after cold rains, or a cold, humid period with overcast skies. They were most active outdoors between 35° and 55° F. all winter, but they occasionally crawled over the soil below 30° F. or above 60° F.

Food Chain

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Winter ants consume only liquids, especially the sugary liquid waste of aphids, the nectar of flowers, the secretions of oak-galls, sap and rotting fruit.

American winter ants, or Prenolepis imparis, are preyed upon by various predators, including:

Predators:

1. Ants: Other ant species may raid their colonies.

2. Spiders: Many types of spiders will eat ants.

3. Birds: Certain bird species, like swallows and chickadees, will hunt ants.

4. Mammals: Small mammals like shrews or some rodents may eat ants as well.

5. Lizards: Some reptiles may also feed on ants.

Region

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The species is found in North America, from Canada to Mexico.

Living Condition

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It prefers rich soils, good moisture and the partial shade of forest edges, but seems to be able to grow almost anywhere except on very dry hot sites.

Food Chain

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serves as a vital resource for various wildlife species, providing them with food

Region

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That occurs widely across the western states, Great Plains, and northeast.

Sources

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Prenolepis imparis - Wikipedia

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Prenolepis_imparis

AntWeb

https://www.antweb.org

Are you seeing ants? The American winter ... - Cambridge Day

Cambridge Day

https://www.cambridgeday.com › ... › Wild Things

Prenolepis imparis - AntWiki

AntWiki

https://www.antwiki.org › wiki › Prenolepis_imparis

Living Condition

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It typically prefers cooler and clearer water, usually with abundant rooted vegetation

Food Chain

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Smallmouth bass and several kinds of trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) prey on darters.

Darters usually eat a variety of small aquatic insects such as the larvae of midges, mosquitoes, blackflies, caddisflies, mayflies, and stoneflies, and small crustaceans such as aquatic isopods and amphipods, small crayfish, and sometimes snails. Different species have slightly different diets.

Region

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The Midwest.

Sources

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Poison Ivy: The Misunderstood Native Plant - Plan it Wild

Plan it Wild

https://www.planitwild.com › news1 › poison-ivy-the-mis...

Western Poison-ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

US Forest Service (.gov)

https://www.fs.usda.gov › wildflowers › plant-of-the-week

Poison Ivy - NYSDEC

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - NY.gov

https://dec.ny.gov › nature › animals-fish-plants › poison...

Sources

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Darters | Missouri Department of Conservation

Missouri Department of Conservation

https://mdc.mo.gov › discover-nature › field-guide › dar...

Greenside darter - BioKIDS

BioKIDS - University of Michigan

https://www.biokids.umich.edu › Etheostoma_blennioides

Iowa Darter | Natural Heritage - Illinois.gov

Illinois.gov

https://naturalheritage.illinois.gov › soi › documents

Living Condition

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Adult smallmouth bass live in shallow rocky areas of lakes and in the clear and gravel bottom runs and flowing pools of rivers.

Food Chain

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Juveniles consume zooplankton, insect larvae, small fish and crayfish. Adults feed on insects, amphibians, fish and crayfish, as well as the young of other smallmouth bass.

Predators include other fish, turtles and birds like ospreys and kingfishers.

Region

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Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is native to the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, and upper Mississippi basins, from south Quebec to North Dakota and south to north Alabama and eastern Oklahoma (Page and Burr 1991).

Sources

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Micropterus dolomieu - Marine Invasions research at SERC

Smithsonian Institution

https://invasions.si.edu › nemesis › species_summary

Smallmouth Bass - Chesapeake Bay Program

chesapeakebay.net

https://www.chesapeakebay.net › field-guide › entry › s...

Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieui)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)

https://www.fws.gov › species › smallmouth-bass-microp...

Living Condition

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Food Chain

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Region

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Sources

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50 Fish, 50 States: Bluegill Break - Cool Green Science

Cool Green Science - The Nature Conservancy

https://blog.nature.org › 2023/04/11 › 50-fish-50-states-...

Bluegill (Lepomis machrochirus) - IN.gov

IN.gov

https://www.in.gov › kids › files › Bluegill_web_pdf

Biology of Bluegill

Maryland Department of Natural Resources (.gov)

https://dnr.maryland.gov › Documents › education

Living Condition

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Largemouth bass live mainly in lakes and rivers. The optimal habitat for this species include slow moving, quiet, clear waters with soft, shallow substrates. Dense vegetation is ideal for avoiding predation and being predators themselves.

Food Chain

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they'll eat just about anything you have in the lake including shad, bluegill, yellow perch, crappie, tilapia, catfish, crawfish and yes, even other bass.

Adult largemouth are generally apex predators within their habitat, but they are preyed upon by many animals while young, including great blue herons, larger bass, northern pike, walleye, muskellunge, yellow perch, channel catfish, northern water snakes, crappie, common carp, and American eels.

Region

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The range of largemouth bass within North America extends from the St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay (Red River), and into the Mississippi River basin. Largemouth bass are also found in Atlantic drainages from North Carolina to Florida and into northern Mexico.

Sources

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Living Condition

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Bluegills are primarily freshwater fish. They are found in warm, quiet water – ponds, lakes, reservoirs and slow moving streams and rivers – with sand, mud or gravel bottoms and plenty of aquatic vegetation in which to hide.

Food Chain

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Bluegills mostly feed on insects both aquatic and terrestrial. They also eat snails, small crayfish, zooplankton (microscopic animals),other fish and fish eggs.

Largemouth bass are the most common predator for bluegill but other fish such as walleye, muskellunge, striped bass, white bass, etc. will eat bluegill. Terrestrial predators include the

Region

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They are now found in nearly every state

Sources

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Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (.gov)

https://www.fws.gov › species › largemouth-bass-microp...

Supplemental Feeding: The Fish “Food Chain” on Steroids | Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak

https://www.mossyoak.com › blogs › fishing › suppleme...

Largemouth bass - Wikipedia

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Largemouth_bass

Micropterus salmoides - Largemouth bass

Animal Diversity Web

https://animaldiversity.org › accounts › Micropterus_sal...

Living Condition

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The twostriped grasshopper, Melanoplus bivittatus (Say), occurs widely in North America inhabiting tall, lush, herbaceous vegetation. Dense populations may reside in tallgrass prairie, wet meadows, roadsides, ditch banks, and crop borders.

Food Chain

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Two-striped grasshoppers feed on grasses and broad-leaved plants.

Mice, rats, shrews, gophers and badgers all eat grasshoppers and their egg pods. Coyotes, skunks, lizards, snakes, toads, bobcats and kit foxes eat nymphs and adults.