2006 BIOBLITZ
484 species
Sunnybrook Preserve
Saturday, June 3
Start: 8:05am, 16 degrees C,
winds calm, overcast
End: 15:30pm, 19.5 degrees C, light NW winds, mostly cloudy
Rainy and cool the previous day |
Insects/Arthropods
Dragonflies, Damselflies
Common Baskettail
Azure Bluet (uncommon)
Familiar Bluet
Lancet Clubtail
Aurora Damsel (uncommon)
Eastern Red Damsel (rare)
Green Darner
Blue Dasher
Eastern Forktail
Fragile Forktail
Ebony Jewelwing
Calico Pennant
Eastern Pondhawk
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
Spiketail (spp?) (uncommon)
Slender Spreadwing
Sedge Sprite (uncommon)
Common Whitetail
Dot-tailed Whiteface |

Sedge Sprite (uncommon) |
Butterflies, Skippers, Moths
Pearl Crescent
Little Wood Satyr
Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Red-Spotted Purple
Cabbage White
Eastern-tailed Blue
Spring Azure
Peck’s Skipper
Black Dash Skipper
Hobomok Skipper
False Crocus Geometer
Brown Geometer (caterpillar)
Thin-winged Owlet Moth
Eight-spotted Forester Moth
Promethea Moth (cocoon)
Grape Leaf Roller Moth |
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Spiders
Nursery Web Spider
Six-dotted Dolomedes
Orchard Orb Weaver
Long-jawed Orb Weaver
Black and White Jumper
Reckless Jumper
Transverse Banded Crab Spider |
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Aquatics
Crayfish (spp?)
Water Scavenger Beetle
Water Boatman
Oligochaete Worm
Water Strider
Mayfly nymphs |
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Fish
SunnyBrook Preserve
Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
Southern Redbelly Dace ( Phoxinus erythrogaster)
Johnny Darter (Etheostoma nigrum)
Blacknose Dace (Rhinichthys atratulus)
Central Stoneroller Minnow (Campostoma anomalum)
Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni)
Creek Chub (Semotilus atromaculatus)
Green Sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
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Fish at top:Southern Redbelly Dace. Fish below: Redside Dace |
Beetles
Cantharidae
Cantharis ?
Chrysomelidae
Chrysochus auratus
Staphylinidae
rove beetle sp. 1
Carabidae
ground beetle sp. 1
12-spotted Tiger beetle (Cicindela duodecimguttata)
Common Black Ground beetle (Pterostichus sp.)
Green metallic ground beetle (Chlaenius sericeus)
Striped Flea beetles (Disonycha sp.)
Lady Beetle eggs |
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True bugs
Coreidae
leaf-footed bug sp. 1
Corixidae
Hesperocorixus ?
Gerridae
Gerris remigis
Hoppers (Homoptera)
Membracidae
tree-hopper sp. 1 |
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Other Insects
Daddy Longlegs Harvester
Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris)
Camel cricket (Ceuthophilus sp.)
Speckled Leg Stink bug (Euschistus sp.)
Pill bug (Porcellio sp. 1)
Centipede (Scolopendridae)
Millipede (Polydesmida) |
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Flies
Tipulidae
Tipula abdominalis
Pedicia albovitta
Culicidae
Aedes sp.
Mycetophilidae
fungus gnat sp. 1
Chironomidae
many spp. of midges
Ptychopteridae
Bittacomorpha claviceps
Psychodidae
moth fly sp. 1
Empididae
Rhamphomyia ?
Bibionidae
Bibio sp. 1
Rhagionidae
Rhagio sp. 1
Chrysopilus ornatus
Lonchopteridae
Lonchoptera sp. 1
Sepsidae
Sepsis sp. 1
Syrphidae
Helophilus sp. 1
Sciomyzidae
Tetanocera plumosa
Sepedon gracillicornis
Pherbellia nana
Dryomyzidae
Dryomyza sp. 1
Opomyzidae
Opomyza petrei
Micropezidae
Compsobata univitta
Drosophilidae
Drosophila sp. 1
Chloropidae
Meromyza americana
Chlorops sp. 1
Elachiptera costata
Ephydridae
Parydra sp. 1
Notiphila nr. Aenigma
Discocerina obscurella
Hydrellia griseola
Muscidae
Cordillura sp. 1
Anthyomyiidae
anthomyiid fly sp. 1
Alderfly (Sialis sp.)
Stonefly (Agnetina sp.)
Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
Robber fly - Bumblebee mimic - (Laphria sp.)
Common Scorpion fly (Panorpa sp.)
Marsh fly (Sepedon sp.)
Syrphid fly (Merodon sp.)
Syrphid fly (Melanostoma mellium)
Syrphid fly (Xylotini tribe)
Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma sp.)
Micropezid fly (Compsobata sp.)
Snipe fly (Chrysopilus sp.)
Gold-backed Snipe fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)
Long-legged fly – likely a dolichopodid - (Argyra sp.)
Phantom Crane Flies
Crane Fly spp.
Caddisflies
Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma sp. 1
Uenoidae
Neophylax sp. 1
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsyche sp. 1
Hangingflies
Bittacidae
Bittacomorpha sp. 1 |

Leopard Frog
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Amphibians/Reptiles
Frogs & Toads
Wood Frog
Green Frog
Bull Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Pickerel Frog
Gray Tree Frog
Spring Peeper
American Toad
Salamanders
Red-backed Salamander (lead and red backed phase)
Northern Dusky Salamander
Mountain Dusky Salamander
Northern Two-lined Salamander
Eastern Red-spotted Newt (Red Eft)
Snakes
Northern Brown Snake
Midland Brown Snake
Eastern Garter Snake
Eastern Milk Snake |
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Mammals
Woodland Jumping Mouse (Napaeozapus insignis)
Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius)
Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamius striatus)
Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculauis)
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Hoary Bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Eastern Coyote (Canis latrans)
Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Mink (Mustela vison)
Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
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Hoary Bat |
Birds
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Wild Turkey
House Wren
Carolina Wren
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Cardinal
Gray Catbird
American Crow
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
Black-capped Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Eastern Kingbird
American Robin
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-pewee
House Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Wood Thrush
Veery
Eastern Towhee
Belted Kingfisher
American Redstart
Hooded Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Louisiana Waterthrush
Baltimore Oriole
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Ovenbird
Scarlet Tanager
Acadian Flycatcher
Great-crested Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Creeper
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Indigo Bunting
Wood Duck
Mallard (eggs) |
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PLANTAE
Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Hawthorne (Crataegus crus-galli.)
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
Black Birch (Betula lenta)
River Birch (Betula nigra)
Iron wood (Carpinus caroliniana)
American Chestnut (Castanea dentate)
Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Red Osier Dogwood (cornus stolinifera)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Black Maple (Acer saccharum var. nigrum)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
Arrow wood Viburnum (Viburnum recognitum)
Nannyberry Viburnum (Viburnum lentago)
Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
American Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum trilobum) – STATE ENDANGERED (only the 2nd record of this plant in Geauga County)
Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Speckled Alder (Alnus incana)
Alder-leaved Buckthorn (Rhamnus alnifolia)
Downy Serviceberry (Amelaanchier arborea)
Amelanchier sp.
Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
Hearts-a-bursting (euonymus americanus)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Juniper (Juniperus sp.)
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Crab Apple (Malus sp.)
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)
Pinus sp.
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Sycamore (Plantanis accidentalis)
Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
Big-tooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Wild Black Current (Ribes americanum)
Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
Wild Gooseberry (Ribes oxyacanthoides)
Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina)
Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
Common Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
Willows (Salix sp.)
Red Elder (Sambucus pubens)
Common Greenbriar (Smilax rotundifolia)
European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia)
Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
Canada Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Red Elm (Ulmus rubra)
Summer Grape (Vitis aestivalis)
Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)
Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale)
Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Deer-Tongue grass (Panicum clandestinum)
Carex vulpinoidea
Juncus sp.
Luzula sp.
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
False Solomon’s Seal (Similacina racemosa)
Swamp Beggar-tick (Bidens discoidea)
Blue Flag Iris (Iris Similacina racemosa versicolor)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Wide-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
Running Strawberry (Euonymus obovatus)
Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum)
Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Spotted Touch-me-Not (Impatiens capensis)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
Red Trillium - Toadshade (Trillium sessile)
Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
Creeping Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
Tall White Lettuce (Prenanthes altissima)
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)
Broad-leaved Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris)
White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
Large-leaved Aster (Aster macrophyllus)
Crooked-stemmed Aster (Aster prenanthoides)
Aster sp.
Common Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)
Bird’s Eye Primrose (Primula laurentiana)
Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)
False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
Broad Leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
Woodland Sedge (Carex sp)
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Turtle Head (Chelone glabra)
Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Common Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana)
Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
Honewart (Crypototaenia canadensis)
Dodder (Cuscuta sp.)
Trefoil (Desmodium)
Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Beech Drops (Epifagus viginiana)
Willow Herb (Epilobium sp.)
Flea Bane (Erigeron annuus)
Trout Lilly (Erythronium americanum)
Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Rough Bedstraw (Galium asprellum)
Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)
Sweet-scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
White Avens (Geum canadense)
Water Avens (Geum rivale) POTENTIALLY THREATENED
Flattened Oat Grass (Danthonia compressa)
Swamp Wedge Scale (Sphenopholis pensylvanica)- POTENTIALLY THREATENED
Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Velvet Grass (Holcus lanatus)
Orange Jewel Weed (Impatiens carpensis)
Yellow Jewel Weed (Impatiens pallida)
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
Sweet Pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
Miterwort (Mitella diphylla)
Forget-me-nots (Myosotis scorpiodes)
Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytoni)
Oxalis sp.
Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis)
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Common Plantain (Plantago major)
Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum)
Polygonum sp.
Jump Seed (Polygonum virginianum)
Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex)
White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
Lion’s Foot (Prenanthes serpentaria)
Primrose sp.
Yellow Mandarin (Prosartes lanuginosa)
Hairy Mountain Mint (Pycnanthmum verticillatum)
Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)
Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Crowfoot Buttercup (Ranunculus arborvitus)
Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidis)
Coneflower (Ruddeckia lanciniata)
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
Bloodroot (Sanguinera canadensis)
Snakeroot (Sanicula trifoliata)
Swamp Saxifrage (Saxifraga pensylvanica)
Golden Ragwort (Senecio aureus)
Deadly Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Wrinkled-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa)
Bog Goldenrod (Solidago ulignosa)
Comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Common Cattail (Typha latfolia)
Stinging Nettles (Urtica dioica)
American Brooklime (Veronica americana)
Bird’s Eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)
Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)
Vinca (Vinca minor)
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)
Marsh Violet (Viola cucullata)
Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata)
Long Spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)
Round-leaved Yellow Violet (Viola rotundifolia)
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Spinulose Wood Fern (Dryopteris spinulosa)
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
Lady Fern (Athyrium filix –femina)
Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrostichoides)
Crested Wood Fern (Dryopteris cristata)
Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia )
Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
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Invasive Plants
Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Garlic Mustard (Allaria petiolata)
Common Reed Grass (Phragmites australis)
FUNGI
Crown coral (Clavicorona pyxidata)
Gem-studded Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum)
Orange Sac fungus (Scutellinia setosa)
Artist’s Cork (Ganoderma applanatum)
Matchstick Lichen (Cladonia bacillaris)
Pixie-Cup Lichen (Cladonia chlorophaea)
Candlestick Lichen (Cladonia coniocraea)
Wall Lichen (Lecanora muralis)
Dotted-shield Lichen (Parmelia hypoleucites)
Yellow-green Shield Lichen (Parmelia ulophyllodes)
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