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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Celebrating the surprising biodiversity of a county sometimes relegated to being thought of as just cornfields! Will be adding to this incrementally with confirmed observations of all forms of life in Lee County, using sources such as INHS, several guides, natural area catalogs, and of course ...more ↓

Blackside darter 1
Percina maculata
Slenderhead darter 2
Percina phoxocephala
Rainbow Darter 3
Etheostoma caeruleum
Fantail Darter 4
Etheostoma flabellare
Johnny Darter 5
Etheostoma nigrum
Banded darter 6
Etheostoma zonale
Sauger 7
Sander canadensis
Walleye 8
Sander vitreus
Smallmouth Bass 9
Micropterus dolomieu
Spotted Bass 10
Micropterus punctulatus
Largemouth Bass 10
Micropterus salmoides
Green Sunfish 2
Lepomis cyanellus
Orangespotted Sunfish 11
Lepomis humilis
Bluegill 12
Lepomis macrochirus
Rock Bass 13
Ambloplites rupestris
Brook stickleback 14
Culaea inconstans
Stonecat 15
Noturus flavus
Black Bullhead 16
Ameiurus melas
Yellow Bullhead 2
Ameiurus natalis
Channel Catfish 17
Ictalurus punctatus
European Carp 18
Cyprinus carpio
Golden Shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Emerald shiner 19
Notropis atherinoides
River Shiner 20
Notropis blennius
Bigmouth Shiner
Notropis dorsalis
Spottail Shiner 21
Notropis hudsonius
Ozark Minnow 22
Notropis nubilus
Rosyface Shiner 5
Notropis rubellus
Sand Shiner
Notropis stramineus
Common Shiner 15
Luxilus cornutus
Bluntnose Minnow 23
Pimephales notatus
Fathead Minnow 13
Pimephales promelas
Bullhead Minnow 24
Pimephales vigilax
Blacknose Dace 25
Rhinichthys atratulus
Creek Chub 26
Semotilus atromaculatus
Hornyhead Chub 27
Nocomis biguttatus
Central Stoneroller 28
Campostoma anomalum
Largescale Stoneroller 15
Campostoma oligolepis
Southern Redbelly Dace 1
Chrosomus erythrogaster
Red Shiner 29
Cyprinella lutrensis
Spotfin Shiner 30
Cyprinella spiloptera
Gravel Chub
Erimystax x-punctatus
Mississippi Silvery Minnow
Hybognathus nuchalis
Redfin Shiner 31
Lythrurus umbratilis
Silver Chub 32
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Suckermouth Minnow 33
Phenacobius mirabilis
Northern Hog Sucker 34
Hypentelium nigricans
Golden Redhorse
Moxostoma erythrurum
Shorthead Redhorse 32
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
White Sucker 34
Catostomus commersonii
Spotted Sucker 35
Minytrema melanops
River Carpsucker 11
Carpiodes carpio
Quillback 22
Carpiodes cyprinus
Highfin Carpsucker
Carpiodes velifer
Bigmouth Buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus
American Gizzard Shad 36
Dorosoma cepedianum
Blackstripe Topminnow 2
Fundulus notatus
American Pickerel 37
Esox americanus
Central Mudminnow 2
Umbra limi
Eastern Whitelip 38
Neohelix albolabris
Plain Pocketbook 39
Lampsilis cardium
Black Sandshell 40
Ligumia recta
Rayed Creekshell
Anodontoides radiatus
American Giant Millipede 41
Narceus americanus
Greenhouse Millipede 42
Oxidus gracilis
Common House Spider 43
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Yellow Garden Spider 44
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider 45
Argiope trifasciata
Goldenrod Crab Spider 46
Misumena vatia
Bold Jumping Spider 47
Phidippus audax
Tan Jumping Spider 48
Platycryptus undatus
Asian Wall Jumping Spider 49
Sitticus fasciger
Hadrobunus grandis
Poison Ivy Leaf Mite 50
Aculops rhois
Trombidium 51
Black-horned Tree Cricket 52
Oecanthus nigricornis
Sulphur-winged Grasshopper 53
Arphia sulphurea
Orange-Winged Grasshopper 43
Pardalophora phoenicoptera
Mottled Sand Grasshopper 54
Spharagemon collare
Carolina Grasshopper 55
Dissosteira carolina
Admirable Grasshopper 56
Syrbula admirabilis
Velvet-striped Grasshopper 57
Eritettix simplex
Short-winged Green Grasshopper 58
Dichromorpha viridis
Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper 59
Melanoplus angustipennis
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus
Differential Grasshopper 56
Melanoplus differentialis
Red-legged Grasshopper 60
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper 61
Melanoplus punctulatus
Migratory Grasshopper 62
Melanoplus sanguinipes
Schistocerca lineata 58
Schistocerca lineata
Clipped-winged Grasshopper 63
Metaleptea brevicornis
Silver Leafhopper 64
Athysanus argentarius
Balclutha impicta 65
Balclutha neglecta 66
Balclutha punctata
Arthaldeus pascuellus 38
Amplicephalus osborni 67
Doratura stylata 68
Cicadula melanogaster
Chlorotettix fallax

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