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 ↓

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Chlorotettix tergatus

Chlorotettix unicolor

Draeculacephala antica ¹

Dikraneura angustata ²

Agalliopsis novella ²

Constricted Leafhopper ³
Agallia constricta

Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper ⁴
Agallia quadripunctata

Aphrodes bicincta ⁵
Aphrodes bicinctus

Meadow spittlebug ⁶
Philaenus spumarius

Two-striped Planthopper ⁷
Acanalonia bivittata

Green Cone-headed Planthopper ⁸
Acanalonia conica

Slaty Skimmer ⁹
Libellula incesta

Widow Skimmer ¹⁰
Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ¹¹
Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant ¹²
Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant ¹³
Celithemis eponina

White-faced Meadowhawk ¹⁴
Sympetrum obtrusum

Ruby Meadowhawk ¹⁵
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ¹⁶
Sympetrum semicinctum

Autumn Meadowhawk ¹⁷
Sympetrum vicinum

Wandering Glider ⁹
Pantala flavescens

Carolina Saddlebags ¹⁸
Tramea carolina

Black Saddlebags ⁹
Tramea lacerata

Eastern Pondhawk ¹⁹
Erythemis simplicicollis

Blue Dasher ⁹
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing ²⁰
Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail ²¹
Plathemis lydia

Plains Clubtail ¹⁶
Gomphurus externus

Midland Clubtail ²²
Gomphurus fraternus

Cobra Clubtail
Gomphurus vastus

Common Green Darner ²³
Anax junius

Shadow Darner ²⁴
Aeshna umbrosa

Arrowhead Spiketail ²⁵
Cordulegaster obliqua

Common Baskettail ²⁶
Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail ²⁷
Epitheca princeps

Variable Dancer ²⁸
Argia fumipennis

Springwater Dancer ²⁹
Argia plana

River Bluet ¹⁷
Enallagma anna

Azure Bluet ²⁶
Enallagma aspersum

Familiar Bluet ³⁰
Enallagma civile

Stream Bluet ³¹
Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet ³²
Enallagma geminatum

Citrine Forktail ²²
Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail ³³
Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail ⁹
Ischnura verticalis

Eastern Red Damsel ³⁴
Amphiagrion saucium

Sedge Sprite ²⁴
Nehalennia irene

American Rubyspot ⁹
Hetaerina americana

Ebony Jewelwing ³⁵
Calopteryx maculata

Spotted Spreadwing ¹⁶
Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing ³¹
Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing ¹⁶
Lestes dryas

Elegant Spreadwing ³⁶
Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing ¹²
Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing ²⁴
Lestes unguiculatus

Maccaffertium mediopunctatum ³⁷

Maccaffertium terminatum

Orange Cahill ³⁸
Stenacron interpunctatum

Caenis amica

Caenis latipennis

Speckled Duns ³⁹
Callibaetis

Baetis brunneicolor

Baetis flavistriga

Northern Clearwater Crayfish ⁴⁰
Faxonius propinquus

water horsetail ⁴¹
Equisetum fluviatile

rough horsetail ⁴²
Equisetum hyemale

rattlesnake fern ⁴³
Botrypus virginianus

cinnamon fern ⁴⁴
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

bulblet fern ⁴⁵
Cystopteris bulbifera

brittle bladderfern ⁴⁶
Cystopteris fragilis

lowland brittle fern ⁴⁷
Cystopteris protrusa

lady fern ⁴⁸
Athyrium filix-femina

Christmas fern ⁴⁹
Polystichum acrostichoides

spinulose wood fern ⁵⁰
Dryopteris carthusiana

intermediate wood fern ⁵¹
Dryopteris intermedia

smooth cliffbrake ⁵²
Pellaea glabella

northern maidenhair fern ⁵³
Adiantum pedatum

rock polypody ⁵⁴
Polypodium virginianum

ebony spleenwort ⁴⁹
Asplenium platyneuron

walking fern ⁴⁵
Asplenium rhizophyllum

blunt woodsia ⁵⁵
Woodsia obtusa

ostrich fern ⁵⁶
Matteuccia struthiopteris

eastern redcedar ⁵⁷
Juniperus virginiana

Canadian yew ⁵⁸
Taxus canadensis

eastern white pine ⁵⁹
Pinus strobus

Norway spruce ⁶⁰
Picea abies

orange mycena ⁶¹
Mycena leaiana

Honey Mushroom ⁶²
Armillaria mellea

Peeling Puffball ⁶³
Lycoperdon marginatum

turkey-tail ⁶⁴
Trametes versicolor

Dryad's Saddle ⁶⁵
Polyporus squamosus

Ganoderma megaloma ⁶⁶

false turkey-tail ⁶⁷
Stereum ostrea

Pisolithus ⁶⁸

white jelly fungus ⁶⁹
Ductifera pululahuana

Scarlet Elfcup ⁷⁰
Sarcoscypha austriaca

Candleflame Lichen ⁷¹
Candelaria concolor

common greenshield lichen ⁷¹
Flavoparmelia caperata

star-slime ⁷²
Nostoc commune

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

Constricted Leafhopper 3 Agallia constricta

Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper 4 Agallia quadripunctata

Aphrodes bicincta 5 Aphrodes bicinctus

Meadow spittlebug 6 Philaenus spumarius

Two-striped Planthopper 7 Acanalonia bivittata

Green Cone-headed Planthopper 8 Acanalonia conica

Slaty Skimmer 9 Libellula incesta

Widow Skimmer 10 Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 11 Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant 12 Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant 13 Celithemis eponina

White-faced Meadowhawk 14 Sympetrum obtrusum

Ruby Meadowhawk 15 Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk 16 Sympetrum semicinctum

Autumn Meadowhawk 17 Sympetrum vicinum

Wandering Glider 9 Pantala flavescens

Carolina Saddlebags 18 Tramea carolina

Black Saddlebags 9 Tramea lacerata

Eastern Pondhawk 19 Erythemis simplicicollis

Blue Dasher 9 Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing 20 Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail 21 Plathemis lydia

Plains Clubtail 16 Gomphurus externus

Midland Clubtail 22 Gomphurus fraternus

Cobra Clubtail Gomphurus vastus

Common Green Darner 23 Anax junius

Shadow Darner 24 Aeshna umbrosa

Arrowhead Spiketail 25 Cordulegaster obliqua

Common Baskettail 26 Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail 27 Epitheca princeps

Variable Dancer 28 Argia fumipennis

Springwater Dancer 29 Argia plana

River Bluet 17 Enallagma anna

Azure Bluet 26 Enallagma aspersum

Familiar Bluet 30 Enallagma civile

Stream Bluet 31 Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet 32 Enallagma geminatum

Citrine Forktail 22 Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail 33 Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail 9 Ischnura verticalis

Eastern Red Damsel 34 Amphiagrion saucium

Sedge Sprite 24 Nehalennia irene

American Rubyspot 9 Hetaerina americana

Ebony Jewelwing 35 Calopteryx maculata

Spotted Spreadwing 16 Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing 31 Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing 16 Lestes dryas

Elegant Spreadwing 36 Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing 12 Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 24 Lestes unguiculatus

Orange Cahill 38 Stenacron interpunctatum

Speckled Duns 39 Callibaetis

Northern Clearwater Crayfish 40 Faxonius propinquus

water horsetail 41 Equisetum fluviatile

rough horsetail 42 Equisetum hyemale

rattlesnake fern 43 Botrypus virginianus

cinnamon fern 44 Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

bulblet fern 45 Cystopteris bulbifera

brittle bladderfern 46 Cystopteris fragilis

lowland brittle fern 47 Cystopteris protrusa

lady fern 48 Athyrium filix-femina

Christmas fern 49 Polystichum acrostichoides

spinulose wood fern 50 Dryopteris carthusiana

intermediate wood fern 51 Dryopteris intermedia

smooth cliffbrake 52 Pellaea glabella

northern maidenhair fern 53 Adiantum pedatum

rock polypody 54 Polypodium virginianum

ebony spleenwort 49 Asplenium platyneuron

walking fern 45 Asplenium rhizophyllum

blunt woodsia 55 Woodsia obtusa

ostrich fern 56 Matteuccia struthiopteris

eastern redcedar 57 Juniperus virginiana

Canadian yew 58 Taxus canadensis

eastern white pine 59 Pinus strobus

Norway spruce 60 Picea abies

orange mycena 61 Mycena leaiana

Honey Mushroom 62 Armillaria mellea

Peeling Puffball 63 Lycoperdon marginatum

turkey-tail 64 Trametes versicolor