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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 ↓

Black-horned Tree Cricket 1
Oecanthus nigricornis
Sulphur-winged Grasshopper 2
Arphia sulphurea
Orange-Winged Grasshopper 3
Pardalophora phoenicoptera
Mottled Sand Grasshopper 4
Spharagemon collare
Carolina Grasshopper 5
Dissosteira carolina
Admirable Grasshopper 6
Syrbula admirabilis
Velvet-striped Grasshopper 7
Eritettix simplex
Short-winged Green Grasshopper 8
Dichromorpha viridis
Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper 9
Melanoplus angustipennis
Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus
Differential Grasshopper 6
Melanoplus differentialis
Red-legged Grasshopper 10
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper 11
Melanoplus punctulatus
Migratory Grasshopper 12
Melanoplus sanguinipes
Schistocerca lineata 8
Schistocerca lineata
Clipped-winged Grasshopper 13
Metaleptea brevicornis
Silver Leafhopper 14
Athysanus argentarius
Balclutha impicta 15
Balclutha neglecta 16
Balclutha punctata
Arthaldeus pascuellus 17
Amplicephalus osborni 18
Doratura stylata 19
Cicadula melanogaster
Chlorotettix fallax
Chlorotettix tergatus
Chlorotettix unicolor
Draeculacephala antica 15
Dikraneura angustata 20
Agalliopsis novella 20
Constricted Leafhopper 21
Agallia constricta
Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper 22
Agallia quadripunctata
Aphrodes bicincta 23
Aphrodes bicinctus
Meadow spittlebug 24
Philaenus spumarius
Two-striped Planthopper 2
Acanalonia bivittata
Green Cone-headed Planthopper 25
Acanalonia conica
Slaty Skimmer 8
Libellula incesta
Widow Skimmer 26
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 27
Libellula pulchella
Calico Pennant 28
Celithemis elisa
Halloween Pennant 29
Celithemis eponina
White-faced Meadowhawk 30
Sympetrum obtrusum
Ruby Meadowhawk 31
Sympetrum rubicundulum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 32
Sympetrum semicinctum
Autumn Meadowhawk 33
Sympetrum vicinum
Wandering Glider 8
Pantala flavescens
Carolina Saddlebags 34
Tramea carolina
Black Saddlebags 8
Tramea lacerata
Eastern Pondhawk 35
Erythemis simplicicollis
Blue Dasher 8
Pachydiplax longipennis
Eastern Amberwing 36
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 37
Plathemis lydia
Plains Clubtail 32
Gomphurus externus
Midland Clubtail 38
Gomphurus fraternus
Cobra Clubtail
Gomphurus vastus
Common Green Darner 39
Anax junius
Shadow Darner 40
Aeshna umbrosa
Arrowhead Spiketail 41
Cordulegaster obliqua
Common Baskettail 42
Epitheca cynosura
Prince Baskettail 43
Epitheca princeps
Variable Dancer 44
Argia fumipennis
Springwater Dancer 45
Argia plana
River Bluet 33
Enallagma anna
Azure Bluet 42
Enallagma aspersum
Familiar Bluet 46
Enallagma civile
Stream Bluet 47
Enallagma exsulans
Skimming Bluet 48
Enallagma geminatum
Citrine Forktail 38
Ischnura hastata
Fragile Forktail 49
Ischnura posita
Eastern Forktail 8
Ischnura verticalis
Eastern Red Damsel 50
Amphiagrion saucium
Sedge Sprite 40
Nehalennia irene
American Rubyspot 8
Hetaerina americana
Ebony Jewelwing 51
Calopteryx maculata
Spotted Spreadwing 32
Lestes congener
Northern Spreadwing 47
Lestes disjunctus
Emerald Spreadwing 32
Lestes dryas
Elegant Spreadwing 52
Lestes inaequalis
Slender Spreadwing 28
Lestes rectangularis
Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 40
Lestes unguiculatus
Maccaffertium mediopunctatum 53
Maccaffertium terminatum
Orange Cahill 54
Stenacron interpunctatum
Caenis amica
Caenis latipennis
Speckled Duns 55
Callibaetis
Baetis brunneicolor
Baetis flavistriga

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