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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American Giant Millipede ¹
Narceus americanus

Greenhouse Millipede ²
Oxidus gracilis

Common House Spider ³
Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Yellow Garden Spider ⁴
Argiope aurantia

Banded Garden Spider ⁵
Argiope trifasciata

Goldenrod Crab Spider ⁶
Misumena vatia

Bold Jumping Spider ⁷
Phidippus audax

Tan Jumping Spider ⁸
Platycryptus undatus

Asian Wall Jumping Spider ⁹
Sitticus fasciger

Hadrobunus grandis

Poison Ivy Leaf Mite ¹⁰
Aculops rhois

Trombidium ¹¹

Black-horned Tree Cricket ¹²
Oecanthus nigricornis

Sulphur-winged Grasshopper ¹³
Arphia sulphurea

Orange-Winged Grasshopper ³
Pardalophora phoenicoptera

Mottled Sand Grasshopper ¹⁴
Spharagemon collare

Carolina Grasshopper ¹⁵
Dissosteira carolina

Admirable Grasshopper ¹⁶
Syrbula admirabilis

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ¹⁷
Eritettix simplex

Short-winged Green Grasshopper ¹⁸
Dichromorpha viridis

Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper ¹⁹
Melanoplus angustipennis

Two-striped Grasshopper
Melanoplus bivittatus

Differential Grasshopper ¹⁶
Melanoplus differentialis

Red-legged Grasshopper ²⁰
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper ²¹
Melanoplus punctulatus

Migratory Grasshopper ²²
Melanoplus sanguinipes

Schistocerca lineata ¹⁸
Schistocerca lineata

Clipped-winged Grasshopper ²³
Metaleptea brevicornis

Silver Leafhopper ²⁴
Athysanus argentarius

Balclutha impicta ²⁵

Balclutha neglecta ²⁶

Balclutha punctata

Arthaldeus pascuellus ²⁷

Amplicephalus osborni ²⁸

Doratura stylata ²⁹

Cicadula melanogaster

Chlorotettix fallax

Chlorotettix tergatus

Chlorotettix unicolor

Draeculacephala antica ²⁵

Dikraneura angustata ³⁰

Agalliopsis novella ³⁰

Constricted Leafhopper ³¹
Agallia constricta

Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper ⁵
Agallia quadripunctata

Aphrodes bicincta ³²
Aphrodes bicinctus

Meadow spittlebug ³³
Philaenus spumarius

Two-striped Planthopper ¹³
Acanalonia bivittata

Green Cone-headed Planthopper ³⁴
Acanalonia conica

Slaty Skimmer ¹⁸
Libellula incesta

Widow Skimmer ³⁵
Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer ³⁶
Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant ³⁷
Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant ³⁸
Celithemis eponina

White-faced Meadowhawk ³⁹
Sympetrum obtrusum

Ruby Meadowhawk ⁴⁰
Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk ⁴¹
Sympetrum semicinctum

Autumn Meadowhawk ⁴²
Sympetrum vicinum

Wandering Glider ¹⁸
Pantala flavescens

Carolina Saddlebags ⁴³
Tramea carolina

Black Saddlebags ¹⁸
Tramea lacerata

Eastern Pondhawk ⁴⁴
Erythemis simplicicollis

Blue Dasher ¹⁸
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing ⁴⁵
Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail ⁴⁶
Plathemis lydia

Plains Clubtail ⁴¹
Gomphurus externus

Midland Clubtail ⁴⁷
Gomphurus fraternus

Cobra Clubtail
Gomphurus vastus

Common Green Darner ⁴⁸
Anax junius

Shadow Darner ⁴⁹
Aeshna umbrosa

Arrowhead Spiketail ⁵⁰
Cordulegaster obliqua

Common Baskettail ⁵¹
Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail ⁵²
Epitheca princeps

Variable Dancer ⁵³
Argia fumipennis

Springwater Dancer ⁵⁴
Argia plana

River Bluet ⁴²
Enallagma anna

Azure Bluet ⁵¹
Enallagma aspersum

Familiar Bluet ⁵⁵
Enallagma civile

Stream Bluet ⁵⁶
Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet ⁵⁷
Enallagma geminatum

Citrine Forktail ⁴⁷
Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail ⁵⁸
Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail ¹⁸
Ischnura verticalis

Eastern Red Damsel ⁵⁹
Amphiagrion saucium

Sedge Sprite ⁴⁹
Nehalennia irene

American Rubyspot ¹⁸
Hetaerina americana

Ebony Jewelwing ⁶⁰
Calopteryx maculata

Spotted Spreadwing ⁴¹
Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing ⁵⁶
Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing ⁴¹
Lestes dryas

Elegant Spreadwing ⁶¹
Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing ³⁷
Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing ⁴⁹
Lestes unguiculatus

Maccaffertium mediopunctatum ⁶²

Maccaffertium terminatum

Orange Cahill ⁶³
Stenacron interpunctatum

Caenis amica

Caenis latipennis

Speckled Duns ⁶⁴
Callibaetis

Baetis brunneicolor

Baetis flavistriga

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Lee County, IL Biodiversity (WIP)

American Giant Millipede 1 Narceus americanus

Greenhouse Millipede 2 Oxidus gracilis

Common House Spider 3 Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Yellow Garden Spider 4 Argiope aurantia

Banded Garden Spider 5 Argiope trifasciata

Goldenrod Crab Spider 6 Misumena vatia

Bold Jumping Spider 7 Phidippus audax

Tan Jumping Spider 8 Platycryptus undatus

Asian Wall Jumping Spider 9 Sitticus fasciger

Poison Ivy Leaf Mite 10 Aculops rhois

Black-horned Tree Cricket 12 Oecanthus nigricornis

Sulphur-winged Grasshopper 13 Arphia sulphurea

Orange-Winged Grasshopper 3 Pardalophora phoenicoptera

Mottled Sand Grasshopper 14 Spharagemon collare

Carolina Grasshopper 15 Dissosteira carolina

Admirable Grasshopper 16 Syrbula admirabilis

Velvet-striped Grasshopper 17 Eritettix simplex

Short-winged Green Grasshopper 18 Dichromorpha viridis

Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper 19 Melanoplus angustipennis

Two-striped Grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus

Differential Grasshopper 16 Melanoplus differentialis

Red-legged Grasshopper 20 Melanoplus femurrubrum

Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper 21 Melanoplus punctulatus

Migratory Grasshopper 22 Melanoplus sanguinipes

Schistocerca lineata 18 Schistocerca lineata

Clipped-winged Grasshopper 23 Metaleptea brevicornis

Silver Leafhopper 24 Athysanus argentarius

Constricted Leafhopper 31 Agallia constricta

Four-spotted Clover Leafhopper 5 Agallia quadripunctata

Aphrodes bicincta 32 Aphrodes bicinctus

Meadow spittlebug 33 Philaenus spumarius

Two-striped Planthopper 13 Acanalonia bivittata

Green Cone-headed Planthopper 34 Acanalonia conica

Slaty Skimmer 18 Libellula incesta

Widow Skimmer 35 Libellula luctuosa

Twelve-spotted Skimmer 36 Libellula pulchella

Calico Pennant 37 Celithemis elisa

Halloween Pennant 38 Celithemis eponina

White-faced Meadowhawk 39 Sympetrum obtrusum

Ruby Meadowhawk 40 Sympetrum rubicundulum

Band-winged Meadowhawk 41 Sympetrum semicinctum

Autumn Meadowhawk 42 Sympetrum vicinum

Wandering Glider 18 Pantala flavescens

Carolina Saddlebags 43 Tramea carolina

Black Saddlebags 18 Tramea lacerata

Eastern Pondhawk 44 Erythemis simplicicollis

Blue Dasher 18 Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Amberwing 45 Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail 46 Plathemis lydia

Plains Clubtail 41 Gomphurus externus

Midland Clubtail 47 Gomphurus fraternus

Cobra Clubtail Gomphurus vastus

Common Green Darner 48 Anax junius

Shadow Darner 49 Aeshna umbrosa

Arrowhead Spiketail 50 Cordulegaster obliqua

Common Baskettail 51 Epitheca cynosura

Prince Baskettail 52 Epitheca princeps

Variable Dancer 53 Argia fumipennis

Springwater Dancer 54 Argia plana

River Bluet 42 Enallagma anna

Azure Bluet 51 Enallagma aspersum

Familiar Bluet 55 Enallagma civile

Stream Bluet 56 Enallagma exsulans

Skimming Bluet 57 Enallagma geminatum

Citrine Forktail 47 Ischnura hastata

Fragile Forktail 58 Ischnura posita

Eastern Forktail 18 Ischnura verticalis

Eastern Red Damsel 59 Amphiagrion saucium

Sedge Sprite 49 Nehalennia irene

American Rubyspot 18 Hetaerina americana

Ebony Jewelwing 60 Calopteryx maculata

Spotted Spreadwing 41 Lestes congener

Northern Spreadwing 56 Lestes disjunctus

Emerald Spreadwing 41 Lestes dryas

Elegant Spreadwing 61 Lestes inaequalis

Slender Spreadwing 37 Lestes rectangularis

Lyre-tipped Spreadwing 49 Lestes unguiculatus

Orange Cahill 63 Stenacron interpunctatum

Speckled Duns 64 Callibaetis