Ninnescah Life

“Ninnescah Life” is a portal to the plants, animals, and people who live and work in and around the Ninnescah River region of south central Kansas.

The upland prairies, red hills, sand prairies, forested creeks, and river valleys are excellent sites for migrating birds, wildlife, and ...more ↓

American Bullfrog 1
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Cricket Frog 2
Acris crepitans
Boreal Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris maculata
Plains Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates blairi
Southern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad 6
Gastrophryne olivacea
Woodhouse's Toad 3
Anaxyrus woodhousii
American Toad 7
Anaxyrus americanus
Shortnose gar 8
Lepisosteus platostomus
Alligator Gar 9
Atractosteus spatula
Bluntnose Minnow
Pimephales notatus
Emerald shiner 10
Notropis atherinoides
Common Carp 11
Cyprinus carpio
Bullhead Minnow
Pimephales vigilax
Sand Shiner 12
Notropis stramineus
Red Shiner 13
Cyprinella lutrensis
Dark-eyed Junco 14
Junco hyemalis
Northern Cardinal 15
Cardinalis cardinalis
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
Whooping Crane 17
Grus americana
American Kestrel 18
Falco sparverius
Prairie Falcon 15
Falco mexicanus
American Goldfinch 19
Spinus tristis
House Finch 20
Haemorhous mexicanus
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher 21
Megaceryle alcyon
Little Blue Heron 22
Egretta caerulea
Green Heron 23
Butorides virescens
Great Blue Heron 24
Ardea herodias
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15
Polioptila caerulea
Barred Owl 25
Strix varia
Snowy Owl 26
Bubo scandiacus
Eastern Screech-Owl 27
Megascops asio
Barn Swallow 28
Hirundo rustica
Killdeer 29
Charadrius vociferus
Bufflehead 20
Bucephala albeola
Snow Goose 20
Chen caerulescens
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Mallard 31
Anas platyrhynchos
Wood Duck 32
Aix sponsa
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Great Crested Flycatcher 15
Myiarchus crinitus
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 33
Tyrannus forficatus
Carolina Wren 34
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Pileated Woodpecker 35
Dryocopus pileatus
Western Kingbird 36
Tyrannus verticalis
Bell's Vireo 15
Vireo bellii
Red-tailed Hawk 37
Buteo jamaicensis
Common Snapping Turtle 38
Chelydra serpentina
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) 39
Terrapene ornata
Red-eared Slider 40
Trachemys scripta elegans
Smooth Softshell Turtle 41
Apalone mutica
Western Painted Turtle 3
Chrysemys picta bellii
Diamondback Water Snake 41
Nerodia rhombifer
Eastern Hognose Snake 42
Heterodon platirhinos
Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) 43
Sistrurus catenatus
Western Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus) 44
Thamnophis proximus
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Prairie Lizard (Sceloporus consobrinus) 45
Sceloporus consobrinus
Six-lined Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus) 46
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
Eptesicus fuscus
Bobcat 47
Lynx rufus
Coyote (Canis latrans) 48
Canis latrans
Red Fox 47
Vulpes vulpes
White-tailed Deer 49
Odocoileus virginianus
American Mink 21
Neovison vison
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) 50
Didelphis virginiana
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) 51
Sylvilagus floridanus
Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 52
Procyon lotor
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Eastern Fox Squirrel 53
Sciurus niger
Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) 54
Mantis religiosa
Rainbow scarab beetle (Phanaeus vindex) 55
Phanaeus vindex
Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) 56
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) 17
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Red-shouldered Bug 15
Jadera haematoloma
Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)
Graphocephala coccinea
Red-lined Carrion Beetle (Necrodes surinamensis) 57
Necrodes surinamensis
Ring-legged Earwig (Euborellia annulipes) 58
Euborellia annulipes
Roundneck Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) 59
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Sad Underwing Moth (Catocala maestosa) 60
Catocala maestosa
Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii) 61
Lygaeus kalmii
Snowberry Clearwing or Bumblebee Moth (Hemaris diffinis) 62
Hemaris diffinis
Spiny Oak-Slug Moth (Euclea delphinii) 63
Euclea delphinii
Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura) 64
Augochlora pura
Thread-Waist Wasp (Sphecidae) 65
Sphecidae
Tiger Moth (Grammia parthenice)
Grammia parthenice
Tomentose burying beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus) 66
Nicrophorus tomentosus
Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus stigma) 67
Chilocorus stigma
Velvet Ant or Cow Killer (Dasymutilla) 68
Dasymutilla
Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus) 69
Limenitis archippus
Water Strider 70
Gerris
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) 6
Arilus cristatus
Whirligig Beetle (Dineutus assimilis)
Dineutus assimilis
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) 71
Libellula luctuosa
Wind Scorpion (Solifugae) 72
Solifugae
Wood Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) 73
Cercyonis pegala
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) 74
Erythemis simplicicollis
Eastern Ringtail (Erpetogomphus designatus) 33
Erpetogomphus designatus
Eastern Subterranean Termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) 75
Reticulitermes flavipes

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