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Havergal College Biodiversity Guide

The is guide is available to anyone interested in Toronto's biodiversity, in particular, students can download it to help them identify living things on the school's property.

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Red-bellied Woodpecker ¹
Melanerpes carolinus

Red-headed Woodpecker ²
Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Black-backed Woodpecker ³
Picoides arcticus

Northern Flicker ⁴
Colaptes auratus

Pileated Woodpecker ⁵
Dryocopus pileatus

Rock Wren ⁶
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁶
Troglodytes aedon

Sedge Wren ⁶
Cistothorus platensis

Bewick's Wren ⁷
Thryomanes bewickii

Winter Wren ⁶
Troglodytes hiemalis

Carolina Wren ⁸
Thryothorus ludovicianus

Marsh Wren ⁹
Cistothorus palustris

Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies ¹⁰
Apidae

Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees ¹¹
Megachilidae

Sweat Bees ¹²
Halictidae

Plasterer Bees ¹³
Colletidae

Melittid Bees ¹³
Melittidae

Mining Bees ¹⁴
Andrenidae

Common Snapping Turtle ¹⁵
Chelydra serpentina

Common Musk Turtle ¹⁶
Sternotherus odoratus

Northern Map Turtle ¹⁷
Graptemys geographica

Spiny Softshell ¹⁸
Apalone spinifera

Red-eared Slider ¹⁹
Trachemys scripta elegans

Painted Turtle ²⁰
Chrysemys picta

Common Garter Snake ²¹
Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake ²²
Nerodia sipedon

Wood Turtle ²³
Glyptemys insculpta

Spotted Turtle ²⁴
Clemmys guttata

Blanding's Turtle ²⁵
Emydoidea blandingii

Redbelly Snake ²⁴
Storeria occipitomaculata

DeKay's Brownsnake ²⁶
Storeria dekayi

Smooth Greensnake ²⁷
Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake ²⁸
Lampropeltis triangulum

Queen Snake ²⁹
Regina septemvittata

Eastern Ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sauritus

Ringneck Snake ³⁰
Diadophis punctatus

Eastern Hognose Snake ³¹
Heterodon platirhinos

American Bullfrog ³²
Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog ³³
Lithobates clamitans

Pickerel Frog ³⁴
Lithobates palustris

American Toad ³⁵
Anaxyrus americanus

Northern Leopard Frog ³⁶
Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog ³⁷
Lithobates sylvaticus

Common Mudpuppy ³⁸
Necturus maculosus

Spring Peeper ³⁹
Pseudacris crucifer

Gray Tree Frog ⁴⁰
Hyla versicolor

Western Chorus Frog ⁴¹
Pseudacris triseriata

Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum

Eastern Newt ⁴²
Notophthalmus viridescens

Eastern Red-backed Salamander ⁴³
Plethodon cinereus

Blue-spotted Salamander ⁴⁴
Ambystoma laterale

velvetleaf blueberry ⁴⁵
Vaccinium myrtilloides

purple-flowering raspberry ⁴⁶
Rubus odoratus

Common Snowberry ⁴⁷
Symphoricarpos albus

Red Hickory ⁴⁸
Carya ovalis

wild black currant ⁴⁹
Ribes americanum

nettles and allies ⁵⁰
Urticaceae

Cucumber-tree ⁵¹
Magnolia acuminata

Millipedes ⁵²
Diplopoda

Greenhouse Millipede ⁵³
Oxidus gracilis

Flat-backed Millipedes ⁵⁴
Polydesmida

Centipedes ⁵⁵
Chilopoda

Stone Centipedes ⁵⁶
Lithobiomorpha

House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata

Pillbugs
Armadillidiidae

Gastropods ⁵⁷
Gastropoda

Amber Snails ⁵⁸
Succineidae

Leopard Slug ⁵⁹
Limax maximus

White-lipped Snail ⁶⁰
Cepaea hortensis

Grove Snail ⁶¹
Cepaea nemoralis

Milky Slug ⁶²
Deroceras reticulatum

Black-horned Tree Cricket ⁶³
Oecanthus nigricornis

Fall Field Cricket ⁶⁴
Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Camel and Cave crickets
Rhaphidophoroidea

Carolina Grasshopper ⁶⁵
Dissosteira carolina

Red-legged Grasshopper ⁶⁶
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Carolina Leafroller Cricket ⁵⁴
Camptonotus carolinensis

Stridulating Slant-faced Grasshoppers ⁶⁷
Gomphocerinae

Dragonflies and Damselflies ⁶⁸
Odonata

Common Green Darner ⁶⁹
Anax junius

Emperors and Green Darners ⁷⁰
Anax

Canada Darner ⁷¹
Aeshna canadensis

Shadow Darner ⁷²
Aeshna umbrosa

Fawn Darner ⁷³
Boyeria vinosa

Ocellated Darner ⁷⁴
Boyeria grafiana

Swamp Darner ⁷⁵
Epiaeschna heros

Lance-tipped Darner ⁷⁶
Aeshna constricta

European Earwig ⁷⁷
Forficula auricularia

Spined Soldier Bug ⁷⁸
Podisus maculiventris

Common Pill Woodlouse ⁷⁹
Armadillidium vulgare

Common Shiny Woodlouse ⁸⁰
Oniscus asellus

Common Pill Woodlouse ⁸¹
Armadillidium vulgare

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Havergal College Biodiversity Guide

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Melanerpes carolinus

Red-headed Woodpecker 2 Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Black-backed Woodpecker 3 Picoides arcticus

Northern Flicker 4 Colaptes auratus

Pileated Woodpecker 5 Dryocopus pileatus

Rock Wren 6 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 6 Troglodytes aedon

Sedge Wren 6 Cistothorus platensis

Bewick's Wren 7 Thryomanes bewickii

Winter Wren 6 Troglodytes hiemalis

Carolina Wren 8 Thryothorus ludovicianus

Marsh Wren 9 Cistothorus palustris

Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies 10 Apidae

Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees 11 Megachilidae

Sweat Bees 12 Halictidae

Plasterer Bees 13 Colletidae

Melittid Bees 13 Melittidae

Mining Bees 14 Andrenidae

Common Snapping Turtle 15 Chelydra serpentina

Common Musk Turtle 16 Sternotherus odoratus

Northern Map Turtle 17 Graptemys geographica

Spiny Softshell 18 Apalone spinifera

Red-eared Slider 19 Trachemys scripta elegans

Painted Turtle 20 Chrysemys picta

Common Garter Snake 21 Thamnophis sirtalis

Northern Watersnake 22 Nerodia sipedon

Wood Turtle 23 Glyptemys insculpta

Spotted Turtle 24 Clemmys guttata

Blanding's Turtle 25 Emydoidea blandingii

Redbelly Snake 24 Storeria occipitomaculata

DeKay's Brownsnake 26 Storeria dekayi

Smooth Greensnake 27 Opheodrys vernalis

Eastern Milksnake 28 Lampropeltis triangulum

Queen Snake 29 Regina septemvittata

Eastern Ribbonsnake Thamnophis sauritus

Ringneck Snake 30 Diadophis punctatus

Eastern Hognose Snake 31 Heterodon platirhinos

American Bullfrog 32 Lithobates catesbeianus

Green Frog 33 Lithobates clamitans

Pickerel Frog 34 Lithobates palustris

American Toad 35 Anaxyrus americanus

Northern Leopard Frog 36 Lithobates pipiens

Wood Frog 37 Lithobates sylvaticus

Common Mudpuppy 38 Necturus maculosus

Spring Peeper 39 Pseudacris crucifer

Gray Tree Frog 40 Hyla versicolor

Western Chorus Frog 41 Pseudacris triseriata

Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum

Eastern Newt 42 Notophthalmus viridescens

Eastern Red-backed Salamander 43 Plethodon cinereus

Blue-spotted Salamander 44 Ambystoma laterale

velvetleaf blueberry 45 Vaccinium myrtilloides

purple-flowering raspberry 46 Rubus odoratus

Common Snowberry 47 Symphoricarpos albus

Red Hickory 48 Carya ovalis

wild black currant 49 Ribes americanum

nettles and allies 50 Urticaceae

Cucumber-tree 51 Magnolia acuminata

Millipedes 52 Diplopoda

Greenhouse Millipede 53 Oxidus gracilis

Flat-backed Millipedes 54 Polydesmida

Centipedes 55 Chilopoda

Stone Centipedes 56 Lithobiomorpha

House Centipede Scutigera coleoptrata

Pillbugs Armadillidiidae

Gastropods 57 Gastropoda

Amber Snails 58 Succineidae

Leopard Slug 59 Limax maximus

White-lipped Snail 60 Cepaea hortensis

Grove Snail 61 Cepaea nemoralis

Milky Slug 62 Deroceras reticulatum

Black-horned Tree Cricket 63 Oecanthus nigricornis

Fall Field Cricket 64 Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Camel and Cave crickets Rhaphidophoroidea

Carolina Grasshopper 65 Dissosteira carolina

Red-legged Grasshopper 66 Melanoplus femurrubrum

Carolina Leafroller Cricket 54 Camptonotus carolinensis

Stridulating Slant-faced Grasshoppers 67 Gomphocerinae

Dragonflies and Damselflies 68 Odonata