Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Catalog of species of all taxa observed in areas notable for high serpentenite content in the soils:
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Ring Mountain
Carson Ridge and Pine Mountain Road near Fairfax
Others TBD

All 442

Yellow-spotted Millipede ¹
Harpaphe haydeniana

Western forest scorpion ²
Uroctonus mordax

Pale Swallowtail ¹
Papilio eurymedon

Mylitta Crescent ³
Phyciodes mylitta

Red Admiral ⁴
Vanessa atalanta

California Tortoiseshell ⁵
Nymphalis californica

Golden Hairstreak ⁶
Habrodais grunus

Echo Azure ⁷
Celastrina echo

Acmon Blue ³
Plebejus acmon

Dotted Blue ⁸
Euphilotes enoptes

Margined White ⁹
Pieris marginalis

Leptarctia californiae ¹⁰

Umber Skipper ¹¹
Poanes melane

Lindsey's Skipper ¹²
Hesperia lindseyi

Genista Broom Moth ¹³
Uresiphita reversalis

Baldfaced Hornet ¹⁴
Dolichovespula maculata

beaked twig gall wasp ¹⁵
Disholcaspis plumbella

Dictyoptera simplicipes ¹⁶

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹⁷
Hippodamia convergens

Bordered Plant Bug ¹⁸
Largus californicus

Eight-spotted Skimmer ¹¹
Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer ¹
Libellula saturata

Blue Dasher ¹⁹
Pachydiplax longipennis

Grappletail
Octogomphus specularis

Pacific Spiketail ¹⁸
Cordulegaster dorsalis

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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Yellow-spotted Millipede 1 Harpaphe haydeniana

Western forest scorpion 2 Uroctonus mordax

Pale Swallowtail 1 Papilio eurymedon

Mylitta Crescent 3 Phyciodes mylitta

Red Admiral 4 Vanessa atalanta

California Tortoiseshell 5 Nymphalis californica

Golden Hairstreak 6 Habrodais grunus

Echo Azure 7 Celastrina echo

Acmon Blue 3 Plebejus acmon

Dotted Blue 8 Euphilotes enoptes

Margined White 9 Pieris marginalis

Leptarctia californiae 10

Umber Skipper 11 Poanes melane

Lindsey's Skipper 12 Hesperia lindseyi

Genista Broom Moth 13 Uresiphita reversalis

Baldfaced Hornet 14 Dolichovespula maculata

beaked twig gall wasp 15 Disholcaspis plumbella

Dictyoptera simplicipes 16

Convergent Lady Beetle 17 Hippodamia convergens

Bordered Plant Bug 18 Largus californicus

Eight-spotted Skimmer 11 Libellula forensis

Flame Skimmer 1 Libellula saturata

Blue Dasher 19 Pachydiplax longipennis

Grappletail Octogomphus specularis

Pacific Spiketail 18 Cordulegaster dorsalis