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Other Wildlife Seen

Reptiles

  • Snapping turtle

  • Painted turtle

  • Eastern garter snake

  • Red-bellied snake (throughout NE MN but not recorded on the property yet)

Salamanders

  • Blue-spotted salamander

  • Red-backed salamander

Frogs and Toads (in order heard calling each spring)

  • Wood frog

  • Spring peeper

  • Boreal chorus frog

  • American toad

  • Gray treefrog

  • Leopard frog

  • Green frog

  • Mink frog

Fish seen in Woods Lake

  • Bluegills (very small)

  • Yellow perch (small)

  • Northern pike (very small)

Fish seen in stream

  • Northern pike (spawning)

  • Rainbow smelt (spawning)

  • Bluegills (small)

Fish seen while snorkeling in Eagles Nest Lake One

  • Walleye

  • Northern pike

  • Bluegills

  • Smallmouth bass

  • Largemouth bass

  • Pumpkinseeds

  • Yellow perch

  • Black crappie

  • Rock bass

  • White sucker

  • Rainbow smelt

Moths seen at lights on the Research Center

  • Luna Actias

  • Luna Polyphemus

  • Antheraea polyphemus

  • Hummingbird clearwing

  • Hemaris thysbe

  • Big poplar sphinx

  • Pachysphinx modesta

  • Ctenucha virginica

  • Rose hooktip

  • Oreta rosea

  • St Lawrence tiger moth

  • Platarctia parthenos

  • Virgin tiger moth

  • Grammia virgo

  • Canadian sphinx

  • Sphinx canadensis

  • Apple sphinx

  • Sphinx gordius

  • Small-eyed sphinx

  • Paonias myops

  • Twin-spotted sphinx

  • Smerinthus jamaicensis

  • Blinded sphinx

  • Paonias excaecatus

  • One-eyed sphinx

  • Smerinthus cerisyi

Butterflies

  • Tiger Swallowtail

  • Monarch

  • Painted Lady

  • American Painted Lady

  • Compton's Tortoise Shell

  • Green Comma

  • Atlantis Fritillary

  • Great Spangled Fritillary

  • White Admiral

  • Wood Nymph

  • Pearly Eye

  • Red Admiral

  • Fire Rim Tortoise Shell

  • Common Sulfur

  • Alfalfa

  • Cabbage

  • White Streamside

  • Checkerspot

  • Question Mark

  • Tawny Crescent

  • Orange Crescent

  • Harvester

Damselflies and Dragonslies to look for

Unlike the above species actually seen on the Research Center property, following is a list of 96 Odonata recorded by the USGS for nearby counties (Cook, Lake, St Louis, Itasca, and Koochiching Counties) or listed by Catling and Brownell (2000) for adjacent portions of Ontario in the Thunder Bay, Rainy River, and Kenora Districts.

CALOPTERYGIDAE - BROAD-WINGED DAMSELS

  • Calopteryx aequabilis (Say, 1839) - River Jewelwing

LESTIDAE - SPREADWINGS

  • Lestes congener (Hagen, 1861) - Spotted Spreadwing

  • L. disjunctus (Selys, 1862) - Common Spreadwing

  • L. dryas (Kirby, 1890) - Emerald Spreadwing

  • L. forcipatus (Rambur, 1842) - Sweetflag Spreadwing

  • L. inaequalis (Walsh, 1862) - Elegant Spreadwing

  • L. rectangularis (Say, 1839) - Slender Spreadwing

  • L. unguiculatus (Hagen, 1861) - Lyre-tipped Spreadwing

COENAGRIONIDAE - POND DAMSELS

  • Argia moesta (Hagen, 1861) - Powdered Dancer

  • Coenagrion angulatum (Walker, 1912) - Prairie Bluet

  • C. interrogatum (Selys, 1876) - Subarctic Bluet

  • C. resolutum (Selys, 1876) - Taiga Bluet

  • Enallagma boreale (Selys, 1875) - Boreal Bluet

  • E. carunculatum (Morse, 1895) - Tule Bluet

  • E. civile (Hagen, 1861) - Familiar Bluet

  • E. cyathigerum (Charpentier, 1840) - Northern Bluet

  • E. cyathigerum vernale - Spring Bluet

  • E. ebrium (Hagen, 1861) - Marsh Bluet

  • E. exsulans (Hagen, 1861) - Stream Bluet

  • E. hageni (Walsh, 1863) - Hagen's Bluet

  • Nehalennia irene (Hagen, 1861) - Sedge Sprite

AESHNIDAE - DARNERS

  • Aeshna canadensis (Walker, 1908) - Canada Darner

  • A. constricta (Say, 1839) - Lance-tipped Darner

  • A. eremita (Scudder, 1866) - Lake Darner

  • A. interrupta (Walker, 1908) - Variable Darner

  • A. sitchensis (Hagen, 1861) - Zigzag Darner

  • A. tuberculifera (Walker, 1908) - Black-tipped Darner

  • A. umbrosa (Walker, 1908) - Shadow Darner

  • A. verticalis (Hagen, 1861) - Green-striped Darner

  • Anax junius (Drury, 1773) - Common Green Darner

  • Basiaeschna janata (Say, 1839) - Springtime Darner

  • Boyeria grafiana (Williamson, 1907) - Ocellated Darner

  • B. vinosa (Say, 1839) - Fawn Darner

GOMPHIDAE - CLUBTAILS

  • Arigomphus cornutus (Tough, 1900) - Horned Clubtail

  • Dromogomphus spinosus (Selys, 1854) - Black-shouldered Spinyleg

  • Gomphus adelphus (Selys, 1858) - Mustached Clubtail

  • G. exilis (Selys, 1854) - Lancet Clubtail

  • G. fraternus (Say, 1839) - Midland Clubtail

  • G. graslinellus (Walsh, 1862) - Pronghorn Clubtail

  • G. lividus (Selys, 1854) - Ashy Clubtail

  • G. quadricolor (Walsh, 1863) - Rapids Clubtail

  • G. spicatus (Hagen in Selys, 1854) - Dusky Clubtail

  • G. vastus (Walsh, 1862) - Cobra Clubtail

  • G. ventricosus (Walsh, 1863) - Skillet Clubtail

  • G. viridifrons (Hine, 1901) - Green-faced Clubtail

  • Hagenius brevistylus (Selys, 1854) - Dragonhunter

  • Ophiogomphus anomalus (Harvey, 1898) - Extra-striped Snaketail

  • O. carolus (Needham, 1897) - Riffle Snaketail

  • O. colubrinus (Selys, 1854) - Boreal Snaketail

  • O. rupinsulensis (Walsh, 1862) - Rusty Snaketail

  • Stylogomphus albistylus (Hagen in Selys, 1878) - Least Clubtail

  • Stylurus amnicola (Walsh, 1862) - Riverine Clubtail

  • S. notatus (Rambur, 1842) - Elusive Clubtail

  • S. scudderi (Selys, 1873) - Zebra Clubtail

  • S. spiniceps (Walsh, 1862) - Arrow Clubtail

CORDULEGASTRIDAE - SPIKETAILS

  • Cordulegaster maculata (Selys, 1854) - Twin-spotted Spiketail

MACROMIIDAE - CRUISERS

  • Didymops D. transversa (Say, 1839) - Stream Cruiser

  • Macromia illinoiensis (Walsh, 1862) - Illinois River Cruiser

CORDULIIDAE - EMERALDS

  • Cordulia shurtleffii (Scudder, 1866) - American Emerald

  • Dorocordulia libera (Selys, 1871) - Racket-tailed Emerald

  • Epitheca canis (McLachlan, 1886) - Beaverpond Baskettail

  • E. cynosura (Say, 1839) - Common Baskettail

  • E. spinigera (Selys, 1871) - Spiny Baskettail

  • Helocordulia H. uhleri (Selys, 1871) - Uhler's Sundragon

  • NeurocorduliaN. yamaskanensis (Provancher, 1875) - Stygian Shadowdragon

  • Somatochlora cingulata (Selys, 1871) - Lake Emerald

  • S. elongata (Scudder, 1866) - Ski-tailed Emerald

  • S. ensigera (Martin, 1906) - Plains Emerald

  • S. forcipata (Scudder, 1866) - Forcipate Emerald

  • S. franklini (Selys, 1878) - Delicate Emerald

  • S. hudsonica (Hagen in Selys, 1871) - Hudsonian Emerald

  • S. kennedyi (Walker, 1918) - Kennedy's Emerald

  • S. minor (Calvert in Harvey, 1898) - Ocellated Emerald

  • S. walshii (Scudder, 1866) - Brush-tipped Emerald

  • S. williamsoni (Walker, 1907) - Williamson's Emerald

LIBELLULIDAE - SKIMMERS

  • Leucorrhinia borealis (Hagen, 1890) - Boreal Whiteface

  • L. frigida (Hagen, 1890) - Frosted Whiteface

  • L. glacialis (Hagen, 1890) - Crimson-ringed Whiteface

  • L. hudsonica (Selys, 1850) - Hudsonian Whiteface

  • L. intacta (Hagen, 1861) - Dot-tailed Whiteface

  • L. patricia (Walker, 1940) - Canada Whiteface

  • L. proxima (Calvert, 1890) - Red-waisted Whiteface

  • Libellula julia (Uhler, 1857) - Chalk-fronted Corporal

  • L. lydia (Drury, 1773) - Common Whitetail

  • L. pulchella (Drury, 1773) - Twelve-spotted Skimmer

  • L. quadrimaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Four-spotted Skimmer

  • Pachydiplax longipennis (Burmeister, 1839) - Blue dasher

  • Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) - Wandering Glider

  • Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) - Variegated Meadowhawk

  • S. costiferum (Hagen, 1861) - Saffron-winged Meadowhawk

  • S. danae (Sulzer, 1776) - Black Meadowhawk

  • S. internum (Montgomery, 1943) - Cherry-faced Meadowhawk

  • S. obtrusum (Hagen, 1867) - White-faced Meadowhawk

  • S. occidentale (Bartenev, 1915) - Western Meadowhawk

  • S. rubicundulum (Say, 1839) - Ruby Meadowhawk

  • S. semicinctum (Say, 1839) - Band-winged Meadowhawk

  • S. vicinum (Hagen, 1861) - Yellow-legged Meadowhawk