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

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