Tuesday 3 January 2017

2016 Lep, Ode, Herp, Mammal Year Lists

2016 was the first year I paid really any attention to Leps, Odes, Herps, and Mammals. Although my year list for each isn't all that impressive,  I still ended up with a few dozen species. Listed in rough taxonomic order. Lifers are in Bold.

Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths): 

  1. Silver-spotted Skipper
    Silver-spotted Skipper
  2. Dun Skipper
  3. Broad-winged Skipper
  4. Peck's Skipper
  5. Common Checkered Skipper
  6. European Skipper
  7. Giant Swallowtail
  8. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  9. Black Swallowtail
  10. Spicebush Swallowtail
  11. Cabbage White
  12. Orange Sulphur
  13. Clouded Sulphur
  14. Acadian Hairstreak
    Acadian Hairstreak
  15. Banded Hairstreak
  16. Eastern Tailed Blue
  17. Great Spangled Fritillary
  18. Tawny Crescent
  19. Northern Crescent
  20. Pearl Crescent
  21. Common Buckeye
  22. Mourning Cloak
  23. Eastern Comma
  24. Red Admiral
  25. Viceroy
  26. White Admiral
  27. Red-spotted Purple
    Eyed Brown
  28. Common Wood-Nymph
  29. Monarch
  30. Eyed Brown
  31. Common Ringlet
  32. Virginia Ctenucha
  33. Chain-dotted Geometer
  34. Hummingbird Clearwing



Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies):

  1. Common Green Darner
  2. Canada Darner
    Halloween Pennant
  3. Unicorn Clubtail
  4. Prince Baskettail
  5. Calico Pennant
  6. Halloween Pennant
  7. Eastern Pondhawk
  8. Widow Skimmer
  9. Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  10. Eastern Pondhawk
  11. Eastern Amberwing
  12. Common Whitetail
  13. White-faced Meadowhawk
  14. Ebony Jewelwing
  15. Ruby Meadowhawk
  16. Band-winged Meadowhawk
  17. Autumn Meadowhawk 
  18. Black Saddlebags
  19. Ebony Jewelwing
  20. River Jewelwing
  21. Emerald Spreadwing
  22. Variable Dancer
  23. Tule Bluet
  24. Familiar Bluet
  25. Marsh Bluet
    Orange Bluet
  26. Skimming Bluet
  27. Orange Bluet
  28. Sedge Sprite
  29. Eastern Forktail
  30. Fragile Forktail





Herps (Reptiles and Amphibians):

  1. Blanding's Turtle
    Blanding's Turtle
  2. Midland Painted Turtle
  3. Northern Map Turtle
  4. Snapping Turtle
  5. Spiny Softshell
  6. Eastern Gartersnake
  7. Five-lined Skink
  8. American Bullfrog
  9. American Toad
  10. Gray Treefrog
  11. Green Frog
    Eastern Gartersnake
  12. Northern Leopard Frog
  13. Spring Peeper
  14. Western Chorus Frog
  15. Wood Frog

Mammals:

  1. White-tailed Deer
    Moose
  2. Moose
  3. Striped Skunk
  4. Raccoon
  5. Coyote
  6. Meadow Vole
  7. Muskrat
  8. Beaver
  9. Eastern Chipmunk
  10. Woodchuck
  11. Red Squirrel
    Red Squirrel
  12. Eastern Gray Squirrel
  13. Eastern Cottontail
  14. Snowshoe Hare
  15. Little Brown Bat

4 comments:

  1. A good list!
    You should attempt a visit near my home for the Southern Hairstreak in late June.

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    1. That sounds good. Maybe I'll find a Bobwhite while I'm at it!

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  2. If you do find a Bobwhite, it will be something incredible!

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    1. It's sad that we can no longer regularly find this species in Ontario. Hopefully they'll make a comeback. Maybe we should start a re-introduction program!

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