296 



PRAIRIE COMMUNITIES 



TABLE LXV 

 Low Prairie Animals Inhabiting the Ground 

 R = Riverside (Station 48); W=near Wolf Lake (near Station 45); J = south of 

 Jackson Park (Stations 42, 43). 



Common Name 



Crayfish 



Crayfish 



Ground beetle . . 

 Ground beetle . . 

 Ground beetle . . 



Spider 



Beetle 



Shorebug 



Salamander. . . . 



Frog 



Cricket-frog. . . . 

 Swamp tree-frog 



Toad 



Garter-snake. . . 



Scientific Name 



Cambarus diogenes Gir 



Cambarus gracilis Bun 



Chlaenius aestivus Say 



Platynus affinis Kirby 



Amara angustata Say 



Ozyptila cons pur rata Thor . . . 



Diplochila laticollis Lee 



Salda coriacea Uhl 



Ambly stoma tigrinum Green. . 



Rana pipiens Sch 



Acris gryllus Lee 



Chorophilus nigritus Lee 



Bufo lentiginosus Shaw 



Thamnophis radix B. ar.d G.? 



Habitat 



W 



w 

 w 

 w 



TABLE LXVI 

 Low Prairie and Temporary Marsh Animals Frequenting the Vegetation 

 B = the triangular bulrush belt about Wolf Lake (Station 45); S = the sedge 

 belt of the same; J = sedge prairie south of Jackson Park (Stations 42, 43); R = sedge 

 prairie near Riverside (Station 48), June 15 to August 30. 



Common Name 



Spider 



Diving spider 



Spider 



Long-bodied spider. . . . 



Crab spider 



White crab spider 



Striped spider 



Garden spider 



Small orb-weaver 



Tube- weaver 



Slender meadow grass- 

 hopper 



Short- winged brown lo- 

 cust 



Meadow grasshopper. . 



Red-legged grasshopper 



Scientific Name 



Eugnatha straminea Em 



Dolomedes sexpunctatus Htz. . . 



Epeira trivittata Key 



Tetragnatha laboriosa Htz 



Runcinia aleatoria Htz 



Misumena vatia Clerck 



Argiope trifasciata Forsk 



Argiope aurantia Luc 



Epeira trifolium Htz 



Agelena naevia Walck 



Xiphidium fasciatum DeG .... 



Stenobothrus curtipennis Harr. . 



Orchelimum vidgare Harr 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeG 



Habitat 



