Country: USA
State/District: WI
County: Burnett
Date (D-M-Y): 5 - 6 - 2007

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Wisconsin Crex Meadows

Keywords: A bumble bee caterpillar Crex Meadows blue butterfly blue flower distance sampling orange butterfly orange flower pink flower white flower yellow flower yellow spider
Additional Information:

Crex Meadows, Wisconsin, June 2007.

I was part of an informative workshop focused on monitoring population size of the Plebejus melissa samuelis (Karner Blue Butterfly) at Crex Meadows.   The photos below show a smidgen of the local biodiversity and most of the members of the workshop including our main instructor Brian Underwood.   E. M. Barrows


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Figure 1.   A view of Crex Meadows.

Figure 2.   A view of Crex Meadows.

Figure 3.   A view of Crex Meadows.

Figure 4.   A view of Crex Meadows.

Figure 5.   A view of Crex Meadows.



Figure 6.   A view of Crex Meadows.

Figure 7.   Nests of moth larvae on Prunus virginiana (Choke Cherry, Rosaceae).

Figure 8.   A nest of moth larvae on Prunus virginiana (Choke Cherry, Rosaceae).

Figure 9.   A nest of moth larvae on Prunus virginiana (Choke Cherry, Rosaceae).

Figure 10.   A thomiscid spider (Thomiscidae) with its prey, Euptoieta claudia (Variegated Fritillary).



Figure 11.   The Distance Sampling workshop.

Figure 12.   The Distance Sampling workshop.

Figure 13.   The Distance Sampling workshop.

Figure 14.   The Distance Sampling workshop.

Figure 15.   The Distance Sampling workshop.



Figure 16.   A queen Bombus ternarius drinking nectar from Lithospermum caroliniense (Carolina Puccoon, Boraginaceae).

Figure 17.   There’s an Anaconda in this grass somewhere.

Figure 18.   A Plebejus melissa samuelis (Karner Blue Butterfly, Lycaenidae) resting on Lithospermum caroliniense (Carolina Puccoon, Boraginaceae).

Figure 19.   A Plebejus melissa samuelis (Karner Blue Butterfly, Lycaenidae) resting on Lithospermum caroliniense (Carolina Puccoon, Boraginaceae).

Figure 20.   The Distance Sampling workshop.



Figure 21.   The Distance Sampling workshop.

Figure 22.   Fruit of Fragaria sp. (strawberry, Rosaceae).

Figure 23.   A Phyciodes tharos (Pearl Crescent, Nymphalidae) and Euptoieta claudia (Variegated Fritillary, Nymphalidae) nectaring on Ceanothus herbaceus (Redroot, Rhamnaceae).

Figure 24.   Danaus plexippus (Monarch, Nymphalidae) nectaring on Lithospermum caroliniense (Carolina Puccoon, Boraginaceae).

Figure 25.   A blue-flowered Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine, Fabaceae).



Figure 26.   A pink-flowered Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine, Fabaceae).

Figure 27.   A pink-flowered Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine, Fabaceae).

Figure 28.   A white-flowered Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine, Fabaceae).   The white flowers turn blue and purple as they mature.

Figure 29.   A white-flowered Lupinus perennis (Wild Lupine, Fabaceae).   The white flowers turn blue and purple as they mature.

Figure 30.   A rainbow near Crex Meadows.