Modeled after our first two books Kansas
Critters: Mammals and Kansas
Critters: Birds,
the third book will be titled Kansas Critters: Bugs!
It is scheduled for publication in summer 2010!
Kansas Critters: Bugs
will feature stories, poems and artwork about the arthropods in the list
below,
which is drawn from the book Insects in Kansas
(available in the Owl's Nest Gift Shop).
This list below shows not only the common name as listed in the flyer,
but also the
scientific name and page number so you will know exactly which critter we are referring
to.
Deadline for entries was February
15, 2010
We will look over all the entries and pick the best ones for inclusion in the book.
The students who create the winning entries for the book will be invited
to a special awards ceremony and reception at the Great Plains Nature Center, where they
will be recognized for their contribution and presented with complimentary copies of the
book!
| Dragonflies
& Damselflies |
Grasshoppers |
Crickets &
Katydids |
 | Common Green Darner (p.46)
Anax junio
|
| Widow Skimmer (p.47)
Libellula luctuosa
|
| Twelve-spotted Skimmer (p.47)
Libellula pulchella
|
| Eastern Amberwing (p.48)
Perithemis tenera
|
| Ebony Jewelwing (p.50)
Calopteryx maculata
|
| American Rubyspot (p.50)
Hetaerina americana
|
| Familiar Bluet (p.52)
Enallagma civile
|
|
| Lubber Grasshopper (p.57)
Brachstola magna
|
| Slant-faced Grasshopper (p.60)
Mermiria bivittata
|
| Carolina Grasshopper (p.62)
Dissosteria carolinena
|
| Toothpick Grasshopper (p.64)
Leptysma marginicollis
|
| Differential Grasshopper (p.66)
Melanoplus differentialis
|
| Pictured Grasshopper (p.68)
Dactylotum bicolor pictum
|
|
| Sword-bearing Katydid (p.71)
Neoconocephalus sp.
|
| Cave Cricket (p.73)
Ceuthophilus sp.
|
| Camel Cricket (p.73)
Udeopsylla robusta
|
| Field Cricket (p.75)
Gryllus sp.
|
| Northern Mole Cricket (p.77)
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
|
|
Walkingsticks,
Earwigs,
Mantises, Cockroaches |
True Bugs |
Aquatic True
Bugs |
| Walkingstick (p.55)
Diaphomera velii
|
| Ring-legged Earwig (p.78)
Euborellia annulipes
|
| Carolina Mantid (p.80)
Stagmomantis carolina
|
| American Cockroach (p.82)
Periplaneta americana
|
|
| Harlequin Bug (p.95)
Murgantia histrionica
|
| Green Stink Bug (p.96)
Acrosternum hilare
|
| Leaffooted Bug (p.98)
Leptoglossus phyllopus
|
| Boxelder Bug (p.100)
Boisea trivittata
|
| Large Milkweed Bug (p.102)
Oncopeltus fasciatus
|
| Ambush Bug (p.107)
Phymata sp.
|
| Wheel Bug (p.109)
Arilus cristatus
|
|
| Water Strider (p.115)
Gerris remiges
|
| Backswimmer (p.116)
Notonecta undulata
|
| Water Boatman (p.117)
Sigara alternata
|
| Water Scorpion (p.118)
Ranatra fusca
|
| Electric Light Bug (p.119)
Lethocerus griseus
|
| Toe Biter (p.119)
Belostoma flumineum
|
|
| Homoptera |
Neuroptera |
Beetles |
| Twolined Spittlebug (p.124)
Prosapia bicincta
|
| Dog Days Cicada (p.126)
Tibicen pruinosa
|
| Periodical Cicada (p.126)
Magicicada septendecim
|
| Saddled Leafhopper (p.128)
Colladonus clitellarius
|
| Buffalo Treehopper (p.129)
Stictocephala bisonia
|
|
| Dobsonfly (p.154)
Corydalus cornutus
|
| Mantispid (p.155)
Climaciella brunnea
|
| Green Lacewing (p.156)
Chrysopa carnea
|
| Spottedwinged Antlion (p.158)
Dendroleon obsoletus
|
| Owlfly (p.159)
Ululodes quadrimaculata
|
|
| Sixspotted Tiger Beetle (p.163)
Cicindela sexguttata
|
| Caterpillar Hunter (p.165)
Calosoma scrutator
|
| Whirligig Beetle (p.171)
Dineutus assimilis
|
| Giant Stag Beetle (p.178)
Lucanus elaphus
|
| Splendid Dung Beetle (p.180)
Phanaeus vindex
|
|
| Ants, Bees,
Wasps |
Moths |
Beetles
(cont'd.) |
| Pigeon Tremex (p.255)
Tremex columba
|
| Common Eastern Velvet Ant (p.264)
Dasymutilla occidentalis
|
| Black Carpenter Ant (p.272)
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
|
| Eastern Yellowjacket (p.277)
Vespula maculifrons
|
| Common Paper Nest Wasp (p.279)
Polistes exclamans
|
| Steel Blue Cricket Hunter (p.281)
Chlorion aerarium
|
| Cicada Killer (p.286)
Sphecius speciosus
|
| Bumble Bee (p.291)
Bombus pennsylvanicus
|
| Honey Bee (p.292)
Apis mellifera
|
|
| Io Moth (p.321)
Automeris io
|
| Polyphemus Moth (p.322)
Antheraea polyphemus
|
| Luna Moth (p.322)
Actias luna
|
| Tomato Hornworm (p.323)
Manduca quinquemaculata
|
| Snowberry Clearwing (p.326)
Hemaris diffinis
|
| Whitelined Sphinx (p.328)
Hyles lineata
|
| Giant Leopard Moth (p.332)
Ecpantheria scribonia
|
| Sweethert Underwing (p.339)
Catocala amatrix
|
|
| Eyed Click Beetle (p.193)
Alaus oculatus
|
| Eastern Firefly (p.195)
Photinus pyralis
|
| Goldenrod Soldier Beeetle (p.197)
Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus
|
| Convergent Lady Beetle (p.209)
Hippodamia convergens
|
| Threestriped Blister Beetle (p.217)
Epicauta lemniscata
|
| Cottonwood Borer (p.224)
Plectrodera scalator
|
| Red Milkweed Beetle (p.227)
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
|
| Colorado Potato Beetle (p.232)
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
|
| Spotted Cucumber Beetle (p.235)
Acalymma vittata
|
|
| Scorpionfly,
Crane Fly, True Flies |
Butterflies |
Butterflies
(cont'd.) |
| Scorpionfly (p.377)
Panorpa anomala
|
| Crane Fly (p.380)
Tipula triplex
|
| Mosquito (p.385-388, any)
Family Culicidae
|
| Deer Fly (p.391)
Chrysops vittatus
|
| Black Horse Fly (p.391)
Tabanus atratus
|
| Prairie Robber Fly (p.395)
Diogmites angustipennis
|
| Bee Fly (p.399)
Heterostylum croceum
|
|
| Black Swallowtail (p.357)
Papilio polyxenes
|
| Tiger Swallowtail (p.358)
Papilio glaucus
|
| Dogface (p.361)
Zerene cesonia
|
| Regal Fritillary (p.366)
Speyeria idalia
|
| Question Mark (p.368)
Polygonia interrogationis
|
| Mourning Cloak (p.368)
Nymphalis antiopa
|
|
| Red Admiral (p.369)
Vanessa atalanta
|
| Painted Lady (p.369)
Vanessa cardui
|
| Buckeye (p.370)
Junonia coenia
|
| Redspotted Purple (p.371)
Basilarchia arthemis astyanax
|
| Wood Nymph (p.374)
Cercyonis pegala
|
| Monarch (p.374)
Danaus plexippus
|
|
| Other "bugs" - Arachnids, Centipedes, Millipedes, Rolypolys |
| American Dog Tick (p.438)
Dermacentor variabilis
|
| Golden Garden Spider (p.441)
Argiope aurantia
|
| Brown Recluse (p.441)
Loxosceles reclusa
|
| Wolf Spiders (p.442)
Family Lycosidae
|
| Jumping Spiders (p.443)
Family Salticidae
|
| Tarantula (p.444)
Dugesialla hentzi
|
| Black Widow (p.444)
Latrodectus mactans
|
|
| Daddylonglegs (p.446)
Mitopus sp. |
| Scorpions (p.446)
Order Scorpiones |
| Centipedes (p.448)
Family Scolopendridae |
| Millipedes (p.449) |
| Pillbug (p.450) |
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