I confess, I made up most of these habitat names. On this page I discuss habitats I have come across, and what can be seen there most often.
Woodland Edge & Wildflower meadows[]
This habitat is one of the many habitats with plentiful insects, to find the most insects try searching on warm spring and summer days. Common finds: Hover flies Mayflies Damselflies Bees & Wasps Moths (Shaking leafy areas is one way to disturb moths in the day) |
This sort of meadow is normally the most beautiful. These meadows consist of only wild species of flowers and plants and can attract many pollinators, damper ones,at night, can be the best area for spotting fireflies. Common finds: Insects: Butterflies & Day-flying Moths Bees Hummingbird Hawk-moths Grasshoppers & Meadow Katydids Leafhoppers & Spittlebugs Birds: Hawks & Kestrels |
Overgrown dry soil meadow & Upper overgrown dry soil meadow[]
These are areas of dry, hard soil untouched by colonization. The hard soil limits the amount of plants that grow here, and mainly consist of Common Hempnettle, Goosefoot, Foxtail barley, , , various mustard family plants and occasionally some Wild Sunflowers. Common finds: Insects: Tiger Beetles (On open areas) Plant Bugs (Sweeping with nets can reveal hundreds of them among the weeds) Field-living Shield Bugs Damsel Bugs Parenthesis, 7-spotted and Sinuate Ladybirds Common and Orange Sulphur butterflies Purplish Copper butterflies Minute Pirate Bugs Birds: Swainson's Hawk and other hawks American Pipits (In Fall) |
The higher areas of dry soil meadows tend to have more plants and consist of and alot of withered and dead plants, these areas are the best spots for sweeping. Common finds are similar to the lower Overgrown meadows. |
Flat meadows & Scrubland
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A flat meadow is a field that is frequently mowed and kept flat, these usually consist of grass and very few wildflower species. A common example would be a school field. Common finds: Insects: Leafhoppers & Spittlebugs Small Grasshoppers & Meadow Katydids Clover & Forage Looper moths Silver y-marked moths Sulphur Butterflies Greenish Blue butterfly (If amounts of White Clover are present) Heliothis sp. moths (Rare; if amounts of White clover are present) |
Scrub land are usually tied with Overgrown drysoil meadows, these are areas were most of the plants have not started to grow. Common finds include Tiger beetles and a stray Road duster grasshopper. |
Hilltops & Basic woodland[]
I found this hilltop in a school field, and managed to make the photo look more natural. I didn't study this habitat much but is probably similar to the flat meadow, since it is just a higher spot in one. This habitat attracts sun-basking insects and common finds include: Sulphur butterflies Silver-y marked moths Big-eyed bugs (On ground) |
Aspen woodland & Open woodland[]
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Mountain: Coniferous woodland & Alpine stream[]
The trees in this forest that are coniferous create shade all year round. Common finds: (Not studied habitat in summer) Snakeflies (possibly....)
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One look at that river and I can guess whats found here, I did find some mayflies on a cabin door. Common finds: Mayflies Stoneflies Caddisflies |