PBC fauna

I'm an amateur, so it's entirely possible that some ids are wrong.

Any errors lie solely with Tom Klein.

Note that for many many insects, identification to species is entirely impossible from these sorts of photos. Thankfully there are also many many for which it is possible.

There are undoubtedly many many more insects at Pheasant Branch than appear on this page - these are just a few I happen to have pictures of.

The images on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License by Tom Klein.

Links

WDNR reports on the fauna of Pheasant Branch Conservancy:

Birds of Pheasant Branch Conservancy cover Mammals of Pheasant Branch Conservancy cover Butterflies of Pheasant Branch Conservancy cover

Birds of Pheasant Branch Conservancy

Mammals of Pheasant Branch Conservancy

Butterflies of Pheasant Branch Conservancy

Survey Results Results of a late 1990's WI DNR insect survey of the remnant prairie on Frederick's Hill, coordinated by Richard Henderson.

Digiscoping by Mike McDowell Bird pictures from Pheasant Branch and other locations in the Madison area.

Wisconsin Dragonflies and Damselflies "The goal of this survey is to gain more knowledge about the distributions and habitat requirements of our 160+ species of dragonflies and damselflies (Order Odonata)."

Wisconsin Butterflies Most complete information on butterflies, but also contains sections on tiger beetles and robber flies.

Wisconsin Frog and Toad Survey "The primary purpose of the WFTS is to determine the status, distribution, and long-term population trends of Wisconsin's twelve frog species." Contains links to species accounts and calls.

BugGuide.net Pictures and ids submitted by community members. You can visit my bugguide page here - all of my Pheasant Branch images on bugguide also appear on this page (but not vice versa).
Click here for an introduction to the bugguide process.

Some other Wisconsin-specific resources:

Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin Kathryn Kirk and Charles R. Bomar

Bees of Wisconsin A.T. Wolf & J.S. Ascher

Wisconsin Millipeds Dreux J. Watermolen

Updated Checklist of Wisconsin Centipedes Dreux J. Watermolen

Pseudoscorpion Records from Wisconsin[pdf] Dreux J. Watermolen

Aquatic and terrestrial flatworm and ribbon worm records from Wisconsin[pdf] Dreux J. Watermolen

Spiders of Wisconsin[website] Peter J. DeVries (I don't know how complete these pages are)

Beetle Resources:

Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) of Wisconsin: distribution and ecology D.A. Marschalek

Death-watch and spider beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae R.A. Arango and D.K. Young

Kateretidae & Nitidulidae of Wisconsin[website] Michele B. Price and Theresa Cira