Terrestrial Snails

 

Family Species # of Individuals # of Sites
Discidae Anguispira mordax (n.r.) 2 1
Endodontidae Helicodiscus punctatellus 1 1
Hygromiidae Hygromia striolata (n.r.) 2 1
Polygridae Mesodon zaletus 1 1
Zonitidae Mesomphix andrewsae 2 2
Zonitidae Mesomphix rugeli 1 1
Zonitidae Mesomphix vulgatus (n.r.) 2 2
Oxychilidae Oxychilus alliarius (n.r.) 2 2
Oxychilidae Oxychilus cellarius 6 4
Oxychilidae Oxychilus draparnaldi 10 3
Zonitidae Paravitrea capsella 6 3
Zonitidae Paravitrea petrophila 1 1
Zonitidae Paravitrea placentula 28 5
Zonitidae Paravitrea smithi 5 5
Zonitidae Paravitrea variabilis 1 1
Polygridae Polygyra pustuloides 1 1
Zonitidae Retinella dalliana (n.r.) 1 1
Polygridae Stenotrema cohuttense (n.r.) 1 1
Polygridae Stenotrema exodon 4 2
Polygridae Stenotrema maxillatum 1 1
Hygromiidae Trochulus striolatus 1 1
Zonitidae Ventridens gularis (n.r.) 1 1
Zonitidae Ventridens intertextus (n.r.) 5 2
Vitrinidae Vitrina limpida (n.r.) 2 2
Gastrodontidae Zonitoides lateumbilicatus 1 1

Sample sites included: Flatwoods northeast of Victory Lake, Martha’s Meadow, woodland near the College Chapel on the main campus, woodland around Berry Reservoir, Plane Crash site (near the summit of Lavender Mountain), and two sites near the Old Mill (northeast- and southwest-facing slopes of the stream valley).

The source of this data is Sheehan, Tom N. 2015. Species diversity and abundance of terrestrial gastropods on Berry College’s Campus, Rome, Georgia. Honor’s Thesis. Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia. 26 pp.

Lepidoptera

 


 

Butterflies

  • Asterocampa celtis (Hackberry Butterfly)
  • Battus philenor (Pipe-vine Swallowtail)
  • Danaus plexippus (Monarch)
  • Dione vanillae (Gulf Fritillary)
  • Eurema nicippe (Sleepy Orange)
  • Junonia coenia (Buckeye Butterfly)
  • Papilio glaucus (Tiger Swallowtail)

Moths

  • Estigmene acrea (Arctiidae, Acrea Moth)
  • Isia isabella (Arctiidae, Isabella Moth)
  • Apantesis vittata form radians (Arctiidae, Banded Tiger Moth )
  • Ctenucha virginica (Syntomidae, Virginia Ctenucha)
  • Autographa bimaculata (Noctuidae)
  • Spodoptera ornithogalli (Noctuidae, Yellow-striped Army Worm)
  • Desmia funeralis (Pyralidae, Grape-leaf Folder)
  • Atteva punctella (Tortricidae, Ermine Moth)

Desmia funeralis

This is an incomplete list, based upon collections and observations made by John Graham’s Biological  Diversity class.


Last Updated 6 August 2015
 

Orthoptera

 


 

  • Syrbula admiralis (Brown-winged Slant-faced Grasshopper)
  • Spharagemon bolli (Boll’s Grasshopper)
  • Hippiscus ocelote
  • Melanoplus impudicus (Immodest Spur-throat Grasshopper)
  • Neoconocephalus triops (Cone-headed Grasshopper)
  • Conocephalus strictus (Rapier Meadow Katydid)
  • Conocephalus fasciatus (Slender Meadow Katydid)
  • Scuderia furcata (Fork-tail Bush Katydid)
  • Ceuthophilus sp. (Cave Cricket)

Last Updated 6 August 2015

 

BIO 490 Seminar in Biology

BIO 490  Seminar in Biology                                                                                                                                 1-0-1

Special topics and current literature in the biological sciences, including proper use of library resources for literature review and computer search.

Course Description

Content varies with the instructor. My last several seminars have been on the Biology of Dinosaurs, Human Genetic Variation, Darwinian Medicine, Human Evolution, Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease, and Chaos and Complexity in Biology.