. Animal communities in temperate America, as illustrated in the Chicago region ; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology. 170 WET GROUND COMMUNITIES There are also a number of insects which live upon the vegetation and never go into the water. These are the blue and yellow moth {Scepsis fulvicollis), which is most characteristic, flies which breed in the water, such as horseflies (Tabanidae) (140), Tetanocera, etc., also midges, mosquitoes, dragon-flies, damsel-flies, May-flies, etc. These are asso- ciated with grasshoppers, such as Stenobothrns, Xiphidium, and various. Pkrmanent W
. Animal communities in temperate America, as illustrated in the Chicago region ; a study in animal ecology. Animal ecology; Zoology. 170 WET GROUND COMMUNITIES There are also a number of insects which live upon the vegetation and never go into the water. These are the blue and yellow moth {Scepsis fulvicollis), which is most characteristic, flies which breed in the water, such as horseflies (Tabanidae) (140), Tetanocera, etc., also midges, mosquitoes, dragon-flies, damsel-flies, May-flies, etc. These are asso- ciated with grasshoppers, such as Stenobothrns, Xiphidium, and various. Pkrmanent Water jNIarsh and Its Inhabitants Fig. 116.—General view of an open bulrush marsh at Wolf Lake. Fig. 117.—Similar but closer view of a marsh at Nippersink Lake, showing the yellow-headed blackbird {Xanthocephalus xantkocephalus Bonap.) perched on the bulrushes. Photo by T. C. Stephens. bugs and beetles which belong to drier places but which alight on the vegetation above the water. These will be discussed in connection with low prairie communities. The birds deserve especial attention (108, 141). The pied billed grebe, the black tern, and coot are especially aquatic. The grebe builds a nest from decayed floating rushes; its bottom is usually wet and the eggs commonly lie in moisture. The black tern builds a nest of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shelford, Victor E. (Victor Ernest), b. 1877; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Chicago, Ill. , Pub. for the Geographic Society of Chicago by the University of Chicago Press
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