Aspen Stand: Arthropods

Mammals

Birds

Amphibians/Reptiles

Plants

Bryophytes/Lichens

Plant bugs (Miridae)

These are known true bugs, which means they can swing their mouthparts forward to feed. These bugs feed only on plants, pumping salivary fluid into the plant and sucking semi-digested food back up the food canal.

Bark bugs (Aradidae)

Bark bugs are small, very flat, dark bugs that have wings shorter than their abdomen. Look for them under decaying bark or feeding on woody fungi.

Mourning Cloak

This is a spectacular maroon-brown butterfly with a broad yellow edge to the wings. Adults emerge in July and over-winter under bark, logs, or a woodpile, emerging again in spring.  Upon emergence,

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Here are some other representative species in aspen stands:

Beetles:
Carrion Beetle
Ground Beetles
Tiger beetle
Bugs:
Bark bugs (Aradidae)
Plant bugs (Miridae)
Plant lice (Aphididae)
Crickets & Grasshoppers:
Band-winged Grasshopper
Spur-throated Grasshopper
Flies:
Beeflies
Robber Fly
Wasps, Ants & Bees:
Solitary bee
Velvet ants

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