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Forest Ecology Exam 2
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
11/04/2012

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Chrysochus auratus
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Spotted Cucumber Beetle

 

Adults consume pollen of cucurbits

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Locust Borer
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Tetraopes tetrophthalmus

 

larvae consume roots of Milkweeds

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Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

 

consumes aphids

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American Firefly

 

larvae consume slugs and snails

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Popillia japonica 



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European Earwig
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Chinese Mantis

 

predators that feed on almost any arthropods that they can catch

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Bumble Bee Robber Fly
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Tiger Bee Fly

 

larvae consume larvae and food supply of Giant Carpenter Bee

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Calliphora sp.
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Lucilia sp.

 

adults consume fluids from dead mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles

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Aedes albopictus

 

 

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Drosophila melanogaster

 

breeds in rotting fruits and vegetables, consumes primarily yeast in decaying matter

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Drone Fly
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Merodon equestris

 

larvae consume Narcissus bulbs

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Striped Black Fly
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Picture-winged Fly
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Ephemeroptera
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Linnaeus' 17-year Cicada
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Silver-Bellied Cicada
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Large Milkweed Bug

 

feeds on juices of Milkweed

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Halyomorpha halys

 

pest species for many fruit and vegetable crops

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Harlequin Bug
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Apis mellifera
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Bombus impatiens
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Xylocopa virginica virginica

 

pollinates many plants including Sunflowers and Milkweeds

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Gold-green Sweat Bee
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Lasioglossum Sweat Bee
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Cotesia congregata

 

larvae consume caterpillars

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Aphaenogaster sp.
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False Honey Ant
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Bald-faced-hornet
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Polistes fuscatus

 

paper from its nests become food for other organisms when it decomposes

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Eastern Yellowjacket

 

adults aerate soil by burrowing underground

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Eastern Subterranean Termite

 

consumes dead wood of many plants

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Damselfly
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Caddisfly

 

food of many aquatic vertebrates

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Acer negundo
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Acer platanoides
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Acer rubrum
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Acer saccharum
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Pawpaw
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Common Milkweed
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Aster cordifolius

 

nectar provides food for Western Honey Bee

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Aster laevis
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Aster prenanthoides
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Bur-marigold
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White Snakeroot
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Wingstem
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Impatiens pallida
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Oxydendrum arboreum

 

nectar provides food for Western Honey Bees

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Vaccinium corymbosum

 

nectar provides food for Western Honey Bee

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Quercus alba
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Quercus falcata
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Quercus palustris
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Quercus rubra
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Osage-orange
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Oxalis europaea 

 

sap provides food for aphid species

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Wineberry

 

fruit provides food for many birds (such as American Robin)

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Lantana camara

 

covers large areas where it crowds out many native species and can markedly hinder forest regeneration

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Viola sororia

 

leaves and fleshy roots provide food for Wild Turkey

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Larix laricina

 

can produce shaded forested areas in which particular kinds of forbs and grasses live

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Gingko biloba

 

resistant to air and soil pollution

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