BIOL 403, Invertebrate Field Zoology, Fall 2004
Dr. W. Mike Howell & Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, Professors
Department of Biology, Samford University

Specimen Collection
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Collection data:  August 30, 2004, Samford University campus, Jefferson County, Alabama;
Dr. W. Mike Howell, Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, and Invertebrate Field Zoology Class

Agelenopsis naevia Agelenopsis naevia Banded Froghopper Basilica spider Bacilica spider web
Black Widow Bowl and Doily Spider Web Carpenter Bee Common Green Darner Common Whitetail
Earthworm Filmy Dome Spider Grasshopper, Micrathena gracilis web Micrathena gracilis
Muscidae Painted Leafhopper Shore Spider Silver Spotted Skipper Silver Spotted Skipper Caterpillar
Skipper Larva Retreat Spiny Oak Slug Stoidus auranta Thiodina sylvana  

Collection data:  September 1 , 2004, Oak Mountain Park near swimming lake, Shelby Co., Alabama;
Dr. W. Mike Howell, Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, and Invertebrate Field Zoology Class

Bee mimic fly, Family Bombyliidae Cloudless Sulfur, Phoebis sennae Dobber wasp nest Eustella anastera Fiery Skipper, Hylephila phyleus
Grass Spider, Agelenopsis naevia Green Penultimate Grasshopper, Family Acrididae Great Blue Skimmer, Libellula vibrans Erythemis simplicicollis, Eastern pondhawk Least Skipper Caterpillar, Ancyloxypha numitor
Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor Least Skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor Paper Wasp, Polistes fuscatus Potters wasp hive Robber Fly, Efferia pogonias
Robber Fly, Efferia pogonias        

Collection data:  September 6 , 2004, Samford University parking deck, Jefferson Co., Alabama;
Dr. W. Mike Howell, Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, and Invertebrate Field Zoology Class

Arabesque orbweaver, Neoscona arabesca Cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae Cellar spider (female), Pholcus phalangioides Cellar spider (male), Pholcus phalangioides Geometrid moth, family Geometridae
Green lacewing, Chrysopa oculata Katydid, family Tettigoniidae Labyrinth spider, Metepeira labyrinthea Snout butterfly, Libytheana bachmanii Southern house spider (female), Kukulcania hibernalis
Southern house spider (male), Kukulcania hibernalis Triangulate comb-foot spider, Steatoda triangulosa      


Collection data:  September 8, 2004, Oak Mountain State Park lower lake picnic area, Shelby Co.,
Alabama; Dr. W. Mike Howell, Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, and Invertebrate Field Zoology Class

Band Wing Grasshopper, Sub-Family Oedipodinae Cloudless Sulfur, Phoebis sennae Crab Spider, Misumenops asperatus Field Cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus Lady Bird Beetle, Harmonia axyridis
Lined Orb Weaver, Mongora gibberosa Lined Orb Weaver, Mangora gibberosa Painted Leafhopper, Endria inimica Spinybacked Orb Weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis Spinybacked Orb Weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis

Collection data:  September 13, 2004, Aldredge Garden, Hoover, Jefferson Co.,
Alabama; Dr. W. Mike Howell, Dr. Ronald L. Jenkins, and Invertebrate Field Zoology Class

Gulf Fritillary (Adult, Dorsal) Gulf Fritillary (Adult, Ventral) Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes mylitta Rosy Aphid, family Aphididae
Sachem, Atalopedes campestris        


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