Natural History of Oklahoma’s Glass Mountains… · 2014. 4. 21. · Natural History of...
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Natural History of Oklahoma’s
Glass Mountains… …with emphasis on insects
Ted C. MacRae
Webster Groves Nature Study Society
Entomology Group Meeting
21 April 2014
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Source: Fay, R. O. 1964. The Blaine and related formations of northwestern Oklahoma
and southern Kansas. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Geological Survey 98: 1–238.
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The Gloss Mountains are a system of gypsum capped, red clay buttes and mesas.
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Red clays laid down in the Permian (230–280 mya) dominate the landscape.
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A thick cap of gypsum protects the softer red clays beneath.
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Gloss Mountain State Park is at the northernmost end of the range.
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The Park includes Cathedral Mountain and Lone Peak.
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The view atop Cathedral Mountain extends “forever”.
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Swift Tiger Beetle (Cylindera celeripes)
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The beetles dart between clumps of vegetation in the gypsum exposures.
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Rearing the Swift Tiger Beetle
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Frosted Dromo Tiger Beetle (Dromochorus pruinina) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
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Adults are most active during late afternoon to early evening.
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A large tiger beetle larva peers from its burrow—but what species is it?
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Two large larvae were found in the drainage below this mesa on the south side of the
highway.
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Swift Tiger Beetle larval burrow
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Swift Tiger Beetle 3rd-instar larva
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Swift Tiger Beetle abdominal hump
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Swift Tiger Beetle larvae sitting in their burrows
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The first ever “reared” Swift Tiger Beetle
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Aphonopelma hentzi (Arachida: Araneae)
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This male is distinguishable by its enlarged pedipalps.
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Males wander during fall looking for female burrows.
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The top of Cathedral Mountain.
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Microstylum morosum (Diptera: Asilidae)
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This is the largest robber fly in North America.
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More typically found in the desert southwest, this species has also recently been found
in southwestern Missouri (Caney Mountain).
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Trimerotropis latifasciata (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
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Nymphs are equally well camouflaged.
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Trichodes bibalteatus (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
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The second (lower) pair of eyes distinctly smaller than the first identify this as the larva
of the Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle (Amblycheila cylindriformis).
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Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetle (Amblycheila cylindriformis)
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Occurrence of Amblycheila cylindriformis. White arrows indicate where adults were found (red clay/gypsum exposures in native prairie habitat). None were seen in exposures away from slopes in either
native (zone 1) or altered prairie (zone 2) or further down in roadside drainages (zone 3).
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Great Plains Giant Tiger Beetles make long-lived, interesting “pets”, but so far few
people have succeeded in breeding them.
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Amblycheila “on white”
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Toothy jaws make these beetles terrifying predators
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Great Plains Tiger Beetles feeding
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Eleodes suturalis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
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Eleodes suturalis “on white”
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Eleodes hispilabris (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
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Scolopendra heros (Chilopoda)
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“Beady little eyes”
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Amblycheila cylindriformis larval burrow
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Burrow diameter of ~8mm identifies this as a 3rd instar larva.
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Dig around the burrow, carefully excavating along the grass stem, until the larva is
reached.
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Amblycheila cylindriformis 3rd instar larva.
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The distinctly smaller 2nd pair of eyes confirm this is not Tetracha or Cicindela.
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The distinctly separated hooks on the 5th abdominal segment confirm it is Amblycheila.
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The numerous stout setae are also characteristic of the genus.
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Soil plug with Frosted Dromo Tiger Beetle larva in burrow.
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Frosted Dromo Tiger Beetle larva extracted from burrow.
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Distinguished from Amblycheila by the more elongate, narrowly separated hooks.
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Lateral view of abdominal hump.
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Frosted Dromo Tiger Beetle (Dromochorus pruinina)
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Crossidius pulchellus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Gutierrezia sarothrae
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Acmaeodera macra (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Heterotheca subaxillaris
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Ptilophorus wrightii (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae) on Juniperus virginiana
(I thought it was ovipositing)
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Another one on Rhus aromatica. Why is it holding its wings outstretched?
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The exerted ovipositor suggests the female may be engaged in “calling” behavior.
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Juniper is a recent invasive as a result of land use practices.
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Chrysobothris octocola (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Prosopis glandulosa.
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Brachystola magna (Plains lubber grasshopper) (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)
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The ”quintessential” generalized insect head!
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Chauliognathus limbicollis (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) on Heterotheca subaxillaris
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Epicauta sp. (Coleoptera: Meloidae) on Heterotheca stenophylla
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Plionoma suturalis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Prosopis glandulosa.
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Previously known from the desert southwest (Texas to Arizona).
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Chrysobothris quadrilineata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Juniperus virginiana.
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This juniper-associated jewel beetle has not been recorded from Oklahama.
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Paratyndaris prosopis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Celtis sp.
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Acanthochalcis nigricans (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) on Juniperus virginiana.
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Phyllophaga cribrosa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The flightless adults are most often
found on the ground or low vegetation.
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Chrysobothris purpureovittata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Celtis sp.
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Apiomerus spissipes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Echinacea sp.
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Pediodectes haldemani (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) on Opuntia phaecantha.
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Peek-a-boo!
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Eremochrysa punctinervis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on Prosopis glandulosa.
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Bee on Echinocereus sp.
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Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) juvenile
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Western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) adult
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