Local Diversity Green Group

Annual Cicada

-Habitat: Any area with Trees

-Diet: Sap of trees and bushes

larval: root juices of many plants

-Origin: US

-Larvae live underground 2-5 yrs

Praying Mantis

-Habitat: Tall grass, flowers, bushes

-Diet: Any insect smaller than them

-Origin: Carolina mantid native, Chinese mantid from Asia

-Chinese Mantid introduced for biological control of pests

Widow Skimmer

-Habitat: Adults found near ponds and lakes, larve are aquatic

Adult diet: flying insects

Larval diet: aquatic invertebrates

Origin: Native to US

Carolina Grasshopper

-Habitat: weedy grasslands and disturbed weedy areas

-Diet: Plants, including grasses

-Origin: Native to US

-One of the largest grasshoppers in N. America

-Males sit on bare ground, rubbing hindlegs and wings together to attract females with rapid trilling call

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Habitat: Fields and forests

Adult diet: Flower nectar

Larval diet: leaves of many trees

Origin: US

Young caterpillars resemble bird droppings, older catepillars have large false eyespots thought to deter predators

Cabbage white

Habitat: Open fields

Adult Diet: Flower nectar

Larval diet: Leaves of plants in the cabbage family

Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Pest to crops like cabbage and broccoli

Orange Sulphur

Habitat: Open fields

Adult diet: Flower nectar

Larval diet: leaves of clovers

Origin: US

Monarch

Habitat: Open fields and wood edges

Adult field: flower nectar

Larval diet: leaves of milkweed

Origin: US

Completes multigenerational migration to Mexico

Firefly

Habitat: meadows, marshes, suburbs

Adult diet: some predatory, some eat pollen or nectar

Larval diet: insect larvae, slugs and snails

Origin: US

State insect of Indiana

Western Honeybee

Habitat: Meadows and woodlands, wild colonies usually nest in hollow structures like dead tree

Adult diet: Nectar and pollen

Larval diet: royal jelly, honey and pollen

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Bumblebee

Habitat: Fields and forests; nest usually underground

Diet: nectar and pollen

Origin: US

Important pollinators of crops and wildflowers

Yellowjacket

Habitat: Fields, forests, suburbs

Adult diet: Nectar and fruits

Larval diet: insects and carrion

Origin: US, but German Yellowjacket introduced

Nightcrawler

Habitat: Rich soil in grasslands and forests

Diet: Decaying plant material

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Hermaphroditic

Helisoma snail

Habitat: weedy, eutrophic (nutrient rich) ponds and lakes

Diet: Aquatic plant tissue

Origin: Native to US

Hermaphroditic

Pouch snail

Habitat: common in weedy, eutrophic (nutrient rich) ponds and lakes

Diet: aquatic algae and plants

Origin: Native to US

hermaphroditic

Aquatic but breathes air

Leopard Slug

Habitat: field, woods, gardens

Diet: vegetation

Origin: introduced from europe

leaves slime trail that functions as both a lubricant and glue

Harvestman

Habitat: usually found in forests

Diet: prey on small arthropods

Origins: Native to US

NOT a spider

NOT venomous

Pillbug

Habitat: found on damp substrate under rocks and logs and in leaf litter

diet: dead or decaying plants and animals

Origins: native to US

Crustacean

House Centipede

Habitat: Likes damp, cool, often inside houses, may be found in cellars

Diets: eats small invertebrates that it captures with modified, venemous front legs that resemble fangs

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Stone Centipede

Habitat: found under rocks and logs in wooded areas

Diet: eats small invertebrates that it catches with modified, venomous front legs

Origin: Introduced from Europe, but there are related species native to US

Julid milipede

Habitat: found under rocks, logs, and leaf litter

Diet: feeds on detritus

Origin: native to US

May curl up when threatened