The Field Guides

Ep. 50 - Antifreeze Fleas and More Winter-Active Insects (Feat. Dr. Wayne Gall)


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Episode Notes

Spring is here! So, what better time to talk about winter-active insects?

Steve recorded this one in February with entomologist and all-around-great-guy Dr. Wayne Gall, and there was no way we could wait until next winter to share it!

Join Steve and Wayne as they head into the winter woods, peeling back the snowy curtain that conceals the ecology of these fascinating invertebrates.

This episode was recorded in February 2021 at the Deer Lick Conservation Area, a Nature Conservancy property, located in Gowanda, NY.

Timestamp of sightings in the episode

2:34 – Small Winter Stone Fly – Genus: Allocapnia

12:20 – Snowfleas in the Order Collembola

12:33 – Snow Scorpion Fly in the Genus Boreus. Possibly Boreus Brumalis

45:16 – Winged Winter Crane Fly in the Genus Trichocera

51:59 – Snow Fly in the Genus Chionea

55:06 - Chironomid Midge

Two other species - an unidentified spider and a second, unidentified Allocapnia species - were encountered

 Corrections

Polystichoides is not the correct name for Christmas Fern. It’s Polystichum acrostichoides.

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