Research

 
2004

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Trip
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Aquatic Insect Research: Our goal is to develop a wetland characterization tool that is based on the ecological requirements of insects that live in wetlands.
 

Ohio Caddisfly Safari 
Texas Wetland Projects 
Oregon High School Student Bug Project 
Big Thicket
Playas
Earthwatch Trip Big Bend National Park

The Science

Some of our Results

Our Papers

Garono, R. J. and J. G. Kooser. 2001.  The relationship between patterns in flying adult insect assemblages and vegetation structure in wetlands of Ohio and Texas.  Ohio Journal of Science 101 (2):12-21.

R.J. Garono, R.L. Kiesling, E.Wold, S. Schooler, and D. Bradsby. 2001.  Adult Insect Assemblages as a Conservation Planning Tool.  Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:4032-4041.

Garono, R. J. and J. G. Kooser. 1994. Ordination of wetland insect populations: evaluation of a potential mitigation monitoring tool. In Mitsch, W. J. (ed.) Global Wetlands: Old World and New. Elsevier, New York. 509-516. 

Garono. Ralph J. and David B. MacLean. 1988. Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Ohio Wetlands as Indicated by Light-Trapping. Ohio J. Science 88: 143-151. 
 
Papers using our Collected Material

Our light traps generate a lot of insects.  We are interested in using coarse taxonomic data to determine if we can characterize different types of wetlands --- some of our material is shared with insect taxonomists for more detailed taxonomic study.  Our work has led to the description of new species of caddisflies and to the range extensions of mayflies and caddisflies in Texas.
 
Caddisflies
NEW SPECIES

Moulton,II, S.R.and S. C. Harris.  1997.  New species of southwestern nearctic microcaddisflies (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae).  Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash.  99(3): 494-501.

The Hydroptilidae is one of the most species rich families in all of Texas.  Moulton and Harris describe a new species of microcaddisfly, Ochrotrichia boquillas, that was collected by our group in Big Bend National Park in April of 1993.

A new species of Austrotinodes n. sp. collected in Leakey on 9-VI-1994 is being described by Bowles.

 
Mayflies
Baumgardner, D. E., J. H. Kennedy, and B. C. Henry, Jr.  1997.  New and additional records of Texas mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera).  Transactions, American Entomological Society, 123(1+2):55-69. 

There are 93 species of mayflies currently known from Texas.  Our group's collections extended the range of several species in Texas: 

      • Caenis punctata (29 males) was collected in Crosby CO. at White River lake on 18-V-1994.  Previously known from east Tx.
      • Tricorythodes texanus (8 males) were collected in Bell Co on 9-IV-93.  This species was previously known only from west Texas.  This record represents the eastern known limits to its range.
      • Neochoroterpes oklahoma (1 male and 5 females) were collected in Big Bend National Park at the Rio Grande Nature trail on 20 - IV-93.  Brewster Co record.  Widely distributed species with populations in Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.
NEW Texas State Record: 

Our light trap collections also produced one new state record for Texas. 
 

    • Tortopus puella collected in Milam Co (26 males and 94 females) on 8-IX-93.  This is a species that is distributed throughout the South Eastern US. In Eastern Texas it is at the western extent of its range.
 

 

Virtual Field Trips

Other Information

Photos from Past Virtual Field Trips

Big Bend National Park

Ohio Caddisfly Safari

 

Student Projects

Volunteers

These collection trips would not be possible without a group of dedicated volunteers to process the insect specimens in the laboratory and some interested high school students. 

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