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Vermont
Odonate Data:
Additions, Deletions, Questions
Michael
Blust
Green
Mountain
College
Abstract:
Vermont
is the most under-surveyed state in the
northeast for Odonates. Information has been scattered and not well organized.
In an effort to assimilate this data, we have listed approximately 133 species
of Odonata that have been recorded from
Vermont
. Six of these have been added in the
past two years. Evidence indicates there are likely to be at least another 15
species in the state that have yet to be recorded. Some historical records have
been removed based on lack of sufficient evidence. Data is being compiled from
state level distributions from
Needham
, Westfall & May, reports to the
state Natural Heritage program, dot-map data, recent collecting activity, and
museum collections. The summary data is available on an "Odonata of
Vermont" website in an effort to encourage more odonatist interest and
activity in the state.
Biography:
Michael Blust is Professor of Biology at
Green
Mountain
College
in
Poultney
,
Vermont
. His M.S. Thesis was on the Life History of Stylogomphus albistylus at
the
Stroud
Water
Research
Center
in
Pennsylvania
. He earned his Ph.D. in Entomology at
Kansas
State
University
studying grasshopper - host plant interactions.
Contact
Info: Michael Blust, Department of Science and Math, Green Mountain College,
One College Circle, Poultney, VT 05764. Email: BlustM@greenmtn.edu |