Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: LepidopteraFamily: Nymphalidae Species Status, the following listed Monarch as “Special Concern”:federal Species at Risk Act in 2003; Ontario’s Endangered Species Act, 2007; New Brunswick’s Species at Risk Act,
Danaus plexippus – Monarch Butterfly Read More »
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Species Status in Ontario: Least Concern Family, Sciuridae:The term, rodent, comes from the Latin rodere, which means “to gnaw”. All animals in the order
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Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae Species Status in Canada: “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow subspecies Passerculus sandwichensis princeps, on SARO “Special Concern” listsince 2003 and COSEWIC “Special Concern” list since 2009 Family, Passerellidae:The
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Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Rosidae Order: RhamnalesFamily: RhamnaceaeHost Plant for Endangered Species,Erynnis martialis Mottled Duskywing butterfly Erynnis martialis on Host Plant (Ceanothus americanus), Colour/Detail, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Buckthorn Family, Rhamnaceae:Worldwide, there are
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Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: LepidopteraFamily: Hesperiidae Species Status in Ontario: on SARO “Endangered” list since 2014 Erynnis martialis, Colour, 2020 © Suzanne M Matheson Family, Hesperiidae:The Skipper family, Hesperiidae, is made up
Erynnis martialis – Mottled Duskywing Butterfly Read More »
Put simply, “Biodiversity is the shortened form of two words “biological” and “diversity”. It refers to all the variety of life that can be found on Earth (plants, animals, fungi and micro-organisms) as well as
About Species at Risk Recovery in Ontario Read More »
Since the fall of 2018 I have been working through Gretchen Halpert’s Scientific Illustration Distance Program (SIDP). The program consists of four 10-week sessions that take students on a creative journey – from the basics
My Scientific Illustration Internship Read More »
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: HymenopteraFamily: Formicidae Species Status in Ontario: genus Aphaenogaster worker ants are abundant in North American hardwood forests Aphaenogaster picea, Colour, 2019 © Suzanne M Matheson Family, Formicidae:This is
Aphaenogaster picea – A Seed Dispersal Ant Read More »
An artistic, cross-sectional study of the relationship between forest fragmentation – resulting in many and varied landscape patches – and species survival.By drawing attention to the beauty and intricacies of the minute within the grand,&
The Forest Project Read More »
Back in July, 2018 Cordelia Norris, of Luna Creative design & illustration, and her husband, Joseph Cadotte, of Old Sins publishing collective, sent out a call-for-entry. They were seeking black & white line drawings of
Hatchlings A Coloring Book Anthology Read More »
