Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species Fact Sheets and Other Related Links
Connecticut Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species Fact Sheets
Beetles
Puritan Tiger Beetle
- Saving the Puritan Tiger Beetle in Connecticut (Connecticut Wildlife Magazine, July/August 2016)
- Make Way for Beetles (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS Species Profile
Freshwater Mussels
Dwarf Wedgemussel (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
A Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of Connecticut
Freshwater Mussels and the Connecticut River Watershed (Nedeau, 2008)
Bees
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Fact Sheet
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment (Final Report, Version 1, June 2016)
Connecticut Bumble Bee Guide (Tracy Zarrillo, The CT Agricultural Experiment Station)
Moths
Moth Decline in the Northeastern United States (News of the Lepidopterists’ Society, Volume 54, Number 2)
Butterflies
Connecticut Butterfly Atlas Project
Connecticut Butterfly Association, Publications
Cicadas
Periodical Cicadas (Brood 2)
Dragonflies and Damselflies
A Conservation Status Assessment of Odonata for the Northeastern United States (Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program Report, 2014)
Rare Habitats
Native Plant Trust (formerly known as the New England Wildflower Society)
Go Botany: Native Plant Trust (plant identification)
Pitch Pine - Scrub Oak Barrens (Written by Emery Gluck for Connecticut Woodlands, Spring 2015)
Other
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Content last updated on January 7, 2020.