Insects

Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, and Candidates in the Upper Midwest

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) (=giant carrion)

Fact Sheet

Reintroducing American burying beetle in Ohio Reynoldsburg Field Office

 

Dakota skipper(Hesperia dacotae)

Dakota Skipper Natural History and Status Information:

Dakota Skipper Fact Sheet

Dakota Skipper Status Assessment (June 2002) PDF; 84 pages; 600KB

 

Dakota Skipper Management and Restoration:

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restore Native Prairie and Oak Savanna Communities In the Little Sioux Watershed in Northwest Iowa – Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, and O’Brien Counties, Iowa

Dakota Skipper Conservation Guidelines (Sept. 2007)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (2005): Imperiled Species Conservation on Private Land in Western Minnesota (Wilkin, Ottertail, Grant, Pope, Kandiyohi, Big Stone, Yellow Medicine and Lac Qui Parle counties, Minnesota)

 

Dakota Skipper Regulatory Information:

Questions and Answers about Designating Dakota Skipper as a Candidate for Listing under the Endangered Species Act

 

Region 3 Candidate Species List

 

Information about the candidate conservation program

 

Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana)

Hine's emerald dragonfly web pages

 

Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi Spangler)

Recovery Actions:

Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle Final Recovery Plan (Sept. 2006)
5 Year Review Initiated July 19, 2005

 

Natural History and Regulatory Information

Species Profile - links to our national endangered species website

Fact Sheet

 

Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)

Karner blue butterfly web page

 

Mitchell's satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii)

Mitchell's Satyr Natural History and Regulatory Information:

Fact Sheet
Species Profile (links to the FWS National Endangered Species Site)

 

Mitchell's Satyr Recovery Actions:

Private Stewardship Grant (May 2007): Restoring Southeast Michigan’s High Diversity Landscapes Through Collaborative Stewardship – Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, Oakland, and Washtenaw Counties, Michigan

 

Recovery Land Acquisition Grant (2006): Conservation Easement Acquisition for Mitchell’s Satyr (Washtenaw County, MI)

 

Private Stewardship Grant (2005): Cotton Lake Fen and Prairie Restoration (Calhoun County, Michigan)

Recovery Plan - PDF: 7.9 MB; 81 pages

 

Mitchell's Satyr Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

Mitchell's Satyr Rangewide HCP

 

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