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Ben Barnes was born in 1981 and is an English actor who appeared in the 2007 film Stardust and plays the role of Caspian in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

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Sphagnum Mosses of Berrien County, Michigan

The sphagnum mosses are plants that belong to the Class Sphagnopsida, which consists of a single order (Sphagnales), a single Family (Sphagnaceae), and a single genus (Sphagnum). Some 285 species of sphagnum mosses are known worldwide, with 89 occurring in North America and 33 in Michigan. Sphagnum moss is sometimes called peat moss because the decayed and compacted remains of sphagnum moss form an organic product called peat. In contrast to the true mosses, the sphagnum mosses have the unique ability to absorb large quantities (up to 25 times their dry weight) of water in their cells. They are characteristic plants of bogs and other wetland habitats.

The following provisional list of the sphagnum mosses of Berrien County was derived from scanning the distribution maps in the online Flora of North America. Surprisingly (to me, at least), as many as 27 species of sphagnum mosses may occur in Berrien County, as all of the species listed below appear to have wide distributions that encompass Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Common names are taken from ITIS (where called Sphagnums) or British Liverworts and Mosses—a field guide (where called Bog-mosses). An asterisk (*) denotes a species treated in Henry T. Darlington’s (1964) The mosses of Michigan.

ORDER SPHAGNALES

Family Sphagnaceae:

Sphagnum angustifolium (=recurvum), Fine Bog-moss*

Sphagnum capillifolium, Acute-leaved/Red Bog-moss

Sphagnum centrale*

Sphagnum compactum, Low Sphagnum or Compact Bog-moss

Sphagnum contortum, Contorted Sphagnum or Twisted Bog-moss

Sphagnum cuspidatum, Toothed Sphagnum or Feathery Bog-moss*

Sphagnum fallax, Flat-topped Bog-moss

Sphagnum fimbriatum, Fringed Bog-moss*

Sphagnum flexuosum (=recurvum), Flexuous Bog-moss*

Sphagnum fuscum, Rusty Bog-moss*

Sphagnum girgensohnii, Girgensohn’s Sphagnum or Bog-moss*

Sphagnum henryense, Henry’s Sphagnum

Sphagnum isoviitae

Sphagnum lescurii, Lescur’s Sphagnum

Sphagnum magellanicum, Magellen’s Sphagnum or Magellanic Bog-moss*

Sphagnum palustre, Prairie Sphagnum or Blunt-leaved Bog-moss*

Sphagnum papillosum, Papillose Sphagnum or Bog-moss*

Sphagnum platyphylum, Flat-leaved Bog-moss

Sphagnum pulchrum*

Sphagnum rubellum

Sphagnum russowii, Russow’s Sphagnum or Bog-moss

Sphagnum squarrosum, Spiky Bog-moss*

Sphagnum subsecundum, Slender Cow-horn Bog-moss*

Sphagnum subtile

Sphagnum teres, Rigid Bog-moss*

Sphagnum warnstorfii, Warnstorf's Sphagnum*

Sphagnum wulfianum*, Wulf’s Sphagnum

Darkling Beetles of Berrien County, Michigan

The darkling beetles (Family Tenebrionidae) are the fifth largest family of beetles (Order Coleoptera), with more than 1,300 species in the U.S. and Canada. They are a rather obscure family of relatively small beetles. Most of them are largely or entirely black or dark brown, and many spend a majority of their time hidden away in dark recesses, such as under the bark of dead and decaying trees, under fallen logs, or under rocks. A few are pests in stored food products, such as processed grains.

Perhaps the best known of the darkling beetles is Tenebrio molitor, the larva of which (the common “mealworm”) is sold in pet stores to feed to tropical fish, lizards, and the like. They are also highly touted as food for wild birds; some people even raise their own mealworms for this purpose! Mealworms are also commonly used in classroom science projects.

A provisional list of the darkling beetles of Berrien County was compiled using James C. Dunford et al.’s The darkling beetles of Florida and eastern United States. The list is restricted to species reported from both Michigan and Indiana. Based on the best distributional information currently available, this provisional list of the darkling beetles of Berrien County includes 57 species representing 9 subfamilies and 34 genera.

The darkling beetle fauna of Berrien County represents something less than two-thirds of the more than 85 species known from Michigan, 44 percent of the 129 species known from the western Great Lakes, 25 percent percent of the 225 species known from eastern North America, 4.1 percent of the 1,400 species known from the U.S. and Canada, and 0.3 percent of the 19,000 species described worldwide.

In the following list, States in the western Great Lakes with confirmed records for each species are identified in brackets by 2-letter postal codes (illustrations of most species are available in Dunford et al.):

Subfamily Alleculinae# (comb-clawed bark beetles):

Hymenochara rufipes [IN, MI, OH]

Hymenorus melsheimeri [IN, MI]

Hymenorus niger, Black Comb-clawed Bark Beetle [IN, MI, WI]

Hymenorus obesus [IN, MI, WI]

Hymenorus pilosus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Isomira oblongula [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Isomira pulla [IN, IL, MI, OH, WI]

Isomira quadristriata [IL,IN, MI, OH, WI]

Isomira sericea [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Lobopoda nigrans [IL, IN, MI, OH]

Mycetochara bicolor [IN, MI, WI]

Mycetochara binotata [IN, MI, WI]

Mycetochara foveata [IN, MI, WI]
# Formerly considered a distinct family, Alleculidae.

Subfamily Bolitophaginae:

Bolitophagus corticola [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Bolitotherus cornutus, Horned Fungus Beetle [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Coelometopinae:

Alobates morio [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Alobates pennsylvanicus, False Mealworm Beetle [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Haplandrus fulvipes [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Iphthiminus opacus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Merinus laevis [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Strongylium tenuicolle [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Strongylium terminatum [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Xylopinus aenescens [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Xylopinus saperdioides [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Diaperinae:

Cynaeus angustus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Diaperis maculate [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Neomida bicornis [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Pentaphyllus pallidus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema ellipticum [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema excavatum [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema picilabrum [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema ruficorne, Red-horned Flour/Grain Beetle [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema subcostatum [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Platydema teleops [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Rhipidandrus paradoxus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Hypophloeinae:

Corticeus parallelus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Lagriinae# (long-jointed bark beetles):

Arthromacra aenea [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Paratenetus fuscus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Paratenetus gibbipennis [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Paratenetus punctatus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Statira gagatoma [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]
# Formerly considered a distinct family, the Lagriidae

Subfamily Opatrinae:

Blapstinus metallicus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Blapstinus moestus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Phrenapatinae:

Dioedus punctatus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Subfamily Tenebrioninae:

Alphitobius diaperinus, Lesser Mealworm Beetle [IN, MI, OH, WI] {Introduced}

Centronopus calcaratus [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Idiobates castaneus [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Meracantha contracta [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Neatus tenebroides [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Palorus ratzeburgi, Small-eyed Flour Beetle [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Tenebrio molitor, Yellow Mealworm Beetle [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Tribolium castaneum, Red Flour Beetle [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Tribolium confusum, Confused Flour Beetle [IL, IN, MI, OH, WI]

Uloma imberbis [IL, IN, MI, OH]

Uloma impressa [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Uloma mentalis [IN, MI, OH, WI]

Uloma punctulata [IN, MI, OH, WI]

In Brinkley, They Still Believe

They still believe in the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, that is, despite the lack of follow-up confirmation since 2004, as reported by Laura at O Arkansas.

Even more Mitch Hewer photos!

OK really were were not obsessed by Mitch Hewer! I say we in the Royal sense. I mean me! Really! The last pictures were a hit so I thought I'd would post a few more. Enjoy this hottie before he goes to seed although perhaps he's an angel and will just keep on going?



























































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