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<br />(Colubar constrictor), and tvescen rattlesnake (~ocaius virid~~} gave <br />been reported near :r:e study area by local residents. A list of oG:er <br />;~ reptiles and a.:,c,:.ibian species Gnat aicht ocean _.. "rab::tas o.-. or .-.ear t:.e <br />study area are provided in Tables 1, <br />Sweep-net samples were collected in grassland pasture and upland sage- <br />brush vegetation on the study area and at a revegeration plot at the serew <br />II mine during June, 1979 to Bete ^i:.ne abundance of f".lying insect grooms <br />and to ascertain if densities of any groups fray nose a potential problea <br />to revegeta tion success. isle results of this su_-vey am presented in <br />Table 5. the grassland pasture type contained G:e highest nu.-'ioer o: <br />insects amenable to collection b ~ ti.e sw~e^ 2 <br />y ,+-net :'.eG:W (i7.2 insects/m ) <br />follaued by the revegetation site (2.5 insects/m2) and t}:e upland sage- <br />brush type {1.9 insects/m2). Also, sa;;~:es fray grassland pasture contained <br />the highest diversity of insects with i9 groups represented. ?lant bugs <br />(Family .tiridae) nominated samples fray this type, accounting <br />for ov.-~r 8&5 of all insects collected. Seed 'Huss (Family lyga.~idae) was <br />• ~ tY.e only other group frequently encountered i~ grassland pasture anfi <br />accounted for 7.45 of the total density. Plant bugs are ronsidered a <br />serious past Of cultivated plants wti.le sees bugs, so caned becau .e t:zey <br />feed costly on seeds, are often co.,:n~n on ve5e~ation (3orrow and Al•.ite <br />1970). <br />Plant bugs and seed bugs were also t:,e rost co..:,on s~cies fou.-,d 'or. Gee <br />revegewtion site but were far less co~nnn tra.^ nn grassland pasture wit:: <br />only 1.5 and 0.9 insects/m2 respectively, as earaared to X5.1 and 1.3 <br />insects/m2, respectively, for grassland Fastare. =ewer groups (l2) aere <br />also recorded in the revegetation area. Stir:,: bugs (Fos~iiy ~entu~tortidae) <br />were also fairly calsron on tre revegetarion sate accounting ~or aL'rost <br />138 of the total insects collected. ,~bst of tie mi~ibers of this group of <br />bugs are plant feeders, although som, are predaceous. A ,,"ew of the plant <br />feeders occasionally damage caltivated plants, especially fruits. <br />71,E .r~inn' r,~in.+hntch type mr.taineci ti :e ;ewest n,ortxr n` in~r~~~ t..° <br />~ ~ inGectslm2) arxti the 7~.~+ar ninoiX r of inG•^rt cm,:;+s (1 T i . T.~R' ~«r ; ~ c <br />-as- <br />JUN 2 1 t980 <br />~J <br />(Revised Auguse zoos) Attachment 2.04.10-10-52 <br />