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(Colubar constrictor) , and trestern rattlesna;ce (C:-o~1us viritu?) i•~ave <br />been reported near the study area by local residar.`s. A list of ot:,er <br />• reptiles and a.~~.:.ibian species that might occur in :.abita;,s c.-. or :,ear ;:.a <br />study area are provided in Table 1. <br />SWEc7i'c:uc7ili rS <br />Sweep-net sar~les were collected in grassland pasture and upland sage- <br />brush vegetation on the study area and at a revegetatior, plot at t},,e Seneca <br />II mine during June, 1979 to dete~:nine abunca,-.ce of flying insect groins <br />and to ascertain if densities o° any groups may pose a potential proi~len <br />to revegetation success. :tie results of this survey are presented in <br />Table 5. The grassland pastures tyres contained tie highest nu;nber of <br />insects ~ able to ooliection by tre sweep-ret : zt~`:Gd (17.2 insects/m2) <br />folio:ed tr/ t;e revegetation site (2.5 insets/T2) and ~ e upland sage- <br />brvsh type (1.9 insects/m2). Also, sa-nples fran grassland pasture contained <br />the highest diversity of insects with l9 groups represented. 71ant bugs <br />(Family Miridae) nominated samples from this type, accow7ting <br />for over 880 of all insects rnllectc-~l. Seedvugs (~ amily Lyr,~adae) was ' <br />• the only other group frequently encountered in grassland pasture and <br />accounted for 7.46 of the total tensity. Plant bugs are considered a <br />serious pest of cultivated plants while sees bugs, so called ixcau~e tzey <br />feed mostly on seeds, are often oo,,, non vegetation (;sorrow and kr,ite <br />1970). <br />Plant bugs and seed bugs were also to ;;lost co..;,o-, s~cias °our.c on cre <br />revegetation slte Olit Were far les$ CQ"TiIY)n t:.a."1 on g~-aSSlF'nd :)o'~tllre 471 t;7 <br />only 1.5 and 0.4 insects/m2 respectively, as cor:iaared to 15.1 and 1.3 <br />insects/m2, respectively, for grassland Pasture. :ewer gcoups (12) were <br />also recorded in the revegetation area. Stin;c Lugs (ra.'iLiiy Pentatorudae) <br />were also fairly conm~n on the revegetation site accour.tirg for airrost <br />138 of the tntal insects collected. bast of one rra~'J~ers oP tius group of <br />bugs are plant feeders, although sore are predaceous. A new of the plant <br />feeders occasionally dam-age cultivated plans, especially fruits. <br />• 71io ~r~inn~ gn,inhn~.Gh rl'F~ contained tie ,`ewest ni;r~}~ r ~f in=M~= (1.° <br />insects/m2) anrJ the )rnrGr n~ani~r of inG.~~t r,rn:;;~s .l . i . lea; ii1~~ ids <br />-45- <br />JUM 1 ~ 1980 <br />