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<br />(COluuar a~nstrictor), and ;.esters rattlesnake (COtalus viridus) ::ave <br />been reported near the study area Dy local resid.:nts. .~ list of o;jzer <br />,~ reptiles and a.;,~.:.i.Dian si.-ocies gnat aignt eccir in :~Di~ts c.-. or .-.e=.- :...~ <br />study area are provided in Table 1. <br />5~ep-net sanq~ies were collected in grassland ,zasture and upland sage- <br />brush vegetation on the stay area and at a revegecatior, plot at t1;e Seneca <br />22 mine during June, 1979 to dete~-.;L:ne abundance o: flying insect groups <br />and to ascertain if densities o: any grooms ray pose a potential problem <br />to revegetarion success. :11e results of this su_~-vey are aresentecl in <br />Table 5 . Tlie grassland pasture tyc._ contairaa L:e highest nunicer of <br />insects amraDie to collection i,y tre sweep :et - t~.cci (17.2 insects/m2) <br />folla.ed Dy t.:e revegetation site (2.5 insects/ 2) and t~:e up.azn sage- <br />brush type (1.9 insects/m2). P1 so, samples °res grasslanc pasture contained <br />the highest diversity of irsects witi: 19 groups represented. plant bugs <br />(Family Miridae) nominated samples from this type, accounting <br />for over 86e of all insects cnilected. Seed Dugs (iaTily Lyga.idae) e,•as~ <br />~~ tl-,e only other group frequP..ntly encountered in grassland pasture and <br />accounted for 7.4's of the focal tensity. Piart Dugs are consinered a <br />serious p.:st of cultivated plants w:uie seed D::gs, so caiiov i~ecau~,e they <br />feed :costly or. seeds, are often oorron on vegetation (3orrow and Ahite <br />1970). <br />Plant bugs and seed bugs were also t:.e rose co. :rc.-. s~cies fow-.d on ti.e <br />revegecation site but were far less ca:nnn t;:a:. on grassland aasture wit:. <br />only 1.5 and 0.4 insects/m2 respectively, as co..Y~ared to 15.1 and 1.3 <br />insects/m2, respectively, for grassland pasc.se. Fewer groups (12) were <br />also recorded in the revege tatio,-. area. Stir.;t Dugs (r amity ?eruntorunae) <br />were also .."airly ca7irnn on ti;e revegetation s to accounting `.or alrrost <br />138 of the total insects ~llecteci. .ost of :.i~: ;ranu'~ers o: this group of <br />bugs are plant feeders, although socr.:, are predaceous. A :ew o° the plant <br />feeders occasionally damage cultivoted plants, esp.~ciaily fruits. <br />^~o .r~i.vY' s~~~:^hrnch t1~pe mntainen ti;e fewest r.~:r8x+r nF in=r-~= (1.^ <br />~ inAECY.S/m2) anti the Irnovr rnrtri~Pr o: in<n^t Qrn.;;rc (i 7). Lamar itvriac <br />-45- <br />JUM 1 1 1980 <br />• (RevisedJuly2006) Attachment 2.04.11-1-52 <br />