Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species Fact Sheets

Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species Fact Sheets and Other Related Links

Connecticut Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species Fact Sheets

Beetles

Puritan Tiger Beetle

• Saving the Puritan Tiger Beetle in Connecticut (Connecticut Wildlife Magazine, July/August 2016)
• Make Way for Beetles (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS Species Profile

Freshwater Mussels

Dwarf Wedgemussel (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

A Field Guide to the Freshwater Mussels of Connecticut

Freshwater Mussels and the Connecticut River Watershed (Nedeau, 2008)

• Introduction
• Chapter 3, Status and Threats
• Chapter 5, Species Profiles

Bees

• Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Fact Sheet
• Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment (Final Report, Version 1, June 2016)
• Connecticut Bumble Bee Guide (Tracy Zarrillo, The CT Agricultural Experiment Station)

Moths

• Moth Decline in the Northeastern United States (News of the Lepidopterists' Society, Volume 54, Number 2)

Butterflies

• Connecticut Butterfly Atlas Project
• Connecticut Butterfly Association, Publications

Cicadas

• Periodical Cicadas (Brood 2)

Dragonflies and Damselflies

• A Conservation Status Assessment of Odonata for the Northeastern United States (Northeast Regional Conservation Needs Grant Program Report, 2014)

Rare Habitats

• Native Plant Trust (formerly known as the New England Wildflower Society)
• Go Botany: Native Plant Trust (plant identification)

Other

• NatureServe Explorer - a source for information on more than 65,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.

Content last updated on December 18, 2020.