Entomology 109 - Insect Taxonomy
and Field Ecology

Field Trips
A significant amount of Ent 109 is dedicated to field trips spanning several habitat types across northern California and Nevada.  Below is a list of places visited during the course in recent years.

  1. Sierra Nevada Western Slope. Lang Crossing & Emigrant Gap, Tahoe National Forest, CA.
  2. Sierra Nevada Western Slope. Butterfly Valley, Quincy, CA.
  3. Sierra Nevada Eastern Slope. Beckworth/Hallelujah Junction, Lassen Co., CA.
  4. Great Basin Desert. Pyramid Lake & Nixon, NV.
  5. Great Basin Desert. Sand Spring Dunes, Churchill Co., NV.
  6. High Sierra. Carson Pass, CA.
  7. Sierra Nevada Eastern Slope. Kyburz Flat, Sierraville, CA.
  8. Carpenter Ridge. Sagehen Creek Basin, CA.


Collecting at Lang Crossing

Lang Crossing
 Butterfly Valley

Butterfly Valley
Beckworth

Beckworth
 Yellow flowers at Hallelujah Junction

Hallelujah Junction
Pyramid Lake, NV

Pyramid Lake
 Sand Spring Dunes

Sand Spring Dunes
Carson Pass

Carson Pass
 Chris looks for Belostomatids

Kyburz Flat
Walking on Carpenter Ridge at sunset

Carpenter Ridge
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