Photos, maps, beetle - Sand Mountain, Nevada

[Mike Quinn]

Gooogled up images of Sand Mtn, NV showing the limited distribution of the
dunes.
Be sure to check out the beetle pix (fourth link). Mike Quinn, Austin

Sand Mountain, Nevada - Aerial photo
http://www.schweich.com/imagehtml/TM86NVSandMtn.html

Sand Mountain, Nevada
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
http://tinyurl.com/9vxvc

Sand Mountain, as seen from US. Highway 50
http://www.schweich.com/imagehtml/1340_3152_4275_48sm.html

Sand Mountain Recreation Area
http://www.duneguide.com/sand_dune_guide_sand_mountain.htm

Cool photo of endemic Eusattus muricatus,
a darkling ground beetle at Sand Mountain, Nevada.
http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/gb150f14.htm

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cherubini
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 9:08 PM

I'd guess most of Nevada's 109,806 square miles havn't been surveyed for
plants and insects because they are almost roadless and uninhabited like
this: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/nev.jpg
So it doesn't seem realistic to me to think the Sand Mountain blue butterfly
and it's Kearney buckwheat host plant could actually be limited to a mere
1.5 square mile spot in the State.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.





 
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