Key to the Wildlife in "Montana Wild"
watercolor by Rich Stevenson

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FISH 1. Yellowstone cutthroat 2. trout eggs 3. Arctic grayling 4. Mountain whitefish 5.longnose sucker 6. mottled sculpin 7. longnose dace INSECTS (AQUATIC) 8. stonefly cases   9. stonefly nymph 10.mayfly nymph 11. midge pupae 12.caddis larve (case building) 13. caddis larve (net building) 14. caddis larve ( free living) 15. caddis (emerging)

AMPHIBIANS 16. leopard frog 17. tiger salamander MOLLUSKS 18. freshwater mussel 19. snail PLANTS (AQUATIC) 20. filamentous green algae 21. diatoms (slippery film on rocks) FUNGI (DECOMPOSERS) 22. morel mushrooms BIRDS 23. osprey 24. bald eagle 25. ruffed grouse 26. belted kingfisher 27. American dipper 28. mountain bluebird MAMMALS 29. mink

30. river otter 31. whitetail deer 32. deer (dropped antler) 33. beaver skull 34. bear tracks 35. cottontail rabbit(hiding) REPTILES 36. common garter snake HABITAT FEATURES 37. riffle (37-turbulence/02 exchange) 38. run 39. pool 40. bank overhang (hiding cover) 41. spawning gravel (redd/fish nest) 42. boulders (hiding cover) 43. woody debris (hiding cover)

WATER SOURCES 44. clouds 45. snow (snow) 46. riparian zone (storage)  PLANTS (TERRESTRIAL) 47. grasses 48. horsetails 49. cottonwood (& leaf) 50. conifers (spruce & fir) 51. red osier dogwood 52. golden current (gooseberry) 53. woods rose 54. willow INSECTS (TERRESTRIAL) 55. ant 56. leaf beetle 57. salmonfly (adult stonefly) 58. caddis adult

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