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Unionid Mussels in Kansas
... mussels have a parasitic stage of life that requires a suitable host fish. The eggs develop within the female mussel in a specially ... species of fish. This apparently does no harm to the host fish. Some unionids may use more than one species of fish as a host and others ... uses a type of salamander called the Mud Puppy for the host instead of fish. Also, at least one species of unionid does not have ...
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Chestnut Lamprey in Kansas
... Threatened Range: Dark Blue = Counties with designated critical habitat Light Blue = Historical records Comments: This fish is a long-term survivor with a bizarre life-cycle. Considered primitive because of ... attach to a host fish using its disc-like sucking mouth. The host fish is most commonly a carp, sucker, gar, freshwater drum or catfish. After feeding on body fluids of the host fish, the ...
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Flat Floater mussels in Kansas
... fish’s fins. If the fish is a suitable host and a spring flood occurs, the fish will carry these “hitchhikers” to invade other oxbow habitats when they drop off the host fish. There are several known fish ...
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Elktoe mussels in Kansas
... enable it to clamp onto a fish’s fin. If the fish is a suitable host, the glochidia (larvae) eventually transform into juvenile mussels and drop off. The host fishes found in Kansas are ...
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Ellipse mussels in Kansas
... is narrower in height than the female. The larval form must attach to a host fish or perish. The fish hosts in Kansas are the johnny darter, orange-throat darter and probably the ...
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Neosho Mucket mussels in Kansas
... Neosho mucket waves a lure that imitates a small fish to attract its host fish. Only black bass (largemouth, smallmouth and spotted) serve as the host for Neosho mucket larvae, called glochidia, which the ...
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Western Fanshell mussels in Kansas
... The known host fishes in Kansas are fantail, orangethroat and slenderhead darters, logperch and banded sculpin. The female fanshell slowly extrudes a white, wormlike lure (conglutinate) to attract the host fish. The ... called glochidia. When the lure is bitten by the host fish, some of the hookless glochidia become dislodged and snap shut on the fish’s gills. The female western fanshell may release ...
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Regal Fritillary
... may not last much longer. It is a species of concern for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Regal Fritillary male nectaring on Beebalm (Monarda fistulosa) Photo by Jim Mason ... egg laying behavior of Regals. Most butterfly mothers will lay their eggs directly on the host plant that the caterpillar will consume. Regals, however, just wander around laying their eggs throughout ...
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Great Plains Nature Center Home Page
... field trip. The GPNC is a cooperative partnership between: United States Department of the Interior - Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) State of Kansas - Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) City of Wichita ... poster by clicking on the thumbnail image above. We offer many scheduled programs and also host meetings for a variety of local wildlife, outdoors and environmental groups. Visit our Programs ...
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Rabbitsfoot in Kansas
... of the mid-Neosho River. The fish host for this mussel in Kansas has been identified as the spotfin shiner. There is likely an additional unidentified fish host because the spotfin shiner doesn’t ...
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