Volunteers helping the Friends identify various species of macroinvertebrates for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s WAVE program. Photo by Stan McCleave.
Today is World Wetlands Day and to celebrate you wanted to share with you a list of 25 species you probably didn’t know call Tibbetts Brook home. Wildlife of many sizes call Tibbetts Brook home from the large carp that can be seen cresting the waters surface during the late summer, to the small protozoa that cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is important for an urban area to contain this species richness for genetic diversity and importance to human and nature interactions. The Friends are thankful for the wetlands that assist in protecting this precious Bronx water body and look to continue to improve wetland habitat related to the Brook in the future. Each month this year, the Friends will share another list of 25 as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary.
| 1 | Psidium | Finger nail clam | Mollusk |
| 2 | Cipangopaldulia chinensis | Chinses mystery snail | Mollusk |
| 3 | Viviparus georgianus | Banded mystery snail | Mollusk |
| 4 | Physella | Bladder Snails | Mollusk |
| 5 | Enellagma | Bluet Damselfly | Damselfly |
| 6 | Nehalennia | Sprites | Damselfly |
| 7 | Ladona julia | Chalk fronted corporal | Dragonfly |
| 8 | Epicordulia | Basket tails | Dragonfly |
| 9 | Gomphaeschna | Pygmy Darners | Dragonfly |
| 10 | Dorocordulia | Little emeralds | Dragonfly |
| 11 | Tramea | Saddlebags | Dragonfly |
| 12 | Erythemis | Pond Hawks | Dragonfly |
| 13 | Notonecta | Back Swimmers | True Bug |
| 14 | Hydrometra | Water Scorpion | True Bug |
| 15 | Caenis | Burrowing mayfly | Mayfly |
| 16 | Cybister | Predaceous diving beetle | Beetle |
| 17 | Gammarus | Scuds | Crustacean |
| 18 | Caecidotea | Aquatic Sow Bugs | Crustacean |
| 19 | Orconectus limosus | Spiny cheeked cray fish | Crustacean |
| 20 | Chrysemys picta | Painted turtle | Reptile |
| 21 | Chelydra serpentina | Snapping turtle | Reptile |
| 22 | Lithobates catesbiana | Bull Frog | Amphibian |
| 23 | Lophodytes cucullatus | Hooded merganser | Water Fowl |
| 24 | Lepomis gibbosus | Pumpkin seed | Sun Fish |
| 25 | Ondatra zibethicus | Muskrat | Rodent |
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