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Number 28, 2006

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·         List of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Virginia - David R. Smith (View Abstract)

·         Bird Records from the Southwestern Virginia Roanoke Sewage Treatment Plant - Michael W. Donahue (View Abstract)

·         Status of the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) in North Carolina and Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (View Abstract)

·         Ecology of a Salamander Assemblage, Including Disjunct Populations of Eurycea lucifuga and
E. l. longicauda, in an Abandoned Virginia Mine - Norman Reichenbach, Micah LeMon, and Jeremiah Hinson (Full Article)

·         The Volvating Scarabaeid Beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Ceratocanthinae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

·         Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata), A New Coastal Dragonfly in Virginia - Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)

·         A Native Occurrence of Carolina Moonseed (Cocculus carolinus) in Virginia - John F. Townsend and Thomas F. Wieboldt

·         Notes on Basking Behavior of the Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus) and its Implications for Predation Risk - John D. Kleopfer and Joseph C. Mitchell

·         Early Emergence and Unusual Coloration in Eastern Milk Snakes (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) in the Northern Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Carrie Seltzer

·         Opportunistic Scavenging by Eastern American Toad (Bufo americanus americanus) Tadpoles on a Dead Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) - Jason D. Gibson and Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 27, 2006

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·         Aeschynomene virginica (Fabaceae) Habitat in a Tidal Marsh, James City County, Virginia - David E. Bailey, James E. Perry, and Douglas A. DeBerry

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·         Local Recreational Parks as Hospitable Habitats for Small Aquatic Animals: Examples of Copepod Crustaceans in Virginia - Janet W. Reid (View Abstract)

·         Thirty Ground Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia, and a Milestone (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Robert L. Davidson (Full Article)

·         Effects of Timber Harvesting on the Abundance and Diversity of Small Mammals on Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in South-central Virginia - Hannah S. Shively, Jason D. Fiore, and Todd S. Fredericksen (View Abstract)

·         The Scarab Genus Polyphylla in Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

·         Patera panselenus (Hubricht) on the Lower Cheat River, West Virginia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) - Kenneth P. Hotopp (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

·         Hemipeplus microphthalmus (Schwarz): A Species and Genus of Elongated Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera; Mycteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman   (Full Article)

·         A Note on the Occurrence of the Spider Arachosia cubana (Banks) in Virginia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

·         Anahita punctulata (Hentz): A Species, Genus, and Family of Spiders New to the Fauna of the Virginias and Ohio (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Wm. James Arnold, and Richard A. Bradley

·         Collecting Insects on Fence Post Flood Refuges - Richard L. Hoffman 

·         Observation of Intradermal Trombiculid Mite Larvae in Two Species of Salamanders in Virginia - Jason D. Gibson and Paul Sattler

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Number 26, 2005

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·         Some Observations on Growth Form in the Sand Post Oak (Quercus margarettiae) and Historic Reports

·         of Boynton’s Oak (Quercus boyntonii) in Virginia - John F. Townsend (View Abstract)

·         Jadera haematoloma, Another Insect on its Way North (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article) 

·         Behavior of Captive Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) in Virginia - Michael T. Mengak and Andrew K. Zadnik (View Abstract)

·         The Occurrence of Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer in Virginia: An Inexplicable Distribution Pattern (Heteroptera: Largidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

·         The Phantom Darner, Triacanthagyna trifida, A Dragonfly New to Virginia - Robert C. Simpson and R. Ann Simpson (Full Article)  

·         The Occurrence in Florida and Virginia of Corixidea major, An Exceptionally Rare North American Bug (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Thomas J. Henry (Full Article)

·         Early Terrestrial Emergence of a Hatchling Northern Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin)

·         on the Eastern Shore of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Pamela Denmon

·         Winter Activity by an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

·         Aberrant Color and Pattern in a Northern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

·         Invertebrate Predation on a Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) Larva in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel

·         Arboreality in a Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi) in Virginia -Jason Gibson, Paige Powell, and Joseph C. Mitchell

·         Southern Ring-Necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus) Phenotype in the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and William D. Brown

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Number 25, 2005

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·         Results of a Herpetofaunal Survey of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Southwestern Virginia - C. Shay Garriock and Rick Reynolds (View Abstract)

·         Distribution of Lythrum salicaria L., Purple Loosestrife, in Western Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee - Thomas J. McAvoy, Warren T. Mays, and Loke T. Kok  (Full Article)

·         The Virginia Species of Banasa, Three Decades Later (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

·         Observations on Blainville’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817), at Poor Man’s Canyon, Virginia - Edward S. Brinkley and J. Brian Patteson (View Abstract)

 
Shorter Contributions

·         Vocal Mimicry of Broad-winged Hawk by Blue Jay - Gary R. Graves (Full Article)

·         Albinism in American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Tadpoles from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)

·         Leucistic Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Tadpole from Northern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and John White

·         Anophthalmia in an Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum feriarum) from Southeastern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel

·         Bilateral Ectromelia in a Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans) Metamorph from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel

·         Mortality of Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a Central Virginia Road Rut Puddle - Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 24, 2004

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·         The Earliest Illustrations and Descriptions of the Cardinal - David W. Johnston (View Abstract)

·         Road Mortality of Snakes in Central Virginia - Jason D. Gibson and Donald A. Merkle (Full Article)

·         Status of the Appalachian Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae wyandot) in Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Katharine L. Derge (View Abstract)

·         An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part I.  Introduction and Families  of Annulipalpia and Spicipalpia - Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (View Abstract)

Shorter Contributions

·         Observation of an Externally Situated Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Nest Depredated by

·         an Eastern Ratsnake (Elaphe alleganiensis) in Southwestern Virginia - James L. Sparks Jr., Lynne Hassel, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
An Unusually Colored Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) from Virginia, with Notes

·         on her Offspring - Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)

·         A Malformed Fowler’'s Toad (Bufo fowleri) from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Belinda Burwell (Full Article)

·         New Distribution Records for Eleates depressus (Randall) in the Southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae; Bolitophaginae) and Notes on These Occurrences - Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)

·         Distribution of Ctenotrachelus shermani Barber, an Assassin Bug New to the Fauna of Virginia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

·         Butterflies and Skippers Crossing the James River in Spring - Brian Taber (Full Article)

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Number 23, 2004

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·         The Flora of Manassas National Battlefield Park, Prince William and Fairfax Counties, Virginia - Gary P. Fleming and Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)

·         Arthropod Community Heterogeneity in a Mid-Atlantic Forest Highly Invaded by Alien Organisms - Daniel Kjar and Edward M. Barrows (Full Article)

·         Records of Butterflies and Skippers from the Southeastern Piedmont of Virginia - Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Amber K. Foster (Full Article)

·         Notes on an Autumn Roost of an Eastern Small-footed Bat (Myotis leibii) - Steven M. Roble (Full Article)

·         Early Fall Coyote Foods in Campbell and Bath Counties, Virginia - Daniel J. Gammons (Full Article)

 
Shorter Contributions

·         Calyptoproctus marmoratus, a Striking Planthopper, Arrives in Virginia from Parts South (Homoptera: Fulgoridae) -
Richard L. Hoffman

·         Occurrence of Intradermal Mite, Hannemania sp. (Acarina: Trombiculidae), Parasites in Two Species of Amphibians in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)

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Number 22, 2003

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·         A Review of Research Studies at Mountain Lake, Virginia - Bruce C. Parker

·         The Flora and Fauna of Virginia Army National Guard OMS No. 1 and No. 2 near Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia - Allen Belden, Jr. and Katharine L. Derge

·         Butterflies and Skippers Recorded from the Southern Tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, 1995-2003 - Brian Taber

·         Beetles of the Genus Anthophylax in Virginia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) - Richard L. Hoffman

·         New Flea and Cimicid Records from Birds in Virginia - Ralph P. Eckerlin, Harry F. Painter, and Roger B. Clapp

 
Shorter Contributions

·         Unusual Foraging Behavior of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Assateague Island, Virginia -William Moskoff (Full Article)

·         Heilipus apiatus, a Striking Large Weevil New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

·         Pelage Anomaly in a Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda, from West Virginia - Karen E. Francl, Steven B. Castleberry, and W. Mark Ford (Full Article)
 

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Number 21, 2003

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·         Mosses of the Virginia Piedmont - David A. Breil

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Number 20, 2002

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·         Summer Crane Flies (Tipulidae) of the Mountain Lake Vicinity, Virginia - George W. Byers

·         An Overview of Amphibian and Reptile Assemblages on Virginia's Eastern Shore, with Comments on Conservation - Joseph C. Mitchell

·         Archaeofaunal Remains from the Late Prehistoric Mount Joy Site in Botetourt County, Virginia - Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)

·         Thirteen Additions to the Known Beetle Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scirtidae, Bothrideridae, Cleridae, Tenebrionidae, Melyridae, Callirphidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) - Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Warren E. Steiner, Jr.

·         Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri): A New Milliped for Virginia (USA), with Natural History Observations - (Julida: Julidae)

·         Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, Richard L. Hoffman, Joseph B. Lambert, and Yuyang Wu

·         Leucistic Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) in Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell and Don R. Church (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

·         Copperhead Preys on Star-nosed Mole in the Great Dismal Swamp - Gary R. Graves

·         Observations on Breeding by Eastern Spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in Augusta County, Virginia - Don R. Church, Henry M. Wilbur, Steven M. Roble, Fred C. Huber, and Michael W. Donahue  (Full Article)

·         A Leucistic Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) from Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

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Number 19, 2002

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·         Home Range and Movement of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Virginia - Michael T. Mengak

·         Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae in Virginia (Arachnida: Araneida) - Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)

·         New Records for Stink Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

·         Second Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig

·         Status of the Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta) in Virginia - Anne C. Chazal and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)

·         First Virginia Records for Three Species of Centipeds (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Luis A. Pereira

Shorter Contributions

·         Spring Dragonfly (Odonata) and Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Fallout at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel - Brian Taber

·         Records for Winter Scorpionflies in Virginia (Mecoptera: Boreidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

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Number 18, 2001

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·         Biology and Conservation Status of Neonympha mitchellii, a Globally Rare Butterfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble, Clyde T. Kessler, Bruce Grimes, Christopher S. Hobson, and Anne C. Chazal

·         Prehistoric Archaeological Fish Distribution Records from the Roanoke River, Virginia and North Carolina - Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)

·         Five Northern Lacewings New to the Virginia Fauna, Including Significant Southern Range Extensions for Eremochrysa canadensis and Hemerobius costalis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae) - Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr.

·         Nemotaulius hostilis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), a Boreal Caddisfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)

·         Observations of a Yearling Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach -Marshall J. Iliff and Edward S. Brinkley (Full Article)

Shorter Contributions

·         Recent Collections of Chologaster cornuta (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) in Virginia, with Comments on Sampling Methods for the Species - Mark A. Dugo and C. Michael Stinson (Full Article)

·         New Records of Reptiles from the Virginia Barrier Islands - M. Patrick Brannon, Nancy D. Moncrief, and Raymond D. Dueser (Full Article)

·         New Records of Esox niger and Lepisosteus osseus in the New River, Virginia - Travis O. Brenden and Joseph A. Williams (Full Article)

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Number 17, 2001
 

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·         The Vascular Flora of Fire-Maintained Grasslands and Woodlands at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia - Gary P. Fleming, Kathleen M. McCoy, and Nancy E. Van Alstine

·         A Status Survey of Freshwater Mussel Populations in the Upper Clinch River, Tazewell County, Virginia - Jess W. Jones, Richard J. Neves, Matthew A. Patterson, Chris R. Good, and Antoinette DiVittorio

·         Natural History of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in a Degraded Environment in Southeastern Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, C. Todd Georgel, and Joseph S. Ferris

·         An Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths Near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia - J. Christopher Ludwig

·         First Records for the Yellow Lamp Mussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in the Roanoke River System of Virginia - Richard L. Hoffman

·         Loggerhead Sea Turtle Late Nesting Ecology in Virginia Beach, Virginia - Chad L. Cross, John B. Gallegos, and Florence G. James (Full Article)

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Number 16, 2000
 

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·         Species Composition and Biotic Condition of the Fish Community of Indian Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia - Michael J. Pinder and Jess W. Jones

·         A Floristic Survey of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox County, Virginia - Anne C. Lund and Thomas J. Rawinski

·         Notes on Amphibians and Reptiles in Riparian and Upland Habitats on Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, and C. Todd Georgel

·         Amphibian and Reptile Diversity of a Threatened Natural Area in Central Virginia - Joseph C. Mitchell

·         First Virginia Records of Four European Insect Herbivores of Phragmites australis - Bernd Blossey and Joseph T. Weber

·         Fourteen Ground Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) - Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)

·         Three True Bugs New to the Virginia Fauna, Including the First Record of the Family Schizopteridae (Heteroptera) - Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman

·         The Northernmost Population of the Scorpionfly Brachypanorpa jeffersoni Byers (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae) - Richard L. Hoffman

 
Shorter Contributions

·         Previously Overlooked Records of the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) from Virginia - Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson

 
Miscellanea

·         Charles Overton Handley, Jr.: A Remembrance

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