Checklists of Invertebrates, Plants Eaten

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Checklists of Hastings Invertebrates

After Hastings was establishedin 1937, the resident zoologist, Jean Linsdale, collected invertebrates with zeal. Specimens were sent across the country for identification by experts. A relatively complete list of each group (see below) was compiled and annotated through the 1950's. During the 1960's, lists of microscopic and parasitic animals were compiled by Betty Davis and were similarly sent out for independent expert identification. In 2003, the California Digital Library Project provided equipment to convert our checklists to PDF format. Checklists were typed on yellow paper, with a mamual typewriter with a cloth ribbon. Thus, optical character recognition software simply would not work with these old sheets of paper. However, we were able to do some OCR. All checklists were scanned and are presented here as relatively large PDF files. A PDF version of each checklist is kept on the Hastings website, and duplicate copies are kept on the UC Digital Library Project servers. When possible, an OCR version is on the UCDLP page. If the link on the UCDLP for OCR comes up blank, it means OCR was not possible. Only PDF files are available in that case. Links are provided below.

Other Checklists

Insects and Invertebrates on Microscope Slides
During the 1950s and 1960s, Betty Davis mounted small insects on microscope slides. This collection is now housed at the Essig Museum, UC Berkeley. Over 7,000 slides were prepared and are being curated. Click here for Excel format, click here for text format.

List of Plants Eaten By Hastings Mammals (PDF 9.9Mb) Link to Cal Digital Library
This deserves some explanation. In the 1940s and 1950s, biologists sampled gut contents of various mammals at Hastings. These bits of chewed plants were cleaned, rinsed clear and placed on microscope slides. A complete set of reference slides were prepared and are stored at Hastings. These are slides of cleared plant tissues- leaves, mostly, on microscope slides. Patterns of cleared cell walls and shapes allow one to identify plants to species. A list of all plants known to have been found in guts of several hundred small mammals is presented in this checklist.