Daedalochila auriculata (Say, 1818) Ocala Liptooth In Duval County, Florida

    Although not nearly as common as in neighboring St. Johns County to the south, Daedalochila auriculata have thus far been found at the following locations in Duval County:  near Munsilna McGundo House, Ft. George Island in the northeastern part of the county (4/11/1976) [1], Spanish Pond, Fort Caroline National Memorial in the southeastern part of the county (11/28/1976) [2], Six Mile Creek on Imeson Road in the northwestern part of the county (3/7/2010) [3], Plummer Road in the far northwestern part of the county (4/3/2010) [4], along the fence line of Naval Air Station Jacksonville on US-17 just north of I-295 in the southwestern part of the county (11/28/1976) [5], the corner of Imeson and Pritchard Roads in the northwestern part of the county (5/8/2010) [6], on Old Middleburg Road in the western part of the county (5/15/2010) [7], Old St. Augustine Road in the southern part of the county (6/6/2010) [8], the Julington-Durbin Peninsula in the southern part of the county (10/2/2011) [9], Evergreen Avenue in the core city of Jacksonville (10/2/2014) [11], Garden Road [12], and the Collins Road Railroad Crossing [13] Additionally, as an experiment by planting specimens collected elsewhere, this reporter also established a Daedalochila auriculata population at a location off St. Johns Bluff Road South [10].

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