Arthropoda
Black Fly
Simulium spp.
2 POINTS
Play: Can eat mammals. Has a MOVE of 2
Fact: Add insult to injury. When black fly bites you, it uses your blood to reproduce and make more black flies. Only females bite.
Black Fly
Simulium spp. 
2 POINTS
Play Can eat mammals. Has a MOVE of 2
Fact: Boreal biologists often recite the following zen koan to maintain sanity: “Time’s fun when you’re having flies” -Kermit the Frog.
Mosquitoes
Cules, Anopheles, & Aedes spp.
2 POINTS
Play: Can eat mammals. Has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The food chain in the boreal forest would collapse without the hordes of mosquitoes that provide food for many mammals.
Mosquitoes
Culex, Anopheles, & Aedes spp. 
2 POINTS
Play: Can eat mammals. Has a MOVE of 2
Fact The clouds of mosquitoees in the boreal forest are due to the abundance of wetlands, which mosquitoes require for breeding.
Dragonfly Species
Odonata spp. 
3 POINTS
Play: This dragonfly has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: As the apex preadators of the insect world, you can watch dragonflies catch mosquitoes in flight (hopefully around your head).
Longhorn Beetle
Monochamus scutellatus 
4 POINTS
Fact: This beetle is found in postfire areas because its larvae eat dead wood, which in turn helps return nutrients to the soil.