Native Fauna of the Southern Appalachians
Animal species native to the Southern Appalachian region of the US, including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina.
Photos primarily from the following ecoregions: the Southern Metasedimentary Mountains/Southern Shale Valleys of Georgia, the Southern Ridge and Valley of Georgia, and the Southern Table Plateaus of Alabama.
Flown Kimmerling created this list 7 years ago
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Black and Red Sumac Leaf Beetle (Cryptocephalus quadruplex) -
Midland Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) -
Midland Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon pleuralis) -
Glyptobaris lecontei -
Tulip Tree Leafminer (Odontopus calceatus) -
Ash Bullet Gall Midge (Dasineura pellex) -
Common Oak Moth Larva (Phoberia atomaris) -
White-marked Tussock Moth Larva (Orgyia leucostigma) -
Bowl-and-doily Spider (Frontinella pyramitela) -
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) -
Black-banded Crab Spider (Synema parvulum) -
Black-banded Crab Spider (Synema parvulum) -
Diamondback Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) -
Molting Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor) -
Dialysis rufithorax? -
Calophya nigripennis -
Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans) -
Georgian Prominent (Paraeschra georgica) -
Small Phigalia Moth (Phigalia strigataria) - Larva -
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus) -
Carolina Anole (Anolis carolinensis) -
Tabanus calens -
West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis) -
West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis)