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.
Lisa Kimmerling created this list one year ago
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Mordellaria undulata -
Bombylius varius -
Black Corsair (Melanolestes picipes) ♀ -
Turtle Beetle (Chelonarium lecontei) -
Turtle Beetle (Chelonarium lecontei) -
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) -
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) -
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) -
Large Lace-Border (Scopula limboundata) -
Clay-colored Leaf Beetle (Anomoea laticlavia) -
Bent-line Gray (Iridopsis larvaria) -
Spotted Lady Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) -
Neighbor Moth (Haploa contigua) -
Hybomitra cincta -
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) -
Eulithis diversilineata or gracilineata -
Kiss of Death - Pogonosoma dorsatum with Cratichneumon sp. Prey -
Pink-masked Pyralid Moth (Aglossa disciferalis) -
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) -
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) -
Poecilanthrax nigripennis? -
Rosy Maple Moth Larva (Dryocampa rubicunda) -
Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata) -
Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata)