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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Dark Wood Cockroach (Ischnoptera deropeltiformis) -
Golden Jumping Spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) -
Poecilanthrax nigripennis -
Tabanus pallidescens -
Oak Besma Moth (Besma quercivoraria) -
Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus) -
Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus) -
Glyptobaris lecontei -
Emerald Flower Scarab (Trichiotinus lunulatus) -
Great Ash Sphinx Larva (Sphinx chersis) -
Eastern Bordered Plant Bug (Largus succinctus) -
Spined Soldier Bug Nymph (Podisus maculiventris) -
Clastoptera testacea -
Dogwood Spittlebug (Clastoptera proteus) -
Epione Underwing (Catocala epione) -
Epione Underwing (Catocala epione) -
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) -
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) -
Flat-headed Baldcypress Sapwood Beetle (Acmaeodera pulchella) -
Podabrus fayi -
Zebra Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus zebra) -
Mordellistena cervicalis -
Florida Calligrapher Beetle (Calligrapha floridana) -
Florida Calligrapher Beetle (Calligrapha floridana)