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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Red-fringed Emerald (Nemoria bistriaria) -
Oak Besma Moth (Besma quercivoraria) -
Olive Arta Moth (Arta olivalis) -
Orange Virbia Moth (Virbia aurantiaca)? -
Olive Arta Moth (Arta olivalis) -
Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua) -
Acmaeodera pulchella -
Sphenostethus taslei -
Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) -
Widefooted Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) -
Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) - Mother Guarding Eggs -
Double-lined Prominent (Lochmaeus bilineata) -
Six-banded Longhorn Beetle (Dryobius sexnotatus) -
Green Lacewing Eggs (Family Chrysopidae) -
Hoshihananomia octopunctata -
Texas Grass Tubeworm Moth (Acrolophus texanella)? -
Ambiguous Crayfish (Cambarus striatus) -
Brachyleptura rubrica -
Blackberry Knot Gall (Diastrophus nebulosus) -
Amphibolips melanocera -
Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) -
Elegant Grass-Veneer (Microcrambus elegans) -
Straight-lined Plagodis Moth (Plagodis phlogosaria) -
American Ermine Moth (Yponomeuta multipunctella)