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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Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth (Macaria pustularia) -
Banded Graphisurus (Graphisurus fasciatus) -
Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes) -
Chalcolepidius viridipilis -
Common Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera) -
Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth (Blepharomastix ranalis) -
Black Leafhopper (Acutalis tartarea) -
Saffron Robber Fly (Laphria saffrana) -
Flea Beetle (Capraita circumdata) -
Megapenthes limbalis ♂ -
Tumbling Ragdoll Flower Beetle (Mordellaria marginata) -
Glipa oculata -
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)