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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Coppery Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) -
Rhopalomyia capitata -
Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis) -
Pale-bordered Field Cockroach (Pseudomops septentrionalis) -
Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius) -
Thin-spined Jumping Spider (Tutelina elegans) -
Stained Lophosis (Lophosis labeculata) -
Phylloneta pictipes -
Ridings' Fairy Moth (Adela ridingsella) -
Heath Spittlebug (Clastoptera saintcyri) -
Yellow-winged Oak Leafroller Moth (Argyrotaenia quercifoliana) -
Dogwood Spittlebug (Clastoptera proteus) -
Chokecherry Leafroller Moth (Cenopis directana) -
Diamondback Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis) -
Maple Dagger Larva (Acronicta retardata) -
Exasperating Platynota Moth (Platynota exasperatana) -
Oak Leafshredder Moth (Acleris semipurpurana) -
Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma disstria) -
Waved Light Fly (Pyrgota undata) -
One-spotted Tiger Beetle (Apterodela unipunctata) -
Powdered Dagger Moth Larva (Acronicta impleta)? -
Brood X Pharaoh Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) -
Common Leaf Beetle Jumping Spider (Sassacus papenhoei) -
Common Leaf Beetle Jumping Spider (Sassacus papenhoei)