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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Peigler's Oakworm Moth (Anisota peigleri) -
Luna Moth (Actias luna) - Worn and Deceased. -
Southern Devil Scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus) -
Ponana pectoralis -
Ponana pectoralis (with a photobomber) -
White-Spotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) -
White-Spotted Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) -
Scaphoideus opalinus -
Cave Salamander (Eurycea lucifuga) -
Thin-Winged Owlet (Nigetia formosalis) -
Candy-Striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) -
Subterranean Dart (Feltia subterranea) -
Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica) -
Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica) -
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) -
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) -
Ragweed Flower Moth (Schinia rivulosa) -
Ragweed Flower Moth (Schinia rivulosa) -
Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) -
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) -
Changeable Mantleslug (Megapallifera mutabilis) -
Euodynerus megaera ♂ -
Euodynerus megaera ♂ -
Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis angolensis)