Animals of FCSNA

The Franklin Creek State Natural Area covers 922 acres of habitat in the Rock River Valley. Habitat varies widely from sandstone cliffs to prairie, from woodlands to wetlands, cropland to riparian forest. There is a rich variety of animals recorded in FCSNA. This guide will be updated when ...more ↓

Pandora sphinx 1
Eumorpha pandorus
Carolina Sphinx 2
Manduca sexta
Cecropia Moth 3
Hyalophora cecropia
Luna moth 4
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 5
Antheraea polyphemus
Imperial Moth 6
Eacles imperialis
Black Swallowtail 7
Papilio polyxenes
Giant swallowtail 8
Papilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 9
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 10
Papilio troilus
Pipevine Swallowtail 11
Battus philenor
Peck's Skipper 12
Polites peckius
Common Sootywing 13
Pholisora catullus
Hackberry Emperor 14
Asterocampa celtis
Red-spotted Purple 15
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Pearl Crescent 16
Phyciodes tharos
American Lady 17
Vanessa virginiensis
Eastern Comma 18
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 19
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
Regal Fritillary 22
Speyeria idalia
Monarch 23
Danaus plexippus
Spring Azure 24
Celastrina ladon
Summer Azure 25
Celastrina neglecta
Fall Webworm Moth 26
Hyphantria cunea
Isabella Tiger Moth 27
Pyrrharctia isabella
Virginian Tiger Moth 28
Spilosoma virginica
Banded Tussock Moth 29
Halysidota tessellaris
Milkweed Tussock Moth 30
Euchaetes egle
Painted Lichen Moth 29
Hypoprepia fucosa
Turbulent Phosphila Moth 31
Phosphila turbulenta
Gold Moth 32
Basilodes pepita
Great black wasp 33
Sphex pensylvanicus
Western Honey Bee 34
Apis mellifera
Black carpenter ant 35
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Dark Paper Wasp 36
Polistes fuscatus
Bald-faced Hornet 37
Dolichovespula maculata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 38
Cicindela sexguttata
Red Milkweed Beetle 30
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Groundselbush beetle 40
Trirhabda bacharidis
Spotted Lady Beetle 30
Coleomegilla maculata
Asian Lady Beetle 41
Harmonia axyridis
Black Firefly 30
Lucidota atra
Common Eastern Firefly 30
Photinus pyralis
Margined leatherwing 42
Chauliognathus marginatus
Rice Beetle
Dyscinetus morator
Japanese Beetle 43
Popillia japonica
Black-horned Tree Cricket 44
Oecanthus nigricornis
Common True Katydid 33
Pterophylla camellifolia
Carolina Grasshopper 45
Dissosteira carolina
Short-winged Green Grasshopper 10
Dichromorpha viridis
Differential Grasshopper 46
Melanoplus differentialis
Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper 47
Melanoplus punctulatus
Rhododendron Leafhopper 48
Graphocephala fennahi
Linne's Cicada 27
Neotibicen linnei
Meadow spittlebug 49
Philaenus spumarius
Large Milkweed Bug 30
Oncopeltus fasciatus
False Milkweed Bug 50
Lygaeus turcicus
Twice-stabbed Stink Bug 51
Cosmopepla lintneriana
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug 52
Halyomorpha halys
Widow Skimmer 53
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 54
Libellula pulchella
Autumn Meadowhawk 55
Sympetrum vicinum
Eastern Pondhawk 23
Erythemis simplicicollis
Common Whitetail 56
Plathemis lydia
Arrowhead Spiketail 58
Cordulegaster obliqua
Springwater Dancer 59
Argia plana
Eastern Forktail 60
Ischnura verticalis
Ebony Jewelwing 61
Calopteryx maculata
Slender Spreadwing 62
Lestes rectangularis
Downy Flower Gall Midge 63
Rhopalomyia anthophila
Bumblebee hoverfly 64
Volucella bombylans
Common Green Bottle Fly 65
Phaenicia sericata
Housefly 66
Musca domestica
Goldenrod Gall Fly 67
Eurosta solidaginis
Black horsefly 68
Tabanus atratus
Eastern Dobsonfly 69
Corydalus cornutus
Summer Fishfly 70
Chauliodes pectinicornis

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