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 ↓

American Giant Millipede 1
Narceus americanus
Yellow Garden Spider 2
Argiope aurantia
Goldenrod Crab Spider 3
Misumena vatia
Tan Jumping Spider 4
Platycryptus undatus
Asian Wall Jumping Spider 5
Sitticus fasciger
Eastern Harvestman 6
Leiobunum vittatum
Poison Ivy Leaf Mite 7
Aculops rhois
Pandora sphinx 8
Eumorpha pandorus
Carolina Sphinx 9
Manduca sexta
Cecropia Moth 10
Hyalophora cecropia
Luna moth 11
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 12
Antheraea polyphemus
Imperial Moth 13
Eacles imperialis
Black Swallowtail 14
Papilio polyxenes
Giant swallowtail 15
Papilio cresphontes
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 16
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 17
Papilio troilus
Pipevine Swallowtail 18
Battus philenor
Peck's Skipper 19
Polites peckius
Common Sootywing 20
Pholisora catullus
Hackberry Emperor 21
Asterocampa celtis
Red-spotted Purple 22
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Pearl Crescent 23
Phyciodes tharos
American Lady 24
Vanessa virginiensis
Eastern Comma 25
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 26
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 27
Junonia coenia
Great Spangled Fritillary 28
Speyeria cybele
Regal Fritillary 29
Speyeria idalia
Monarch 30
Danaus plexippus
Spring Azure 31
Celastrina ladon
Summer Azure 32
Celastrina neglecta
Fall Webworm Moth 33
Hyphantria cunea
Isabella Tiger Moth 34
Pyrrharctia isabella
Virginian Tiger Moth 35
Spilosoma virginica
Banded Tussock Moth 36
Halysidota tessellaris
Milkweed Tussock Moth 37
Euchaetes egle
Painted Lichen Moth 36
Hypoprepia fucosa
Turbulent Phosphila Moth 38
Phosphila turbulenta
Gold Moth 39
Basilodes pepita
Great black wasp 40
Sphex pensylvanicus
Western Honey Bee 41
Apis mellifera
Black carpenter ant 42
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Dark Paper Wasp 43
Polistes fuscatus
Bald-faced Hornet 44
Dolichovespula maculata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 45
Cicindela sexguttata
Analeptura lineola 46
Red Milkweed Beetle 37
Tetraopes tetrophthalmus
Groundselbush beetle 47
Trirhabda bacharidis
Spotted Lady Beetle 37
Coleomegilla maculata
Asian Lady Beetle 48
Harmonia axyridis
Black Firefly 37
Lucidota atra
Common Eastern Firefly 37
Photinus pyralis
Margined leatherwing 1
Chauliognathus marginatus
Rice Beetle
Dyscinetus morator
Japanese Beetle 49
Popillia japonica
Black-horned Tree Cricket 50
Oecanthus nigricornis
Common True Katydid 40
Pterophylla camellifolia
Carolina Grasshopper 51
Dissosteira carolina
Short-winged Green Grasshopper 17
Dichromorpha viridis
Differential Grasshopper 52
Melanoplus differentialis
Grizzly Spur-throat Grasshopper 53
Melanoplus punctulatus
Rhododendron Leafhopper 54
Graphocephala fennahi
Linne's Cicada 34
Neotibicen linnei
Meadow spittlebug 55
Philaenus spumarius
Large Milkweed Bug 37
Oncopeltus fasciatus
False Milkweed Bug 56
Lygaeus turcicus
Twice-stabbed Stink Bug 57
Cosmopepla lintneriana
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug 58
Halyomorpha halys
Widow Skimmer 59
Libellula luctuosa
Twelve-spotted Skimmer 60
Libellula pulchella
Autumn Meadowhawk 61
Sympetrum vicinum
Eastern Pondhawk 30
Erythemis simplicicollis
Common Whitetail 62
Plathemis lydia
Common Green Darner 63
Anax junius
Arrowhead Spiketail 64
Cordulegaster obliqua
Springwater Dancer 65
Argia plana
Eastern Forktail 6
Ischnura verticalis
Ebony Jewelwing 66
Calopteryx maculata
Slender Spreadwing 67
Lestes rectangularis
Downy Flower Gall Midge 68
Rhopalomyia anthophila
Bumblebee hoverfly 69
Volucella bombylans
Common Green Bottle Fly 70
Phaenicia sericata
Housefly 71
Musca domestica
Goldenrod Gall Fly 72
Eurosta solidaginis
Black horsefly 73
Tabanus atratus
Eastern Dobsonfly 74
Corydalus cornutus
Summer Fishfly 75
Chauliodes pectinicornis

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