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Wildlife of Lancaster

Learn about all kinds of animals that live in Lancaster here.

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Pandorus Sphinx 2
Eumorpha pandorus
North American Luna Moth 3
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 4
Antheraea polyphemus
Widow Skimmer 5
Libellula luctuosa
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 6
Megarhyssa atrata
Eastern Elderberry Borer 7
Desmocerus palliatus
Blue-fronted Dancer 8
Argia apicalis
Great Spangled Fritillary 9
Speyeria cybele
Rosy Maple Moth 10
Dryocampa rubicunda
Lesser Anglewing 11
Microcentrum retinerve
Grapevine Beetle 12
Pelidnota punctata
Spotted Apatelodes Moth 13
Apatelodes torrefacta
Asian Lady Beetle 14
Harmonia axyridis
Common Buckeye 15
Junonia coenia
Painted Lady 16
Vanessa cardui
American Lady 17
Vanessa virginiensis
Monarch 18
Danaus plexippus
Wheel Bug 19
Arilus cristatus
Red Admiral 20
Vanessa atalanta
White-lined Sphinx 21
Hyles lineata
House Centipede 22
Scutigera coleoptrata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 23
Cicindela sexguttata
Blinded Sphinx 19
Paonias excaecata
Pipevine Swallowtail 19
Battus philenor
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 24
Papilio cresphontes
Halloween Pennant 25
Celithemis eponina
Fiery Skipper 26
Hylephila phyleus
Gray Hairstreak 27
Strymon melinus
Eastern Carpenter Bee 28
Xylocopa virginica
Common Checkered-Skipper 29
Pyrgus communis
Greater Bee Fly 30
Bombylius major
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 31
Coccinella septempunctata
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 32
Sphecius speciosus
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 33
Spoladea recurvalis
Sachem 34
Atalopedes campestris
American Dog Tick 35
Dermacentor variabilis
Dark Paper Wasp 36
Polistes fuscatus
Zabulon Skipper 37
Poanes zabulon
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 38
Bombus fervidus
Agile Long-horned Bee 39
Melissodes agilis
Black Saddlebags 40
Tramea lacerata
Faint-spotted Palthis Moth 41
Palthis asopialis
Elegant Grass-veneer 42
Microcrambus elegans
Bald-faced Hornet 43
Dolichovespula maculata
Pearl Crescent 44
Phyciodes tharos
Eastern Boxelder Bug 45
Boisea trivittata
Tulip-tree Silkmoth 23
Callosamia angulifera
Bold Jumping Spider 46
Phidippus audax
Eastern Comma 47
Polygonia comma
European Hornet 48
Vespa crabro

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