Dinosaur State Park Guide

This guide was created to help our visitors understand what sorts of plants and animals we have in Connecticut, but specifically at Dinosaur State Park. Each of these plants and animals is important not just to the environment, but to humans as well.

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White-breasted Nuthatch ¹
Sitta carolinensis

Gray Catbird ²
Dumetella carolinensis

Eastern Wood-Pewee ²
Contopus virens

Common Garter Snake ³
Thamnophis sirtalis

Eastern Garter Snake ⁴
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Cottontail ⁵
Sylvilagus floridanus

Gypsy Moth ⁶
Lymantria dispar

Eastern Carpenter Bee ⁷
Xylocopa virginica

Blue Dasher ⁸
Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Pondhawk ⁹
Erythemis simplicicollis

American Toad ¹⁰
Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog ¹¹
Lithobates catesbeianus

Common Whitetail ¹²
Plathemis lydia

European Paper Wasp ¹³
Polistes dominula

Brown-belted Bumble Bee ¹⁴
Bombus griseocollis

Winter Firefly ¹⁵
Ellychnia corrusca

Sycamore Tussock Moth ¹⁶
Halysidota harrisii

Slender Flower Longhorn Beetle ¹⁷
Strangalia famelica

Brachyleptura rubrica ¹⁸

Ant-like longhorn beetle ¹⁹
Cyrtophorus verrucosus

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Dinosaur State Park Guide

White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Sitta carolinensis

Gray Catbird 2 Dumetella carolinensis

Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Contopus virens

Common Garter Snake 3 Thamnophis sirtalis

Eastern Garter Snake 4 Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis

Eastern Cottontail 5 Sylvilagus floridanus

Gypsy Moth 6 Lymantria dispar

Eastern Carpenter Bee 7 Xylocopa virginica

Blue Dasher 8 Pachydiplax longipennis

Eastern Pondhawk 9 Erythemis simplicicollis

American Toad 10 Anaxyrus americanus

American Bullfrog 11 Lithobates catesbeianus

Common Whitetail 12 Plathemis lydia

European Paper Wasp 13 Polistes dominula

Brown-belted Bumble Bee 14 Bombus griseocollis

Winter Firefly 15 Ellychnia corrusca

Sycamore Tussock Moth 16 Halysidota harrisii

Slender Flower Longhorn Beetle 17 Strangalia famelica

Brachyleptura rubrica 18

Ant-like longhorn beetle 19 Cyrtophorus verrucosus