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Wildlife of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach is home to many non-aquatic, aquatic, and semi-aquatic species. Here is a guide to them all.

Common Striped Woodlouse 1
Philoscia muscorum
Spotted Apatelodes Moth 2
Apatelodes torrefacta
Grapevine Beetle 3
Pelidnota punctata
Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 4
Pagurus pollicaris
Long-claw Hermit Crab 5
Pagurus longicarpus
Lesser Anglewing 6
Microcentrum retinerve
Rosy Maple Moth 7
Dryocampa rubicunda
Great Spangled Fritillary 8
Speyeria cybele
Blue-fronted Dancer 9
Argia apicalis
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 10
Megarhyssa macrurus
Widow Skimmer 11
Libellula luctuosa
Polyphemus Moth 12
Antheraea polyphemus
North American Luna Moth 13
Actias luna
Pandorus Sphinx 7
Eumorpha pandorus
Gypsy Moth 14
Lymantria dispar
Eastern Oyster 15
Crassostrea virginica
Tobacco Beetle 16
Lasioderma serricorne
Odorous House Ant 17
Tapinoma sessile
Atlantic Bluespotted Cornetfish 18
Fistularia tabacaria
Horse-eye Jack 19
Caranx latus
Western Honey Bee 20
Apis mellifera
Atlantic Sand Crab 21
Emerita talpoida
Star-nosed Mole 22
Condylura cristata
Eastern Mole 23
Scalopus aquaticus
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 24
Blarina carolinensis
North American Least Shrew 25
Cryptotis parva
Southeastern Shrew
Sorex longirostris
West Indian Manatee 26
Trichechus manatus
Southern Flying Squirrel 27
Glaucomys volans
American Red Squirrel 28
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eastern Chipmunk 29
Tamias striatus
Fox Squirrel 30
Sciurus niger
Eastern Gray Squirrel 31
Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat 32
Ondatra zibethicus
Southern Bog Lemming 33
Synaptomys cooperi
Golden Mouse 34
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Hispid Cotton Rat 35
Sigmodon hispidus
House Mouse 36
Mus musculus
Marsh Rice Rat 37
Oryzomys palustris
Eastern Harvest Mouse 38
Reithrodontomys humulis
Cotton Mouse 39
Peromyscus gossypinus
White-footed Mouse 40
Peromyscus leucopus
Woodland Vole 41
Microtus pinetorum

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