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.

All 500

Greater Bee Fly ¹
Bombylius major

Eastern Carpenter Bee ²
Xylocopa virginica

Gray Hairstreak ³
Strymon melinus

Fiery Skipper ⁴
Hylephila phyleus

Halloween Pennant ⁵
Celithemis eponina

Horace's Duskywing ⁶
Erynnis horatius

Pipevine Swallowtail ⁷
Battus philenor

Blinded Sphinx ⁸
Paonias excaecata

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle ⁹
Cicindela sexguttata

Gulf Fritillary ¹⁰
Agraulis vanillae

Red Admiral ¹¹
Vanessa atalanta

Red Oak Borer ¹²
Enaphalodes rufulus

Convergent Lady Beetle ¹³
Hippodamia convergens

Wheel Bug ⁸
Arilus cristatus

Great Black Digger Wasp ¹⁴
Sphex pensylvanicus

Oak Treehopper ¹⁵
Platycotis vittata

Monarch ¹⁶
Danaus plexippus

Cloudless Sulphur ¹⁷
Phoebis sennae

American Lady ¹⁸
Vanessa virginiensis

Painted Lady ¹⁹
Vanessa cardui

Common Buckeye ⁷
Junonia coenia

Asian Lady Beetle ²⁰
Harmonia axyridis

Spotted Apatelodes Moth ¹⁷
Apatelodes torrefacta

Grapevine Beetle ²¹
Pelidnota punctata

Lesser Anglewing ²²
Microcentrum retinerve

Rosy Maple Moth ²³
Dryocampa rubicunda

Great Spangled Fritillary ²⁴
Speyeria cybele

Blue-fronted Dancer ²⁵
Argia apicalis

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp ²⁶
Megarhyssa macrurus

Widow Skimmer ²⁷
Libellula luctuosa

Polyphemus Moth ²⁸
Antheraea polyphemus

North American Luna Moth ²⁹
Actias luna

Pandorus Sphinx ²³
Eumorpha pandorus

Gypsy Moth ³⁰
Lymantria dispar

Tobacco Beetle ³¹
Lasioderma serricorne

Odorous House Ant ³²
Tapinoma sessile

Western Honey Bee ³³
Apis mellifera

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