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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.

Greater Bee Fly 1
Bombylius major
Red Swamp Crayfish 2
Procambarus clarkii
Eastern Carpenter Bee 3
Xylocopa virginica
Gray Hairstreak 4
Strymon melinus
Fiery Skipper 5
Hylephila phyleus
Halloween Pennant 6
Celithemis eponina
Horace's Duskywing 7
Erynnis horatius
Pipevine Swallowtail 8
Battus philenor
Blinded Sphinx 9
Paonias excaecata
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 10
Cicindela sexguttata
House Centipede 11
Scutigera coleoptrata
Spinybacked Orbweaver 12
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Atlantic Blue Crab 13
Callinectes sapidus
Gulf Fritillary 14
Agraulis vanillae
Red Admiral 15
Vanessa atalanta
Red Oak Borer 16
Enaphalodes rufulus
Convergent Lady Beetle 17
Hippodamia convergens
Wheel Bug 9
Arilus cristatus
Asian Shore Crab 4
Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Goose Barnacle 18
Lepas anserifera
Great Black Digger Wasp 19
Sphex pensylvanicus
Oak Treehopper 20
Platycotis vittata
Monarch 21
Danaus plexippus
Cloudless Sulphur 22
Phoebis sennae
American Lady 23
Vanessa virginiensis
Painted Lady 24
Vanessa cardui
Common Buckeye 8
Junonia coenia
Asian Lady Beetle 25
Harmonia axyridis
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab 26
Limulus polyphemus
Common Striped Woodlouse 4
Philoscia muscorum
Spotted Apatelodes Moth 22
Apatelodes torrefacta
Grapevine Beetle 27
Pelidnota punctata
Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 28
Pagurus pollicaris
Long-claw Hermit Crab 29
Pagurus longicarpus
Lesser Anglewing 30
Microcentrum retinerve
Rosy Maple Moth 31
Dryocampa rubicunda
Great Spangled Fritillary 32
Speyeria cybele
Blue-fronted Dancer 33
Argia apicalis
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 34
Megarhyssa macrurus
Widow Skimmer 35
Libellula luctuosa
Polyphemus Moth 36
Antheraea polyphemus
North American Luna Moth 37
Actias luna
Pandorus Sphinx 31
Eumorpha pandorus
Gypsy Moth 38
Lymantria dispar
Tobacco Beetle 39
Lasioderma serricorne
Odorous House Ant 40
Tapinoma sessile
Western Honey Bee 41
Apis mellifera
Atlantic Sand Crab 42
Emerita talpoida

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