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The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

Prothonotary Warbler 1
Protonotaria citrea
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Dendroica dominica
Common Yellowthroat 3
Geothlypis trichas
Golden-winged Warbler 4
Vermivora chrysoptera
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Polioptila caerulea
Horned Lark 6
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 7
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 8
Certhia americana
American Crow 9
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow 10
Corvus ossifragus
Blue Jay 11
Cyanocitta cristata
Red Crossbill 12
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 13
Loxia leucoptera
Purple Finch 14
Haemorhous purpureus
Evening Grosbeak 15
Coccothraustes vespertinus
White-tailed Deer 16
Odocoileus virginianus
Common Raccoon 17
Procyon lotor
Coyote
Canis latrans
Eastern Cottontail 18
Sylvilagus floridanus
Plains Pocket Gopher 19
Geomys bursarius
Illinois Pocket Gopher 20
Geomys bursarius illinoensis
Eastern Gray Squirrel 21
Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel 22
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 5
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Woodchuck 23
Marmota monax
Eastern Mole 24
Scalopus aquaticus
Smallmouth Buffalo 25
Ictiobus bubalus
Spotted Gar 26
Lepisosteus oculatus
Shortnose Gar
Lepisosteus platostomus
Changeable Mantleslug 27
Megapallifera mutabilis
Carolina Mantleslug 28
Philomycus carolinianus
Pallifera marmorea
House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
Yellow Garden Spider 29
Argiope aurantia
Tan Jumping Spider 30
Platycryptus undatus
Golden Jumping Spider 31
Paraphidippus aurantius
Brown Recluse 32
Loxosceles reclusa
Clover Mite 33
Bryobia praetiosa
Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth 34
Choristoneura rosaceana
Pink-spotted Hawkmoth 35
Agrius cingulata
North American Luna Moth 36
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 37
Antheraea polyphemus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 38
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 39
Papilio troilus
Pipevine Swallowtail 40
Battus philenor
Least Skipper 41
Ancyloxypha numitor
Silver-spotted Skipper 42
Epargyreus clarus
Hackberry Emperor 43
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor 44
Asterocampa clyton
Red-spotted Admiral 10
Limenitis arthemis
Red-spotted Purple 45
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Northern Crescent 46
Phyciodes cocyta
Pearl Crescent 47
Phyciodes tharos
Red Admiral 48
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 49
Vanessa cardui
Eastern Comma 50
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 51
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 52
Junonia coenia
Monarch 53
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 27
Strymon melinus
Eastern Tailed-Blue 54
Cupido comyntas
Orange Sulphur 55
Colias eurytheme
Cabbage White 56
Pieris rapae
Green Cloverworm Moth 57
Hypena scabra
Salt Marsh Moth 58
Estigmene acrea
White Ermine 59
Spilosoma lubricipeda
Virginian Tiger Moth 34
Spilosoma virginica
Milkweed Tussock Moth 60
Euchaetes egle
Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth 61
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Eight-spotted Forester 62
Alypia octomaculata
Tufted Bird-dropping Moth 63
Cerma cerintha
American Dagger 61
Acronicta americana
Brown-shaded Gray 64
Iridopsis defectaria
Grape Leaffolder Moth 65
Desmia funeralis
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 66
Malacosoma americana
Ammophila pictipennis 66
Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila procera
Great Black Wasp 67
Sphex pensylvanicus
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 68
Sceliphron caementarium
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 69
Bombus impatiens
Pure Green Augochlora 70
Augochlora pura
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 70
Agapostemon virescens
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 71
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 72
Scolia dubia
Dark Paper Wasp 73
Polistes fuscatus
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 74
Cicindela sexguttata
Neoclytus acuminatus 75
Milkweed Leaf Beetle 76
Labidomera clivicollis
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 70
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 77
Coleomegilla maculata
Asian Lady Beetle 78
Harmonia axyridis
Seven-spotted Ladybird 77
Coccinella septempunctata
Polished Lady Beetle 77
Cycloneda munda
Common Eastern Firefly 77
Photinus pyralis
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle 77
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
American Carrion Beetle 79
Necrophila americana
Japanese Beetle 80
Popillia japonica
Grapevine Beetle 81
Pelidnota punctata
Giant Stag Beetle 82
Lucanus elaphus
Horned Passalus Beetle 83
Odontotaenius disjunctus

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