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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.

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth 1
Choristoneura rosaceana
Pink-spotted Hawkmoth 2
Agrius cingulata
North American Luna Moth 3
Actias luna
Polyphemus Moth 4
Antheraea polyphemus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
Papilio glaucus
Spicebush Swallowtail 6
Papilio troilus
Pipevine Swallowtail 7
Battus philenor
Least Skipper 8
Ancyloxypha numitor
Silver-spotted Skipper 9
Epargyreus clarus
Hackberry Emperor 10
Asterocampa celtis
Tawny Emperor 11
Asterocampa clyton
Red-spotted Admiral 12
Limenitis arthemis
Red-spotted Purple 13
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Northern Crescent 14
Phyciodes cocyta
Pearl Crescent 15
Phyciodes tharos
Red Admiral 16
Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady 17
Vanessa cardui
Eastern Comma 18
Polygonia comma
Question Mark 19
Polygonia interrogationis
Common Buckeye 20
Junonia coenia
Monarch 21
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 22
Strymon melinus
Eastern Tailed-Blue 23
Cupido comyntas
Orange Sulphur 24
Colias eurytheme
Cabbage White 25
Pieris rapae
Green Cloverworm Moth 26
Hypena scabra
Salt Marsh Moth 27
Estigmene acrea
White Ermine 28
Spilosoma lubricipeda
Virginian Tiger Moth 1
Spilosoma virginica
Milkweed Tussock Moth 29
Euchaetes egle
Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth 30
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Eight-spotted Forester 31
Alypia octomaculata
Tufted Bird-dropping Moth 32
Cerma cerintha
American Dagger 30
Acronicta americana
Brown-shaded Gray 33
Iridopsis defectaria
Grape Leaffolder Moth 34
Desmia funeralis
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 35
Malacosoma americana
Ammophila pictipennis 35
Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila procera
Great Black Wasp 36
Sphex pensylvanicus
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 37
Sceliphron caementarium
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 38
Bombus impatiens
Pure Green Augochlora 39
Augochlora pura
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 39
Agapostemon virescens
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 40
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 41
Scolia dubia
Dark Paper Wasp 42
Polistes fuscatus
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 43
Cicindela sexguttata
Neoclytus acuminatus 44
Milkweed Leaf Beetle 45
Labidomera clivicollis
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 39
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Spotted Pink Lady Beetle 46
Coleomegilla maculata
Asian Lady Beetle 47
Harmonia axyridis
Seven-spotted Ladybird 46
Coccinella septempunctata
Polished Lady Beetle 46
Cycloneda munda
Common Eastern Firefly 46
Photinus pyralis
Goldenrod Soldier Beetle 46
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
American Carrion Beetle 48
Necrophila americana
Japanese Beetle 49
Popillia japonica
Grapevine Beetle 50
Pelidnota punctata
Giant Stag Beetle 51
Lucanus elaphus
Horned Passalus Beetle 52
Odontotaenius disjunctus
Japanese Burrowing Cricket 53
Velarifictorus micado
Two-spotted Tree Cricket 54
Neoxabea bipunctata
Red-headed Bush Cricket 55
Phyllopalpus pulchellus
Northern Mole Cricket 56
Neocurtilla hexadactyla
Green-striped Grasshopper 57
Chortophaga viridifasciata
Northern Green-striped Grasshopper 40
Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata
Wrinkled Grasshopper 58
Hippiscus ocelote
Carolina Grasshopper 59
Dissosteira carolina
Admirable Grasshopper 60
Syrbula admirabilis
Differential Grasshopper 60
Melanoplus differentialis
Two-lined Spittlebug 2
Prosapia bicincta
Green Cone-headed Planthopper 61
Acanalonia conica
Pale Green Assassin Bug 62
Zelus luridus
Wheel Bug 7
Arilus cristatus
Small Milkweed Bug 63
Lygaeus kalmii
Spined Soldier Bug 64
Podisus maculiventris
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug 65
Halyomorpha halys
Squash Bug 66
Anasa tristis
Leptoglossus oppositus 67
Widow Skimmer 68
Libellula luctuosa
Eastern Pondhawk 21
Erythemis simplicicollis
Eastern Amberwing 12
Perithemis tenera
Common Whitetail 69
Plathemis lydia
Goldenrod Gall Fly 70
Eurosta solidaginis
Tabanus limbatinevris
Chrysopilus modestus 46
Carolina Mantis 12
Stagmomantis carolina
Oriental Cockroach 71
Blatta orientalis

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