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.

All 500

House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata

Yellow Garden Spider ¹
Argiope aurantia

Tan Jumping Spider ²
Platycryptus undatus

Golden Jumping Spider ³
Paraphidippus aurantius

Brown Recluse ⁴
Loxosceles reclusa

Clover Mite ⁵
Bryobia praetiosa

Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth ⁶
Choristoneura rosaceana

Pink-spotted Hawkmoth ⁷
Agrius cingulata

North American Luna Moth ⁸
Actias luna

Polyphemus Moth ⁹
Antheraea polyphemus

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ¹⁰
Papilio glaucus

Spicebush Swallowtail ¹¹
Papilio troilus

Pipevine Swallowtail ¹²
Battus philenor

Least Skipper ¹³
Ancyloxypha numitor

Silver-spotted Skipper ¹⁴
Epargyreus clarus

Hackberry Emperor ¹⁵
Asterocampa celtis

Tawny Emperor ¹⁶
Asterocampa clyton

Red-spotted Admiral ¹⁷
Limenitis arthemis

Red-spotted Purple ¹⁸
Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Northern Crescent ¹⁹
Phyciodes cocyta

Pearl Crescent ²⁰
Phyciodes tharos

Red Admiral ²¹
Vanessa atalanta

Painted Lady ²²
Vanessa cardui

Eastern Comma ²³
Polygonia comma

Question Mark ²⁴
Polygonia interrogationis

Common Buckeye ²⁵
Junonia coenia

Monarch ²⁶
Danaus plexippus

Gray Hairstreak ²⁷
Strymon melinus

Eastern Tailed-Blue ²⁸
Cupido comyntas

Orange Sulphur ²⁹
Colias eurytheme

Cabbage White ³⁰
Pieris rapae

Green Cloverworm Moth ³¹
Hypena scabra

Salt Marsh Moth ³²
Estigmene acrea

White Ermine ³³
Spilosoma lubricipeda

Virginian Tiger Moth ⁶
Spilosoma virginica

Milkweed Tussock Moth ³⁴
Euchaetes egle

Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth ³⁵
Spodoptera ornithogalli

Eight-spotted Forester ³⁶
Alypia octomaculata

Tufted Bird-dropping Moth ³⁷
Cerma cerintha

American Dagger ³⁵
Acronicta americana

Brown-shaded Gray ³⁸
Iridopsis defectaria

Grape Leaffolder Moth ³⁹
Desmia funeralis

Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth ⁴⁰
Malacosoma americana

Ammophila pictipennis ⁴⁰

Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila procera

Great Black Wasp ⁴¹
Sphex pensylvanicus

Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp ⁴²
Sceliphron caementarium

Common Eastern Bumble Bee ⁴³
Bombus impatiens

Pure Green Augochlora ⁴⁴
Augochlora pura

Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee ⁴⁴
Agapostemon virescens

Common Eastern Velvet Ant ⁴⁵
Dasymutilla occidentalis

Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp ⁴⁶
Scolia dubia

Dark Paper Wasp ⁴⁷
Polistes fuscatus

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle ⁴⁸
Cicindela sexguttata

Neoclytus acuminatus ⁴⁹

Milkweed Leaf Beetle ⁵⁰
Labidomera clivicollis

Spotted Cucumber Beetle ⁴⁴
Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Spotted Pink Lady Beetle ⁵¹
Coleomegilla maculata

Asian Lady Beetle ⁵²
Harmonia axyridis

Seven-spotted Ladybird ⁵¹
Coccinella septempunctata

Polished Lady Beetle ⁵¹
Cycloneda munda

Common Eastern Firefly ⁵¹
Photinus pyralis

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle ⁵¹
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

American Carrion Beetle ⁵³
Necrophila americana

Japanese Beetle ⁵⁴
Popillia japonica

Grapevine Beetle ⁵⁵
Pelidnota punctata

Giant Stag Beetle ⁵⁶
Lucanus elaphus

Horned Passalus Beetle ⁵⁷
Odontotaenius disjunctus

Japanese Burrowing Cricket ⁵⁸
Velarifictorus micado

Two-spotted Tree Cricket ⁵⁹
Neoxabea bipunctata

Red-headed Bush Cricket ⁶⁰
Phyllopalpus pulchellus

Northern Mole Cricket ⁶¹
Neocurtilla hexadactyla

Green-striped Grasshopper ⁶²
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Northern Green-striped Grasshopper ⁴⁵
Chortophaga viridifasciata viridifasciata

Wrinkled Grasshopper ⁶³
Hippiscus ocelote

Carolina Grasshopper ⁶⁴
Dissosteira carolina

Admirable Grasshopper ⁶⁵
Syrbula admirabilis

Differential Grasshopper ⁶⁵
Melanoplus differentialis

Two-lined Spittlebug ⁷
Prosapia bicincta

Green Cone-headed Planthopper ⁶⁶
Acanalonia conica

Pale Green Assassin Bug ⁶⁷
Zelus luridus

Wheel Bug ¹²
Arilus cristatus

Small Milkweed Bug ⁶⁸
Lygaeus kalmii

Spined Soldier Bug ⁶⁹
Podisus maculiventris

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug ⁷⁰
Halyomorpha halys

Squash Bug ⁷¹
Anasa tristis

Leptoglossus oppositus ⁷²

Widow Skimmer ⁷³
Libellula luctuosa

Eastern Pondhawk ²⁶
Erythemis simplicicollis

Eastern Amberwing ¹⁷
Perithemis tenera

Common Whitetail ⁷⁴
Plathemis lydia

Goldenrod Gall Fly ⁷⁵
Eurosta solidaginis

Tabanus limbatinevris

Chrysopilus modestus ⁵¹

Carolina Mantis ¹⁷
Stagmomantis carolina

Oriental Cockroach ⁷⁶
Blatta orientalis

Illinois Cave Amphipod
Gammarus acherondytes

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