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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

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