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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Included in this guide are some of the species you might see at Fort Flagler State Park, Wa.
The plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to the Olympic Peninsula, the Salish Sea and its surrounding uplands. How many can you find?

Western Tiger Swallowtail 1
Papilio rutulus
Thatched Barnacle 2
Semibalanus cariosus
Pacific Blood Star 3
Henricia leviuscula
Sunflower Sea Star 4
Pycnopodia helianthoides
Yellow-spotted Millipede 5
Harpaphe haydeniana
Pacific Banana Slug 6
Ariolimax columbianus
Red Rock Crab 7
Cancer productus
Polyphemus Moth 8
Antheraea polyphemus
Common Shiny Woodlouse 9
Oniscus asellus
Purple Shore Crab 10
Hemigrapsus nudus
Lion's Mane Nudibranch 11
Melibe leonina
Asian Lady Beetle 12
Harmonia axyridis
Grove Snail 13
Cepaea nemoralis
Gumboot Chiton 14
Cryptochiton stelleri
Plumose Anemone 7
Metridium senile
Giant Acorn Barnacle 15
Balanus nubilus
Red Admiral 16
Vanessa atalanta
Callobius severus 17
Ochre Sea Star 18
Pisaster ochraceus
Blinded Sphinx Moth 19
Paonias excaecata
Northern Kelp Crab 20
Pugettia producta
California Tortoiseshell 21
Nymphalis californica
Lorquin's Admiral 22
Limenitis lorquini
Ceanothus Silk Moth 23
Hyalophora euryalus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 24
Coccinella septempunctata
Cinnabar moth 25
Tyria jacobaeae
Giant Plumose Anemone 26
Metridium farcimen
Banded Alder Borer 27
Rosalia funebris
Echo Azure 28
Celastrina echo
Aggregating Anemone 29
Anthopleura elegantissima
Cross Orbweaver 30
Araneus diadematus
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 31
Dolichovespula maculata
Egg-yolk Jelly 32
Phacellophora camtschatica
American Sand Wasp 8
Bembix americana
Urocerus albicornis 11
Coho Salmon 33
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Banded Sexton Beetle 34
Nicrophorus investigator
Giant Rock Scallop 35
Crassadoma gigantea
Pale Swallowtail 5
Papilio eurymedon
Cabbage White 36
Pieris rapae
European Drone Fly 37
Eristalis tenax
Goldenrod Crab Spider 38
Misumena vatia
Bronze Ground Beetle 39
Carabus nemoralis
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 8
Bombus vosnesenskii
Red-backed Jumping Spider 40
Phidippus johnsoni
Western Calligrapher 41
Toxomerus occidentalis
Woodland Skipper 42
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Cackling Goose 43
Branta hutchinsii
Common Water Strider 44
Aquarius remigis
Isabella Tiger Moth 45
Pyrrharctia isabella
Blue Dasher 46
Pachydiplax longipennis
Virginian Tiger Moth 47
Spilosoma virginica
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 48
Adelges tsugae
European Earwig 49
Forficula auricularia
Pacific Forktail 50
Ischnura cervula
European Wool Carder Bee 51
Anthidium manicatum
Leopard Slug 52
Limax maximus
Pacific Sideband 53
Monadenia fidelis
Hairy Hermit Crab 54
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Shield Limpet 7
Lottia pelta
Scaphinotus angusticollis 55
Dungeness Crab 56
Metacarcinus magister
Fingered Limpet
Lottia digitalis
Crescent gunnel 4
Pholis laeta
Northern Clingfish 14
Gobiesox maeandricus
Tidepool Sculpin 41
Oligocottus maculosus
Spotted Tussock Moth 25
Lophocampa maculata
Paddle-tailed Darner 34
Aeshna palmata
Shadow Darner 44
Aeshna umbrosa
Blue-eyed Darner 46
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Sericomyia chalcopyga 57
Garden Tiger 58
Arctia caja
Green Falsejingle 59
Pododesmus macrochisma
Zebra Jumping Spider 60
Salticus scenicus
Western Carpenter Ant 61
Camponotus modoc
Yellow Shore Crab 62
Hemigrapsus oregonensis
Olympia Oyster 2
Ostrea lurida
Western Thatching Ant 63
Formica obscuripes
Nicrophorus defodiens 64
Nuttall's Cockle 53
Clinocardium nuttallii
Channeled Dog Winkle 7
Nucella canaliculata
Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp 65
Diplolepis polita
Common Earthworm 39
Lumbricus terrestris
Acorn Barnacle 66
Balanus glandula
Large Yellow Underwing 9
Noctua pronuba
Striped Green Sea Anemone 67
Diadumene lineata
Six-spotted Orbweaver 9
Araniella displicata
Starry Flounder 68
Platichthys stellatus
Mottled Star 69
Evasterias troschelii
Eight-spotted Skimmer 70
Libellula forensis
Common Whitetail 71
Plathemis lydia
Ten-lined June Beetle 72
Polyphylla decemlineata
European Paper Wasp 73
Polistes dominula
European Harvestman 74
Phalangium opilio
Chocolate Arion 75
Arion rufus
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 25
Lophocampa argentata
Northern Feather Duster Worm 76
Eudistylia vancouveri
Shiner Surfperch 77
Cymatogaster aggregata
Western Forktail 78
Ischnura perparva
Striped Meadowhawk 79
Sympetrum pallipes

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