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 Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Western Tiger Swallowtail 2
Papilio rutulus
Polyphemus Moth 3
Antheraea polyphemus
Asian Lady Beetle 4
Harmonia axyridis
Red Admiral 5
Vanessa atalanta
Blinded Sphinx Moth 6
Paonias excaecata
California Tortoiseshell 7
Nymphalis californica
Lorquin's Admiral 8
Limenitis lorquini
Ceanothus Silk Moth 9
Hyalophora euryalus
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 10
Coccinella septempunctata
Cinnabar moth 11
Tyria jacobaeae
Banded Alder Borer 12
Rosalia funebris
Echo Azure 13
Celastrina echo
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 14
Dolichovespula maculata
American Sand Wasp 3
Bembix americana
Banded Sexton Beetle 16
Nicrophorus investigator
Pale Swallowtail 17
Papilio eurymedon
Cabbage White 18
Pieris rapae
European Drone Fly 19
Eristalis tenax
Bronze Ground Beetle 20
Carabus nemoralis
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 3
Bombus vosnesenskii
Western Calligrapher 21
Toxomerus occidentalis
Woodland Skipper 22
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Common Water Strider 23
Aquarius remigis
Isabella Tiger Moth 24
Pyrrharctia isabella
Blue Dasher 25
Pachydiplax longipennis
Virginian Tiger Moth 26
Spilosoma virginica
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid 27
Adelges tsugae
European Earwig 28
Forficula auricularia
Pacific Forktail 29
Ischnura cervula
European Wool Carder Bee 30
Anthidium manicatum
Blue-eyed Darner 25
Rhionaeschna multicolor
Garden Tiger 33
Arctia caja
Western Carpenter Ant 34
Camponotus modoc
Eight-spotted Skimmer 39
Libellula forensis
Common Whitetail 40
Plathemis lydia
Ten-lined June Beetle 41
Polyphylla decemlineata
European Paper Wasp 42
Polistes dominula
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth 11
Lophocampa argentata
Western Forktail 43
Ischnura perparva
Striped Meadowhawk 44
Sympetrum pallipes
Common Aerial Yellowjacket 15
Dolichovespula arenaria
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle 38
Psyllobora vigintimaculata
Blue Bottlefly 45
Calliphora vicina
Pacific Dampwood Termite 21
Zootermopsis angusticollis

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