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Smokies Most Wanted

We need iNaturalist observations of these species in Great Smoky Mountains National Park! Every observation you add gives us another datapoint about where and when these species occur in the Smokies. We use them to map and learn about these species, helping park officials make informed ...more ↓

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth ¹
Acharia stimulea

Northern Cricket Frog ²
Acris crepitans

Emerald Ash Borer ³
Agrilus planipennis

Tree of heaven ⁴
Ailanthus altissima

Mountain False Indigo ⁵
Amorpha glabra

White-spotted Sable ⁶
Anania funebris

Mallard ⁷
Anas platyrhynchos

Common Green Darner ⁸
Anax junius

Fowler's Toad ⁹
Anaxyrus fowleri

Hairy angelica ¹⁰
Angelica venenosa

Appalachian Tigersnail ¹¹
Anguispira mordax

Northern Green Anole ¹²
Anolis carolinensis

Variable Dancer ¹³
Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer ¹⁴
Argia moesta

Great indian plantain ¹⁵
Arnoglossum reniforme

Poke milkweed ¹⁶
Asclepias exaltata

Fourleaf Milkweed ¹⁷
Asclepias quadrifolia

Superb Jewelwing ¹⁸
Calopteryx amata

Appalachian Jewelwing ¹⁹
Calopteryx angustipennis

American trumpet vine ²⁰
Campsis radicans

American bittersweet ²¹
Celastrus scandens

Buttonbush ²²
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Devil's bit ²³
Chamaelirium luteum

Killdeer ²⁴
Charadrius vociferus

White turtlehead ²⁵
Chelone glabra

Common Snapping Turtle ²⁶
Chelydra serpentina

Green Stink Bug ²⁷
Chinavia hilaris

Hickory Horned Devil / Regal Moth ²⁸
Citheronia regalis

Cup Lichen ²⁹
Cladonia furcata

Small spreading pogonia ¹⁶
Cleistesiopsis bifaria

Pigeonwings ¹⁶
Clitoria mariana

Asiatic dayflower ³⁰
Commelina communis

Brown Spiketail ³¹
Cordulegaster bilineata

Eastern Black Trumpet ³²
Craterellus fallax

Nine-banded Armadillo ³³
Dasypus novemcinctus

Deertongue ²³
Dichanthelium clandestinum

Black-shouldered Spinyleg ³⁴
Dromogomphus spinosus

Leafy elephant's-foot ³⁵
Elephantopus carolinianus

Virginia snakeroot ⁹
Endodeca serpentaria

Upland boneset ³⁶
Eupatorium sessilifolium

Peregrine Falcon ³⁷
Falco peregrinus

Harvester ¹⁴
Feniseca tarquinius

Dog Vomit Slime Mold ³⁸
Fuligo septica

The Neighbor ³⁹
Haploa contigua

Roundlobe Hepatica ¹
Hepatica americana

Eastern green violet ⁴⁰
Hybanthus concolor

Dwarf iris ⁴¹
Iris verna

Spun Glass Slug Moth ⁴²
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri

Chicken Of The Woods ⁴³
Laetiporus sulphureus

Great Blue Skimmer ⁴⁴
Libellula vibrans

Red-spotted Purple ⁴⁵
Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Brown wide-lip orchid ⁴⁶
Liparis liliifolia

Pickerel Frog ⁴⁷
Lithobates palustris

Great Blue Lobelia ⁴⁶
Lobelia siphilitica

Red-banded Fungus Beetle ¹
Megalodacne fasciata

Pleasing Fungus Beetle ⁴⁸
Megalodacne heros

Eastern Screech-Owl ⁴⁹
Megascops asio

Redlegged Grasshopper ⁵⁰
Melanoplus femurrubrum

Toothed Globe ⁵¹
Mesodon zaletus

Flat Button ⁵²
Mesomphix subplanus

Southern Rock Vole ⁵³
Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis

Littleleaf sensitive-briar ⁵⁴
Mimosa microphylla

Nason's Slug Moth ⁵⁵
Natada nasoni

Fishfly ⁵⁶
Nigronia fasciata

Mourning Cloak ⁵⁷
Nymphalis antiopa

Riffle Beetle ⁵³
Optioservus trivittatus

Great yellow wood sorrel ⁵⁸
Oxalis grandis

black mantleslug ⁵⁹
Pallifera hemphilli

Eastern Giant Swallowtail ⁶⁰
Papilio cresphontes

Blue Grosbeak ⁶¹
Passerina caerulea

Ashy Clubtail ¹⁹
Phanogomphus lividus

Eastern Ironclad Beetle ⁴⁸
Phellopsis obcordata

Largeleaf Phlox ⁶²
Phlox amplifolia

Phortica variegata ⁶³

Lesser purple-fringed orchid ⁶⁴
Platanthera psycodes

Skiff Moth ⁶⁵
Prolimacodes badia

Upland Chorus Frog ⁶⁶
Pseudacris feriarum

Rabbit-tobacco ⁶⁷
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Orange-patched Smoky Moth ²⁵
Pyromorpha dimidiata

Chinkapin Oak ⁶⁸
Quercus muehlenbergii

Common Grackle ⁶⁹
Quiscalus quiscula

Spear-marked Black ⁴⁴
Rheumaptera hastata

Cutleaf coneflower / sochan ⁷⁰
Rudbeckia laciniata

Sparselobe Grapefern ⁷¹
Sceptridium biternatum

American Woodcock ⁷²
Scolopax minor

Yellow-rumped Warbler ⁷³
Setophaga coronata

Magnolia Warbler ⁷⁴
Setophaga magnolia

Narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass ⁶⁴
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Bear's foot ⁷⁵
Smallanthus uvedalia

Saw greenbrier ¹⁴
Smilax bona-nox

Silverrod ⁷⁶
Solidago bicolor

Abbott's Sphinx ⁴²
Sphecodina abbottii

Laurel Sphinx Moth ⁷⁷
Sphinx kalmiae

Woodland Pinkroot / Indian Pink ⁷⁸
Spigelia marilandica

Sable Clubtail ⁷⁹
Stenogomphurus rogersi

Rose twisted-stalk ⁸⁰
Streptopus lanceolatus

European Starling ⁸¹
Sturnus vulgaris

Zebra Clubtail ¹⁹
Stylurus scudderi

Riley's Clearwing Moth ⁸²
Synanthedon rileyana

Eastern Chipmunk ⁸³
Tamias striatus

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Smokies Most Wanted

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Saddleback Caterpillar Moth 1 Acharia stimulea

Northern Cricket Frog 2 Acris crepitans

Emerald Ash Borer 3 Agrilus planipennis

Tree of heaven 4 Ailanthus altissima

Mountain False Indigo 5 Amorpha glabra

White-spotted Sable 6 Anania funebris

Mallard 7 Anas platyrhynchos

Common Green Darner 8 Anax junius

Fowler's Toad 9 Anaxyrus fowleri

Hairy angelica 10 Angelica venenosa

Appalachian Tigersnail 11 Anguispira mordax

Northern Green Anole 12 Anolis carolinensis

Variable Dancer 13 Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer 14 Argia moesta

Great indian plantain 15 Arnoglossum reniforme

Poke milkweed 16 Asclepias exaltata

Fourleaf Milkweed 17 Asclepias quadrifolia

Superb Jewelwing 18 Calopteryx amata

Appalachian Jewelwing 19 Calopteryx angustipennis

American trumpet vine 20 Campsis radicans

American bittersweet 21 Celastrus scandens

Buttonbush 22 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Devil's bit 23 Chamaelirium luteum

Killdeer 24 Charadrius vociferus

White turtlehead 25 Chelone glabra

Common Snapping Turtle 26 Chelydra serpentina

Green Stink Bug 27 Chinavia hilaris

Hickory Horned Devil / Regal Moth 28 Citheronia regalis

Cup Lichen 29 Cladonia furcata

Small spreading pogonia 16 Cleistesiopsis bifaria

Pigeonwings 16 Clitoria mariana

Asiatic dayflower 30 Commelina communis

Brown Spiketail 31 Cordulegaster bilineata

Eastern Black Trumpet 32 Craterellus fallax

Nine-banded Armadillo 33 Dasypus novemcinctus

Deertongue 23 Dichanthelium clandestinum

Black-shouldered Spinyleg 34 Dromogomphus spinosus

Leafy elephant's-foot 35 Elephantopus carolinianus

Virginia snakeroot 9 Endodeca serpentaria

Upland boneset 36 Eupatorium sessilifolium

Peregrine Falcon 37 Falco peregrinus

Harvester 14 Feniseca tarquinius

Dog Vomit Slime Mold 38 Fuligo septica

The Neighbor 39 Haploa contigua

Roundlobe Hepatica 1 Hepatica americana

Eastern green violet 40 Hybanthus concolor

Dwarf iris 41 Iris verna

Spun Glass Slug Moth 42 Isochaetes beutenmuelleri

Chicken Of The Woods 43 Laetiporus sulphureus

Great Blue Skimmer 44 Libellula vibrans

Red-spotted Purple 45 Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Brown wide-lip orchid 46 Liparis liliifolia

Pickerel Frog 47 Lithobates palustris

Great Blue Lobelia 46 Lobelia siphilitica

Red-banded Fungus Beetle 1 Megalodacne fasciata

Pleasing Fungus Beetle 48 Megalodacne heros

Eastern Screech-Owl 49 Megascops asio

Redlegged Grasshopper 50 Melanoplus femurrubrum

Toothed Globe 51 Mesodon zaletus

Flat Button 52 Mesomphix subplanus

Southern Rock Vole 53 Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis

Littleleaf sensitive-briar 54 Mimosa microphylla

Nason's Slug Moth 55 Natada nasoni

Fishfly 56 Nigronia fasciata

Mourning Cloak 57 Nymphalis antiopa

Riffle Beetle 53 Optioservus trivittatus

Great yellow wood sorrel 58 Oxalis grandis

black mantleslug 59 Pallifera hemphilli

Eastern Giant Swallowtail 60 Papilio cresphontes

Blue Grosbeak 61 Passerina caerulea

Ashy Clubtail 19 Phanogomphus lividus

Eastern Ironclad Beetle 48 Phellopsis obcordata

Largeleaf Phlox 62 Phlox amplifolia

Phortica variegata 63

Lesser purple-fringed orchid 64 Platanthera psycodes