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Fowler's Toad 1
Anaxyrus fowleri
Northern Cricket Frog 2
Acris crepitans
Upland Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris feriarum
Pickerel Frog 4
Lithobates palustris
Northern Green Anole 5
Anolis carolinensis
Common Snapping Turtle 6
Chelydra serpentina
Eastern Screech-Owl 7
Megascops asio
American Woodcock 8
Scolopax minor
Killdeer 9
Charadrius vociferus
Peregrine Falcon 10
Falco peregrinus
Mallard 11
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Grackle 12
Quiscalus quiscula
European Starling 13
Sturnus vulgaris
Blue Grosbeak 14
Passerina caerulea
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Setophaga coronata
Magnolia Warbler 16
Setophaga magnolia
Eastern Kingbird 17
Tyrannus tyrannus
Nine-banded Armadillo 18
Dasypus novemcinctus
Eastern Chipmunk 19
Tamias striatus
Southern Rock Vole 20
Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis
Appalachian Tigersnail 21
Anguispira mordax
black mantleslug 22
Pallifera hemphilli
Toothed Globe 23
Mesodon zaletus
Northern Threetooth 24
Triodopsis tridentata
Flat Button 25
Mesomphix subplanus
Riley's Clearwing Moth 26
Synanthedon rileyana
Abbott's Sphinx 27
Sphecodina abbottii
Laurel Sphinx Moth 28
Sphinx kalmiae
Hickory Horned Devil / Regal Moth 29
Citheronia regalis
Eastern Giant Swallowtail 30
Papilio cresphontes
Red-spotted Purple 31
Limenitis arthemis astyanax
Mourning Cloak 32
Nymphalis antiopa
Harvester 33
Feniseca tarquinius
The Neighbor 34
Haploa contigua
Spear-marked Black 35
Rheumaptera hastata
White-spotted Sable 36
Anania funebris
Orange-patched Smoky Moth 37
Pyromorpha dimidiata
Nason's Slug Moth 38
Natada nasoni
Spun Glass Slug Moth 27
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth 39
Acharia stimulea
Skiff Moth 40
Prolimacodes badia
Spotted Thyris Moth 33
Thyris maculata
European Hornet 41
Vespa crabro
Eastern Ironclad Beetle 42
Phellopsis obcordata
Red-banded Fungus Beetle 39
Megalodacne fasciata
Pleasing Fungus Beetle 42
Megalodacne heros
Riffle Beetle 20
Optioservus trivittatus
Emerald Ash Borer 43
Agrilus planipennis
Redlegged Grasshopper 44
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Green Stink Bug 45
Chinavia hilaris
Great Blue Skimmer 35
Libellula vibrans
Brown Spiketail 46
Cordulegaster bilineata
Ashy Clubtail 47
Phanogomphus lividus
Sable Clubtail 48
Stenogomphurus rogersi
Black-shouldered Spinyleg 49
Dromogomphus spinosus
Zebra Clubtail 47
Stylurus scudderi
Common Green Darner 50
Anax junius
Superb Jewelwing 51
Calopteryx amata
Appalachian Jewelwing 47
Calopteryx angustipennis
Variable Dancer 52
Argia fumipennis
Powdered Dancer 33
Argia moesta
Phortica variegata 53
Fishfly 54
Nigronia fasciata

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