Biodiversity at a Glance | Animals in North Florida and South Georgia
I wanted to see what it looked like if I took all of the animals we’ve covered in the 10 years of the Ecology Blog, and put them all side by side. The coastal critters with the terrestrial; the rare creatures found in remote places alongside our backyard visitors. Scroll down and see what biodiversity in our area looks like. I’ll keep adding animals as we produce new stories. And, you can click on each animal’s name to open up its story or stories. Enjoy!
Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) White Baby Ear (Sinum perspectivum) White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album) Red Wolf (Canis rufus) Crangonyx manubrium Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) Chrysis smaragdula, a cuckoo wasp. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Texas crescent (Anthanassa texana) American Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) Clay-colored leaf beetle (Anomoea laticlavia) Yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) Eastern mud turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum) Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Atanycolus, a type of braconid wasp Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) Keyhole sand dollar (Mellita quinquiesperforata) Florida harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex badius) Syrphid larva next to a milkweed aphid. Silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) Fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Hillis’s dwarf salamander (Eurycea hillisi) Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) Banded tulip (Cinctura lilium) Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Poey’s furrow bee (Halictus poeyi) Probably Niesthrea louisianica, a scentless plant bug Dragonfly larva eating damselfly larva Female tropical checkered-skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Zebra longwing (Heliconius charithonia) Giant Katydid nymph (Stilpnochlora couloniana) Pale green assassin bug (Zelus luridus) Two nesting anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) Apalachicola dusky salamander eggs (Desmognathus apalachicolae) Marsh periwinkles (Littoraria irrotata) Banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Black bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) Juvenile wood stork (Mycteria americana) Smooth ox beetle (Strategus antaeus) Greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Horse conch (Triplofusus giganteus) Frosted Elfin (Callophrys irus) Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) Double crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) Ilia underwing caterpillar (Catocala ilia) Common slider (Trachemys scripta) Ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) Striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria) Mosquito (Culicidae) Oak gall in the Andricus genus American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Humped beewolf (Philanthus gibbosus) Spider crab (Majoidea) Striped hairstreak (Satyrium liparops) Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Bufflead (Bucephala albeola) Virginia metallic tiger beetle (Tetracha virginica) Southern Tussock Moth (Dasychira meridionalis) Laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) Stink bug? Dusky pygmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarus barbouri) Giant swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio cresphontes) Southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus) Saddleback caterpillar (Acharia stimulea) Gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Monarch chrysalis (Danaus plexippus) Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) Damselfly? Henslow’s sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) Leaf footed bug Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius/ intricata) Barred owl (Strix varia) Orange-tipped oakworm moths (Anisota senatoria) Apalachicola dusky salamander (Desmognathus apalachicolae) Bug #41 Gopher frog (Lithobates capito) Sanderlings (Calidris alba) Two central newts (Notophthalmus viridescens lousianensis) ???? Giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Yellow Bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) Oblique stripetail (Allograpta obliqua) Ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) Hentz Striped Scorpion (Centruroides hentzi) Ornate choris frog (Pseudacris ornata) Leopard moth caterpillar (Hypercompe scribonia) Red winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Common buckeye (Junonia coenia) Florida softshell turtle (Apalone ferox) River frog (Rana heckscheri) Hanging thief (Diogmites) Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) Golden-banded skipper (Autochton cellus) Luna moth (Actias luna) Red cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis) Horace’s duskywing butterfly (Erynns horatius) Southern oyster drill (Stramonita haemastoma) Carolina wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Thin-lined calligrapher (Toxomerus boscii) Shieldback katydid Crangonyx floridanus Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) Variegated fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Yellow-striped oakworm moth (Anisota peigleri) Long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus) A wolf spider consumes a frog Two-spotted Long-horned Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) Lightning whelk (Busycon perversum, Sinistrofulgur perversum) Dusky-winged hover fly (Ocyptamus fuscipennis) Zebra swallowtail (Protographium marcellus) Whooping crane (Grus americana) Carolina wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis) Metallic Epauletted-Sweat Bee
(Augochloropsis metallica)Cixiid planthopper nymph (Family Cixiidae) Three lined dwarf salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) Moth caterpillar Brown prionid beetle (Orthosoma brunneum) Green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) Atlantic moon snail (Neverita duplicata) Assassin bug eggs Carolina mantis nymph (Stagmomantis carolina) Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) Snapping shrimp (Alpheidae) Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon splendens) Mole salamander paedomorph (Ambystoma talpoideum) Crown conchs (Melongena corona) Georgia cave salamander (Eurycea wallacei) Northern dusk singing cicada (Megatibicen auletes) Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) Red cockaded woodpecker (Leuconotopicus borealis)
Obscure bird grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura) Long-tailed skipper caterpillar (Urbanus proteus) Bachman’s sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) Little metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis) Cloudless sulfur (Phoebis sennae) Southern skippering (Copaeodes minima) Red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) Southern dusky salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus)
True bug nymph A bee fly in the genus Villa American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) Juvenile yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Black morph of a tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) Tiger bee fly (Xenox tigrinus) Broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) Lively cuckoo bee (Nomada fervida) Polka-dotted wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais) Leptoglossus fulvicornis Ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) Tricolor heron (Egretta tricolor) Orange-spotted flower moth (Syngamia florella)
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