USN Wetlands

Animal Guide
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Small Aquatic Animals Aquatic sow bug (family Asellidae) Chimney Crayfish (Cambarus diogenes) Common Backswimmer (Notonecta undulata) Damselfly and Dragonfly larvae (Order Odonata) Fairy Shrimp (Anostraca) Hellgrammite (Corydalis cornutus) Green Hydra (Chlorohydra viridissima) Leech (Class Hirudinea) Microscopic Crustaceans (Daphnia, scuds, isopods, copepods) Mosquito Fish (Gambusia affinis) Orb Snail (Helisoma anceps) Phantom midge larvae (Family Chaoboridae) Scud (Gammarus sp.) Six-Spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes triton) Toe-Biter (Benacus griseus) Water Measurer or Marsh Treader (Hydrometra sp.) Water Mite (Class Arachnida, Order Acarina) Water Strider (Family Gerridae) Waterboatman (Corixa spp.) Waterscorpion, Brown (Ranatra fusca) Whirligig Beetle (Family Gyrinidae) Wetland-Associated Animals Invertebrates Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis) Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia) Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) Golden-Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes) Least Skipperling (Ancyloxypha numitor) Birds Bittern, American (Botaurus lentiginosus) Blackbird, Red-Winged (Agelaius phoeniceus) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Duck, Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Heron, Great Blue (Ardea herodias) Heron, Green (Butorides virescens) Sparrow, Swamp (Melospiza georiana) Swallow, Tree (Tachycineta bicolor) Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals American Beaver (Castor canadensis) Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Frogs Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad (Gastrophrynr carolinensis) Southern Leopard Frog (Rana sphenocephala) Southeastern Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum) Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) Pond Slider (Chrysemys scripta) Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) Mink (Mustela vison) Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Northern or Common Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon) Animals Not Limited To Wetlands Butterflies and Moths Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia) Checkered White Butterfly (Pontia protodice) Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia) Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) Red-spotted Purple Butterfly (Basilarchia astyanax) Smartweed Caterpillar (Acronicta oblinita) Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio troilus) Viceroy Butterfly (Basilarchia archippus) White-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma) Yellow Bear Caterpillar (Spilosoma virginica) Yellow-Collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) Grasshoppers Angular-Winged Katydid (Microcentrum retinerve) Cone-Headed Grasshopper (subfamily Copiphorinae) Meadow Katydids (Orchelimum sp.) Obscure Bird Grasshopper (Schistocera obscura) Red-Legged Locust (Melanoplus femur-rubrum) Two-Striped Grasshopper (Mermiria bivittata) Mantids Carolina Mantid (Stagmomantis carolina) Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) Other Insects Bagworm Moth Bee Fly (Family Bombyliidae) Blue Mud Dauber (Chalybion californicum) Dogday Harvestfly or Dogday Cicada (Tibicen canicularis) Japanese Beetle (Popilla japonica) Mining Bee (Andrena sp.) Pennsylvania Leather-Wing (Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) Spiders Banded or White-Backed Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) Black-and-Yellow Argiope Spider (Argiope aurantia) Flower Crab Spider (Misumena sp.) Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridens) Birds Bluebird, Eastern (Sialia sialis) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) Goldfinch, American (Carduelis tristis) Hummingbird, Ruby-Throated (Archilochus colubris) Killdeer (Charadrius vociferous) Kingbird, Eastern (Tyrannus tyrannus) Meadowlark, Eastern (Sturnella magna) Mockingbird, Northern (Mimus polyglottus) Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) Swallow, Northern Rough-Winged (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) Woodpecker, Hairy (Picoides villosus) Reptiles and Mammals Kingsnake, common (Lampropeltis getulis) Raccoon, Common (Procyon lotor)

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