Virginia Wildlife

All photos were taken in my Wintergreen area of Virginia (Rockfish Valley and surrounding mountains) unless otherwise stated

Bugs

All Photos are Copyright Marshall Faintich

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Butterflies, Moths, and Caterpillars

Tiger Swallowtail	Tiger Swallowtail	Tiger Swallowtail	Black Swallowtail
Dark Tiger Swallowtail	Spicebush Swallowtail	Spicebush Swallowtail	Dark Tiger Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail	Zebra Swallowtail	Pipevine Swallowtail	Pipevine Swallowtail
Monarch	Monarch	Viceroy	Great Spangled Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary	Red Admiral	Red-spotted Purple Admiral	Mourning Cloak
Hummingbird Moth	Hummingbird Moth	Hummingbird Moth	Polyphemus Moth

Luna Moth

Imperial Moth

Dagger Moth Caterpillar Acronicta Americana

Tent Caterpillar

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

White Caterpillar Spilosoma virginica	Tiger Moth Caterpillar Spilosoma Congrua	Orange-striped Oakworm Anisota senatoria	Red-humped Oakworm Symmerista canicosta
Woolly-bear Caterpillar Pyrrharctia isabella	Banded Woolly-bear Pyrrharctia isabella	Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Lymantria dispar	Tussock Moth Caterpillar Orgyia leucostigma

Dragonflies, Damselflies, and other Flies

Dragon Fly female Calico Pennant	Dragon Fly male Calico Pennant	Dragon Fly male Calico Pennant	Dragon Fly Love Calico Pennants
Dragon Fly male Halloween Pennant	Dragon Fly Love Halloween Pennants	Dragon Fly immature male Common Whitetail	Dragon Fly male Common Whitetail
Dragon Fly female Widow Skimmer	Dragon Fly male Widow Skimmer	Dragon Fly female Widow Skimmer	Dragon Fly female Widow Skimmer
Dragon Fly male Eastern Pondhawk	Dragon Fly female Eastern Pondhawk	Dragon Fly male Eastern Amberwing	Dragon Fly male Blue Dasher
Dragon Fly male Blue Corporal	Dragon Fly male Banded Pennant	Dragon Fly male Cobra Clubtail	Dragon Fly male Cobra Clubtail
Damsel Fly male Ebony Jewelwing	Damsel Fly male Ebony Jewelwing	Damsel Fly Love Ebony Jewelwings	Damsel Fly female Blue-fronted Dancer
Antlion Glenurus gratus	Golden-backed Snipe Fly Chrysopilus thoracicus	Crane Fly Tipula trivittata	Red-footed Cannibal Fly Promachus rufipes

Eastern Dobsonfly Corydalus cornutus

Spiders

Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona domiciliorum	Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona domiciliorum	Spotted Orbweaver Neoscona domiciliorum	Marbled Orbweaver Araneus marmoreus
Banded Argiope Argiope trifasciata	Arrowhead Spider Verrucosa arenata	Arrowhead Spider Verrucosa arenata	Arrowhead Spider Verrucosa arenata
Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata
Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Arrow-shaped Micrathena Micrathena sagittata	Labyrinth Spider Metepeira labyrinthea	Dimorphic Jumping Spider Maevia inclemens
Jumping Spider Phidippus audax	Red Spotted Antmimic Castianeira descripta	Orchard Spider Leucauge venusta	Long-legged Sac Spider Cheiracanthium mildei
Bold Jumper Phidippus audax	Crab Spider Xysticus ferox	Fishing Spider Dolomedes tenebrosus	Wolf Spider Gladicosa gulosa

Bees, Wasps, and other Bugs

Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica	Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica	Lilac Nectar Xylocopa virginica	Blue-winged Wasp Scolia dubia
Sphecid Wasp Eremnophila aureonotata	Giant Ichneuman Wasp Megarhyssa atrata	Northern Paper Wasp Polistes exclamans	Northern Paper Wasp Polistes exclamans
Sphecid Wasps Eremnophila aureonotata	Scoliid Wasp Scolia bicincta	Cicada Tibicen tibicen	Millipede Apheloria virginiensis
Wheel Bug Arilus cristatus	Wheel Bug Arilus cristatus	Praying Mantis Tenodera aridifolia	Praying Mantis Tenodera aridifolia
Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata	Walking Stick Diapheromera femorata	Eastern Hercules Beetle Dynastes tityus	Rhinoceros Beetle Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Eyed Click Beetle Elater Alaus oculata	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	Grasshopper Camouflage