Ecologist for a Day

Field Guide

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INVERTEBRATESPage 1

Brown Millipede Burgundy Millipede Red Millipede

Green Centipede Small Gray Millipede Carrion Beetle Larva

Red Centipede Orb Weaver Trapdoor Spider

W lf S idHarvestman (Daddy long legs)S i d Mi th Wolf SpidersHarvestman (Daddy-long-legs)Spined Micrathena

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Black and Yellow Argiope Widow SpiderCrab Spider Cross Spider©2017, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Outreach Program

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INVERTEBRATES Page 2

Short-Horned Grasshopper Grasshopper Variegated Grasshopper

Katydid Shieldback Cricket Camel Cricket

Praying Mantis Periodical Cicada Field Cricket

Ground BeetleSplendid Dung BeetleDung Beetle Ground BeetleSplendid Dung BeetleDung Beetle

Wood RoachStink Bug Bess Beetle

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Walking StickTermites Velvet Ant (Solitary Wasp)

Skipper Caterpillar Tussock Moth Caterpillar Saddleback Caterpillar

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

Io Moth Caterpillar Leopard Moth Caterpillar

Red-Spotted Purple Pearly Eye Painted LadyRed Spotted Purple Pearly Eye Painted Lady

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Spicebush SwallowtailImperial MothGulf Fritillary

INVERTEBRATES Page 4

Stream Crayfish Two-Spined Crayfish Marsh Crayfish

Swamp Crayfish Green Dragonfly Naiad Dragonfly Naiad

Diving Beetle Water Bug Giant Water Bug

Fishing SpiderWater ScorpionBackswimmer

Horsehair WormLeech Land Snail©2017, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Outreach Program

FRESHWATER FISHPage 5

American Eel Bullhead Catfish

Chain Pickerel Redfin Pickerel

Speckled Madtom Tadpole Madtom Creek Chub

Yellowfin Shiner Lowland ShinerCreek Chubsucker

Blackbanded Sunfish Dollar Sunfish Mud Sunfish

Female

Lined TopminnowPirate Perch

Warmouth

Male

Mosquito Fish Savannah Darter Banded Pygmy Sunfish ©2017, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Outreach Program

AMPHIBIANS Page 6

Southern Toad Spadefoot Toad Narrow-mouthed Toad

Green Frog Cricket Frog Leopard Frog

Barking Treefrog Gray Treefrog Green Treefrog

Red SalamanderTwo-lined Salamander Three-lined Salamander

Dwarf Waterdog

Slimy Salamander Two-Toed Amphiuma Lesser Siren©2017, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Outreach Program

REPTILESPage 7

Glass Li ardFence Lizard

Glass LizardGreen Anole

Broadhead SkinkSkink (juvenile)Ground Skink

Six-lined Racerunner Gopher Tortoise Box Turtle

Common Snapping TurtleMusk Turtle (Stinkpot)Yellowbelly Slider Turtle

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REPTILES Page 8

Ringneck Snake Smooth Earth Snake Red-bellied Snake

Southern Hognose Snake Eastern Hognose SnakeSoutheastern

Crowned Snake

Common Garter Snake Racer Coachwhip

Pi S kR t S kC S k Pine SnakeRat SnakeCorn Snake

Eastern KingsnakeRough Green Snake Mud Snake©2017, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Outreach Program

REPTILESPage 9

Scarlet Snake Brown Watersnake Queen SnakeScarlet Snake Brown Watersnake Queen Snake

Scarlet Kingsnake Rainbow Snake Banded Watersnake

Coral Snake Cottonmouth or

Water MoccasinCanebrake Rattlesnake

VENOMOUS SNAKE

VENOMOUS SNAKE

VENOMOUS SNAKE

American AlligatorPygmy Rattlesnake

Copperhead

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VENOMOUS SNAKE

VENOMOUS SNAKE

MAMMALS Page 10

Pine Vole Shorttail Shrew House Mouse

Cotton Mouse Cotton Rat Golden Mouse

Flying Squirrel Gray Squirrel OpossumFox Squirrel

Nine-banded ArmadilloRaccoonMarsh Rabbit Mole Nine-banded ArmadilloRaccoonMarsh Rabbit Mole

Whitetail DeerCottontail Striped Skunk

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COMMON PLANTSPage 11

American Holly Beauty Berry

Bamboo

British Soldier Lichen Cypress Knees

Dogwood Switch Cane Fetterbush

F i TL iFl A l Fringe TreeLupineFlame Azalea

Pickerel Weed Prickly Pear Moss Verbena

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COMMON PLANTS Page 12

Poison Ivy Shortleaf PineLoblolly Pine

Poison Oak Reindeer Moss (Lichen) Longleaf Pine

Sensitive Brier Spanish Moss Laurel Oak

W t O kT k O kT d S ftl (S N ttl ) Water OakTurkey OakTread Softly (Spurge Nettle)

Yellow JessamineSpotted Wintergreen Golden Club (Never-Wet)

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COMMON PLANTSPage 13

Strawberry Bush Sweet BaySphagnum Moss

SparkleberryWax Myrtle

Red Bay

TitiPartridge Pea

Bladderwort

ScuppernongsGolden Rod

Blazing StarWoolly Mullein Bitterweed

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