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Note: These images are only samples. Each type of animal featured here has its own page.
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| Amphibians (Click here to go to the Amphibians page) | ||
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| red-spotted newt, eft, salamander, amphibian, carnivore, george washington national forest, virginia, warning colors, aposematic | marbled salamander, amphibian, carnivore, dutch gap conservation area, virginia | green tree frog, amphibian, carnivore, dutch gap conservation area, camouflage |
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| red-spotted toad, amphibian, carnivore, tonto national forest, arizona | lowlands leopard frog, amphibian, carnivore, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona | toad in shelter, amphibian, carnivore, pocahantas state park, virginia |
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| small green frog, amphibian, currituck sound, camouflage, carnivore | frog, amphibian, appomattox river, camouflage, carnivore | cricket frog, amphibian, c. f. phelps wildlife management area, camouflage, carnivore |
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northern green frog, amphibian, appomattox river, camouflage, carnivore |
bronze frog, amphibian, louisiana swamp, camouflage, carnivore |
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| Birds (Click here to go to the Birds page) | ||
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| barred owl, carnivore, predator, nocturnal, bird, robious landing, james river, virginia | broad-winged hawk, carnivore, predator, raptor, bird, chickahominy river, virginia | osprey, fish hawk, bird of prey, raptor, bird, carnivore, piscivore, dutch gap conservation area, virginia |
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| red-bellied woodpecker, bird, omnivore, robious landing, james river, virginia | pileated woodpecker, male, bird, omnivore, robious landing, james river, virginia |
american robin, bird, omnivore, migratory songbird, cumberland wma, virginia |
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| black vulture, bird, scavenger, dutch gap conservation area, virginia | mourning dove, bird, herbivore, sonoran desert, tonto national forest, arizona | curve-billed thrasher, bird, ominivore, sonoran desert, mcdowell mountains, arizona |
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| dark-eyed junco, bird, omnivore, deciduous forest, shenandoah national park, virginia | cactus wren, bird, carnivore, sonoran desert, mcdowell mountains, arizona state bird | carolina wren, bird, omnivore, dutch gap conservation area, virginia |
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| northern mockingbird, bird, omnivore, mattamuskeet refuge, bird, omnivore | hummingbird on nectaring on ocotillo flowers, feeding, bird, tonto national forest, arizona | yellow warlber nest and eggs, dutch gap conservation area, virginia |
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| tufted titmouse with acorn, bird, omnivore, songbird, twin lakes state park, virginia | carolina chickadee, bird, omnivore, songbird, passerine, mackay island national wildlife refuge, north carolina | black-throated sparrow, bird, omnivore, tonto national forest, arizona |
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| common moorhen, wetland bird, lotus pads, cullinan park, texas | american coots, whistling ducks, wetland birds, marsh, brazos bend state park texas | blue winged teal duck pair, migrating bird, marsh, brazos bend state park texas |
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| canadian geese and goslings, mating pair, bird, dutch gap conservation area, virginia | canadian gosling, juvenile goose, bird, dutch gap conservation area, virginia | common merganser, female, duck, oak creek, sedona, arizona |
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| white ibis young, wetland bird of prey, marsh, brazos bend state park texas | pie billed grebe, migrating bird, marsh, brazos bend state park texas | snowy egret, wetland bird of prey, marsh, brazos bend state park texas |
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| brown pelican, shore bird, carnivore, piscivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean, flight, wings | royal tern, shore bird, carnivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean | ring-billed gull, shore bird, omnivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean |
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| black-backed gull, shore bird, omnivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean, surf, waves, flight, wings | herring gull, shore bird, omnivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean, surf, waves | sanderling, shore bird, carnivore, outer banks, north carolina, atlantic ocean, surf |
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| Fish (Click here to go to the very limited Fish page) | ||
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| black widow spider, female, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod | golden orbweaver silk spider, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod | spider preying on beetle, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod |
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| Insects (Click here to go to the Insects page) | ||
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| tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | phantom crane fly, insect, diptera, arthropod, invertebrate |
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| huron shore bee fly, mimicry, insect, diptera, arthropod, invertebrate | beyer's scarab beetle, coleoptera, guadalupe mountains, herbivore, insect, arthropod, invertebrate | ladybird beetle eating insect eggs, coleoptera, predator, insect, arthropod, invertebrate, lady bug |
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| pictured grasshopper, warning colors, insect, orthoptera, herbivore, arthropod, invertebrate | katydid, insect, herbivore, orthoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | milkweed bugs mating, reproduction, insect, hemiptera, arthropod, invertebrate |
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| wheel bug, assassin bug, insect, carnivore, predator, hemiptera, arthropod, invertebrate | columbia silk moth, giant silkworm moth insect, lepidoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | red-spotted purple butterfly, insect, lepidoptera, arthropod, invertebrate |
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| sphinx moth caterpillar, tobacco hornworm, insect, agricultural pest, larva, lepidoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | owlet moth caterpillar, insect, larva, lepidoptera, arthropod, invertebrate | dragonfly, insect, carnivore, predator, odonata, arthropod, invertebrate |
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| american rubyspot damselfly, insect, carnivore, predator, odonata, arthropod, invertebrate | carolina mantid, praying mantis, insect, carnivore, predator, prey, food chain, dictyoptera, arthropod | antlion, insect, neuroptera, arthropod, invertebrate |
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| Invertebrates (Click here for the Invertebrates page) | ||
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| earthworm, annelid, invertebrate, decomposer, soil, humus, composting | millipede, arthropod, invertebrate, decomposer, detrivore | giant velvet mite, new mexico, arthropod, arachnid, invertebrate, nonparasitic, insectivore, aposematic (warning colors) |
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| land snail, herbivore, invertebrate, gastropod, shelter | isopods, pill bugs, wood lice, rollie pollie, crustacean, arthropod, invertebrate, decomposer, detrivore | marsh fiddler crab, carnivore, predator, scavenger, crustacean, arthropod, mobjack bay, virginia |
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| Mammals (Click here to go to the Mammals page) | ||
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| american beaver, mammal, rodent, herbivore, consumer, keystone species, aquatic habitat, fur, appomattox river canal | black bear, mammal, omnivore, maymont park, richmond, virginia | texas white-tailed deer, south llano river, mammal, herbivore, ruminant |
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| giraffe, mammal, herbivore, houston zoo | meerkat, mammal, insectivore, carnivore, houston zoo |
nutria, mammal, rodent, herbivore, consumer, aquatic habitat, fur |
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| raccoon juvenile, animal baby, mammal, procyonid, omnivore, consumer, bradywine creek state park, delaware | eastern cottontail juvenile, rabbit, animal baby, mammal, herbivore, consumer, pocahontas state park, virginia | ground hog, den, mammal, rodent, herbivore, consumer, dutch gap conservation area, virginia |
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| Reptiles (Click here to go to the Reptiles page) | ||
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| american alligator, brazos bend state park, reptile, scales, predator | chuckwalla, iguana, lizard, reptile, male, white tank mountains, arizona, herbivore | sonoran collared lizard, reptile, superstition wilderness, tonto national forest, carnivore |
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| desert spiny lizard, reptile, mcdowell mountains, arizona, carnivore | zebra-tailed lizard, saguaro national park, reptile, carnivore | green anole, lizard, dewlap, courtship or territorial display, reptile, carnivore |
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| western diamondback rattlesnake, snake, pit viper, mcdowell mountains, arizona, reptile, predator, carnivore | eastern hognose snake, reptile, predator, carnivore, back bay national wildlife refuge, north carolina | gopher snake, peralta canyon, superstition wilderness, reptile, predator |
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| black rat snake, reptile, predator, carnivore, constrictor, outer banks, currituck county, north carolina | eastern black racer, snake, north river great swamp, reptile, predator | broad banded water snake, palmetto state park texas, reptile, predator |
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| turtle, reptile, brazos bend state park, carnivore | snapping turtle, reptile, carnivore, dutch gap conservation area | turtle, reptile, carnivore. false cape state park virginia |
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| black widow spider, female, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod | golden orbweaver silk spider, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod | spider preying on beetle, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod |
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| orchard orbweaver spider, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod | spider, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod, web, predator | argiope spider with prey, predator, arachnid, invertebrate, arthropod |
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