Inhabitants & Visitors (2003-present)

Mammals

• Cottontail Rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus)

• Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

• Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)*

• Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

• Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

• Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)*

• Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)

• Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus)

• Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)

• Feral Cat (Felis catus)

• Human (Homo sapiens)

Birds 

• Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

• American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

• Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

• European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

• Great Egret (Ardea alba)*

• Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

• Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

• Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

• House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)

• Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)

• American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

• Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

• Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)

• Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

• Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)

• House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)

• Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

• White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

• Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)

• Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

• Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)

• Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)

• Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

• Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)

• Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

• European House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

• Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

• Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

• Common Yellow Throat (Geothlypis trichas)*

• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)*

• Mallard Duck - female with young (Anas platyrhynchos)*

Amphibians

• Eastern American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus americanus)

• Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Fish

• Comet Fan-tailed Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Mollusks

• Japanese Trapdoor Snail (Cipangopaludina malleata)

• Garlic Snail (Oxychilus alliarius)

• Leopard Slug (Limax Maximus)

Insects, Spiders & Other Small Invertebrates

• Dragonflies (Odonata) - host pond for aquatic nymphs

• Damselflies (Odonata) - host pond for aquatic nymphs

• Monarch (Danaus plexippus) - host plants for reproduction

• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) - host plants for reproduction

• Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) - host plants for reproduction

• Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

• Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)

• Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

• Common Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus communis)*

• Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

• Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius)

• Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades)

• Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)

• Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)

• Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

• Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele)

• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

• Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)

• Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)

• Eastern-tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas)

• Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)

• Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata)

• Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)

• Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (Harrisina americana)

• Evergreen Bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)*

• Brown-hooded Owlet (Cucullia convexipennis)*

• Pyrausta Rubricalis Moth (Pyrausta rubricalis)

• Common Looper Moth (Autographa precationis)

• Pill Bug (Armadillidium vulgare)

• House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)

• Garden Centipede (Lithobius forficatus)

• Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)

• Flat-backed Millipede (Polydesmus angustus)

• Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)

• June Beetle (Cotinis nitida)

• Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)

• Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana)

• Two-marked Treehopper (Enchenopa binotata)

• Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

• Rhododenron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)

• Planthopper Nymph (Acanalonia servillei)

• Pennsylvania Firefly (Photuris pennsylvanica)

• Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)

• Black Firefly (Lucidota atra)

• Click Beetle (Deltometopus amoenicornis)

• Dobsonfly (Corydalinae)*

• Ants (Formicidae)

• Pavement Ant (Tetramorium caespitum)

• Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

• Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus)

• Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

• Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)

• Columbine Leafminer (Phytomyza aquilegivora)

• Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus)

• Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

• Large Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)

• Leafhoppers (Cercopoidea)

• Grasshoppers & Crickets (Caelifera)

• Robber Flies (Asilidae)

• Grass Spiders (Agelenopsis)

• Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)*

• Woodlouse Hunter (Dysdera crocata)

• Orchard Spider (Leucauge venusta)

• Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona crucifera)

• Long-jawed Orbweaver (Tetragnathidae)

• Longlegged Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei)

• Longbodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)

• Bronze Jumper (Eris militaris)

• Bold Jumper (Phidippus audax)

• Zebra Jumper (Salticus scenicus)

• Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)

• Easter Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus)

• Linne's Cicada (Neotibicen linnei)

• Eastern Scissor Grinder Cicada (Neotibicen winnemanna)

• Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)

• Red-headed Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus)

• Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae)

• Great Black Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus)

• Hover Flies (Syrphidae)

• Ambush Bugs (Phymatinae)

• Ambush Bug (Phymata pacifica)

• Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)

• Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia)

• Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

• Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

• Honeysuckle Aphid (Hydaphis tataricae)

• Bess Beetles (Passalidae)

• Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)

• Earthworms (Annelida)

• Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

• Smaller Water Strider (Microvelia spp.)

• Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata)

• Broad-headed Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona)*

• Plume Moths (Pterophoridae)

• Tumbling Flower Beetle (Mordellidae)

• Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus)

• Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris)

• Lace Bugs (Corythucha spp.)

*denotes a single observation

These lists represent an ongoing survey of The Garden at Two Gates