
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), immature, 2018
Everything that moves in we make welcome, whether it is a plant or an animal. To me, it is an ideal garden...you feel part of nature.
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