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23,026 species in Illinois

Zebra Mussel

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Cutleaf Grapefern

Cutleaf Grapefern

Sceptridium dissectum

Hummingbird Clearwing

🦀 Exoskeleton 🦋 Metamorphosis

Hummingbird Clearwing

Hemaris thysbe

Black-shouldered Drone Fly

🦀 Exoskeleton Pollinator

Black-shouldered Drone Fly

Eristalis dimidiata

Swan Goose

🌿 Herbivore 🌍 Migratory

Swan Goose

Anser cygnoides

elm-leaved goldenrod

🐝 Pollinator

elm-leaved goldenrod

Solidago ulmifolia

Banded Garden Spider

🕸️ Ambush predator 🦀 Exoskeleton

Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

Snakewort

Snakewort

Conocephalum salebrosum

Paper Pondshell

🐋 Filter feeder 🐚 Shell-bearing

Paper Pondshell

Utterbackia imbecillis

Eastern Pricklypear

Eastern Pricklypear

Opuntia cespitosa

Pale Green Assassin Bug

🦀 Exoskeleton

Pale Green Assassin Bug

Zelus luridus

Fantail Darter

Fantail Darter

Etheostoma flabellare

North American Tarnished Plant Bug

🦀 Exoskeleton

North American Tarnished Plant Bug

Lygus lineolaris

Bewick's Wren

Bewick's Wren

Thryomanes bewickii

Spiny Softshell

🐚 Shell-bearing

Spiny Softshell

Apalone spinifera

clasping Venus's looking glass

clasping Venus's looking glass

Triodanis perfoliata

Great-tailed Grackle

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Swallow-tailed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

corn speedwell

corn speedwell

Veronica arvensis

Spring Beauty Miner

🦀 Exoskeleton ⚡ Stinging

Spring Beauty Miner

Andrena erigeniae

black locust

Nitrogen-fixing

black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Canadian Meadow garlic

Canadian Meadow garlic

Allium canadense

Nason's Mining Bee

🦀 Exoskeleton ⚡ Stinging

Nason's Mining Bee

Andrena nasonii

green comet milkweed

green comet milkweed

Asclepias viridiflora

Prairie Falcon

Prairie Falcon

Falco mexicanus