Crayfish (animal #10)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS:
ORDER:
FAMILY: Cambaridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
COMMON NAME:
NOTES OF INTEREST: There are too many species of crayfish to make an exact identification. "Crayfish" will have to do for now.
PHOTO TAKEN: Fall 2008

Large Millipede (animal #9)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Diplopoda (millipedes)
ORDER: Spirobolida
FAMILY: Spirobolidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Narceus americanus
COMMON NAME: Large millipede was all I could find
NOTES OF INTEREST: This is the most common millipede species in eastern North America.
PHOTO TAKEN: Fall 2008

Giant Leopard Moth Caterpillar (animal #8)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Arthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
FAMILY: Arctiidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ecpantheria scribonia
COMMON NAME: caterpillar also called "woolybear"
NOTES OF INTEREST: We found this caterpillar under a rock...appears black when straight...when it curls up it reveals bright red banding - quite striking! Hairs can cause a rash on bare skin.

American Toad (animal #7)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Anura
FAMILY: Bufonidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo americanus
COMMON NAME: as above
NOTES OF INTEREST: This is the widespread and common "hoptoad" of the Northeast.

Red-Spotted Newt (animal#5)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Caudata
FAMILY: Salamandridae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens
COMMON NAME: as above
NOTES OF INTEREST: Brightly colored Red Eft (land form of the Red-Spotted Newt) emits offensively tasting secretions which keep predators at bay.

Walking Stick (animal #6)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Anthropoda
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Phasmatodea
FAMILY: Heteronemiidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Diapheromera femorata
COMMON NAME: Common stick insect, northern stick insect
NOTES OF INTEREST: Females scatter shiny black and gray striped eggs in leaf litter. Larvae feed on understory plants.

Redback Salamander (animal #4)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Plethodontoidea
FAMILY: Plethodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Plethodon cinereus
COMMON NAME: as above
NOTES OF INTEREST: Widespread group throughout forested North America. They eat earthworms, beetles, ants, and tiny crickets.

Northern Leopard Frog (animal #1)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Amphibia
ORDER: Anura
FAMILY: Ranidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rana pipiens
COMMON NAME: as above
NOTES OF INTEREST: This frog was once the common frog dissected in high school and college biology classes, but is now scarce throughout much of its range.

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (animal #3)

KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM:
CLASS: Insecta
ORDER: Lepidoptera
FAMILY: Papilionidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Papilio troilus
COMMON NAME(S): Spicebush Swallowtail
NOTES OF INTEREST: All the photos of this creature I can find show a GREEN caterpillar...don't know why this one is orange...but the markings are identical to the spicebush...perhaps a sub-species? This caterpillar went into its chrysalis within a day or two of us finding it. We waited several weeks...it never emerged. Perhaps intended to winter-over?

Unknown (animal #2)