List of animals I've seen in the wild

This is a list of animals I have personally seen alive in their natural habitat and was able to identify (to some extant). Unless otherwise mentioned, I first saw the animal in Michigan.

Amphibians

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Frog - Bull	Rana catesbeiana
Frog - Eastern Gray Treefrog	Dryophytes versicolor		Adult
Frog - Green, Northern	Rana clamitans melanota		Female, juvenile, and tadpoles
Frog - Leopard, Northern	Lithobates pipiens		Green morph
Frog - Pickerel	Lithobates palustris
Salamander - Spotted	Ambystoma maculatum
Toad - Eastern American	Anaxyrus americanus		Adult (Brown and gray morphs) and young
Toad - Fowler's	Anaxyrus fowleri

Annelids

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Leech, Freshwater Jawless	Glossiphoniidae
Worm, Earth	Lumbricus terrestris

Birds

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Blackbird, Red-winged	Agelaius phoeniceus		Female, male
Bluebird, Eastern	Sialia sialis		Female, male
Cardinal, Northern	Cardinalis cardinalis		Female, male
Chickadee, Black-capped	Poecile atricapillus
Cowbird, Brown-headed	Molothrus ater
Crane, Sandhill	Grus canadensis		Female, male, hatchlings
Crow, American	Corvus brachyrhynchos
Cormorant, Double-crested	Nannopterum auritum		Adult
Dove, Eurasian Collared	Streptopelia decaocto		See in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Dove, Mourning	Zenaida macroura		Adult, hatchlings
Dove, Rock	Columba livia
Duck, Wood	Aix sponsa		Female adult, male/female juvenile
Eagle, Bald	Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Egret, Great	Ardea alba
Finch, American Gold	Carduelis tristis		Female, male
Frigatebird, Magnificent	Fregata magnificens		Female. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Goose, Canada	Branta canadensis		Female, male, hatchling, fledgling
Grackle, Common	Quiscalus quiscula		Female, male
Grackle, Great-tailed	Quiscalus mexicanus		Seen in New Mexico and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Gull, American Herring	Larus smithsonianus
Gull, Common	Larus canus
Gull, Laughing	Leucophaeus atricilla		Alternate plumage. Seen in the Bahamas.
Hawk, Broad-winged	Buteo platypterus
Hawk, Red-tailed	Buteo borealis
Heron, Great Blue	Ardea herodias		Dark form
Heron, Green	Butorides virescens
Hummingbird	Trochilidae		Seen several, couldn't identify
Jay, Blue	Cyanocitta cristata		Female, male
Junco, Dark-eyed	Junco hyemalis		Male slate-colored
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus
Kingfisher, Belted	Megaceryle alcyon		Female
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos		Female, male, hatchlings
Nuthatch, Red-breasted	Sitta canadensis
Owl, Barred	Strix varia		Adult and fledgling. Saw another at night, but I couldn't identify it
Oriole, Baltimore	Icterus galbula
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus		Adult, nest
Pelican, Brown	Pelecanus occidentalis		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Pheasant, Common	Phasianus colchicus
Raven, Common	Corvis corax
Redpoll, Common	Acanthis flammea
Robin, American	Turdus migratorius		Female, male, hatchlings, nest, eggs
Sparrow, Eurasian Tree	Passer montanus
Sparrow, House	Passer domesticus		Female, male
Starling, Common	Sturnus vulgaris
Swallow, Barn	Hirundo rustica		Female, male
Swan, Mute	Cygnus olor
Tern, Least	Sternula antillarum		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Turkey, Wild	Meleagris gallopavo
Vulture, Turkey	Cathartes aura
Waxwing, Cedar	Bombycilla cedrorum		Female, male
Woodpecker - Downy	Dryocuopus pileatus		Female
Woodpecker - Flicker, Northern	Colaptes auratus		Male, female, egg
Woodpecker - Pileated	Dryocuopus pileatus
Woodpecker - Red-bellied	Melanerpes carolinus

Butterflies, Moths, Caterpillars

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Butterfly - Cabbage White	Pieris rapae	32x32px	Adult
Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur	Colias philodice		Adult
Butterfly - Monarch	Danaus plexippus		Adult, caterpillar
Butterfly - Mourning Cloak	Nymphalis antiopa		Caterpillar
Butterfly - Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui
Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur	Colias philodice		Adult
Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted	Epargyreus clarus		Adult
Butterfly - Swallowtail, Giant	Papilio cresphontes		Adult
Moth - Hawk, Five-spotted (Tomato Hornworm)	Manduca quinquemaculata		Caterpillar
Moth - Hummingbird	Hemaris		Unable to identify species
Moth - Isabella Tiger (Wolly Bear)	Pyrrharctia isabella		Adult, Caterpillar
Moth - Tent Caterpillar, Eastern	Malacosoma americanum		Adult, caterpillar
Moth - Oleander	Syntomeida epilais		Caterpillar (seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico)
Moth - Tussock, Hickory Tiger	Lophocampa caryae		Caterpillar, adult
Moth - Tussock, Spotted	Lophocampa maculata		Caterpillar
Moth - Winter (Inch Worm)	Operophtera brumato		Adult, caterpillar

• insectidentification.org/insects-by-type-and-region.asp?thisState=michigan&thisType=Butterfly%20or%20Moth - Database.
• caterpillaridentification.org/caterpillars-by-state-listing.php?reach=Michigan - Database.

Cnidarias

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Jellyfish, box	Cubozoa		Seen in Bahamas. Also stung by one, in Gulf of Mexico, but couldn't identify.

Crustaceans

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Crayfish, Rusty	Orconectes rusticus
Pill-bug, Common	Armadillidium vulgare		AKA Roly-poly
Sow-bug	Oniscidea		Kind that can't roll up

Fish

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Bass, Smallmouth	Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill	Lepomis macrochirus
Catfish, Flathead	Pylodictis olivaris
Trout, Lake	Salvelinus namaycush

Insects

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Ant - Black Carpenter	Camponotus pennsylvanicus		Female, Male, larva, eggs
Ant - Black Garden	Lasius niger
Ant - Pavement	Tetramorium caespitum
Bee - Bumble, American	Bombus pensylvanicus
Bee - Sweat, Dark	Lasioglossum pectorale
Bee - Honey, Western	Apis mellifera
Beetle - False Mealworm	Alobates pennsylvanica
Beetle - Japanese	Popillia japonica
Beetle - May	Phyllophaga
Beetle - Willow Leaf	Plagiodera versicolora
Boxelder Bug	Boisea trivittata
Centipede - House	Scutigeridae
Centipede - Bark	Cormocephalus
Cicada - Linne's	Neotibicen linnei
Cricket - Field	Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Damselfly - Ebony jewelwing	Calopteryx maculata		Male
Damselfly	Ischnura
Dragonfly - Autumn Medowhawk	Sympetrum vicinum
Dragonfly - Blue Dasher	Pachydiplax longipennis
Dragonfly - Common Whitetail	Plathemis lydia		Juvenile male
Dragonfly - Pondhawk, Eastern	Erythemis simplicicollis		Female
Dragonfly	Anisoptera		Unable to identify species
Earwig - European	Forficula auricularia		Female, male, young, larva, eggs
Firefly - Common Eastern	Photinus pyralis
Fishfly - Spring	Chauliodes rastricornis
Fly - Common Fruit	Drosophila melanogaster
Fly - Crane	Tipulidae
Fly - Deer	Chrysops
Fly - Flesh	Sarcophaga
Fly - Horse	Tabanidae
Fly - House	Musca domestica
Gnat	Mycetophilidae		Unable to identify species
Grasshopper - Differential	Melanoplus differentialis
Grasshopper - Two-striped	Melanoplus bivittatus
Harvestman - Eastern	Leiobunum vittatum
Katydid - Broad-winged	Microcentrum rhombifolium
Katydid - Fork-tailed Bush	Scudderia furcata
Ladybeetle - Asian	Harmonia axyridis
Lady Bug	Coccinellidae
Mantis - Chinese	Tenodera sinensis
Mantis - European	Mantis religiosa		Brown and green
Masked Hunter	Reduvius personatus		Nymph
Mayfly	Palaeoptera		Seen in Ohio off Lake Erie
Milkweed Bug, Small	Lygaeus kalmii		Adult and nymphs
Millipede	Diplopoda		Unable to identify species
Mite - Clover	Bryobia praetiosa
Mosquito	Culicidae		Female, larva. Unable to identify species
Pseudoscorpion	Pseudoscorpionida
Spider - Grass, American	Agelenopsis
Spider - Longbodied Cellar	Pholcus phalangioides
Spider - Nursery Web	Pisaurina mira		Male
Spider - Tan Jumping	Platycryptus undatus
Spider - Yellow Sac, American	Cheiracanthium inclusum
Spider - Zebra Back	Salticus scenicus
Stink Bug - Brown Marmorated	Halyomorpha halys
Tick - American Dog	Dermacentor variabilis		Female, male
Tick - Brown Dog	Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Walking Stick - Common	Diapheromera femorata
Wasp - Great Black	Sphex pensylvanicus
Wasp - Eastern Yellow Jacket	Vespula maculifrons
Wasp - European Paper	Polistes dominula
Wasp - Megarhyssa atrata	Megarhyssa atrata
Weevil - Black Vine	Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Mammals

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Agouti, Central American	Dasyprocta punctata		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Bat	Chiroptera		Unable to identify
Bear, American Black	Ursus americanus		Seen in Tennessee
Chipmunk, Eastern	Tamias striatus
Coati - White-Nosed	Nasua narica		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coyote	Canis latrans		Seen in California
Deer, White-tailed	Odocoileus virginianus		Male, female, fawns
Groundhog	Marmota monax
Hare, Snowshoe	Lepus americanus
Manatee, Florida	Trichechus manatus latirostris		Seen in Florida
Mink, American	Neovison vison
Mouse, House	Mus musculus
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus
Opossum, Virginia	Didelphis virginiana
Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus		Adult, young
Raccoon	Procyon lotor		Adults and kits
Seal, Northern Fur	Callorhinus ursinus		Seen in Seattle
Squirrel, American Red	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Squirrel, Black	Sciurus carolinensis		Variant of the gray squirrel
Squirrel, Fox	Sciurus niger
Squirrel, American Red	Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Squirrel, Eastern Gray	Sciurus carolinensis
Skunk, Striped	Mephitis mephitis
Vole, Meadow	Microtus pennsylvanicus

Mollusks

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Clam, Freshwater	Unionoida		Many kinds, unable to identify
Mussel, Zebra	Dreissena polymorpha
Octopus	Octopoda		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico; unable to identify species
Slug, Grey Garden	Deroceras reticulatum
Slug, Pacific Banana	Ariolimax columbianus		Seen in Seattle
Snail, Faucet	Bithynia tentaculata
Snail, Garden	Cornu aspersum

Reptiles

Common Name	Nomenclature	Photos	Notes
Anole - Brown	Anolis sagrei		Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Iguana - Black Spiny-tailed	Ctenosaura similis		Female, male. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Snake - Black King	Lampropeltis nigra		Seen in Kentucky
Snake - Brown	Storeria dekayi
Snake - Garter, Butler's	Thamnophis butleri
Snake - Garter, Eastern	Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Snake - Ratsnake, Gray	Pantherophis spiloides		Adult, juvenile
Snake - Smooth Green	Liochlorophis vernalis
Turtle - Snapping, Common	Chelydra serpentina		Adult, hatchlings
Turtle - Painted, Western	Chrysemys picta		Adult, young, hatchlings
Turtle - Spiny Soft-shell	Apalone spinifera spinifera