Wildlife in Connecticut

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Connecticut right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

Most-observed species in Connecticut

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

7,216 observations

striped wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

5,735 observations

Danaus plexippus

4,372 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,083 observations

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,049 observations

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

4,042 observations

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

4,012 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

3,931 observations · iNaturalist

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

3,761 observations

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,515 observations · iNaturalist

Western Honey Bee

3,261 observations

Anaxyrus americanus

3,222 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,221 observations

Lithobates clamitans

3,202 observations

Turdus migratorius

3,171 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,079 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,045 observations

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

3,037 observations

Monotropa uniflora

2,949 observations

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

2,878 observations

eastern white pine

2,857 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,826 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,740 observations

Passer domesticus

2,736 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,719 observations

Chrysemys picta

2,682 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,664 observations

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,609 observations · iNaturalist

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

2,584 observations

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,576 observations · iNaturalist

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