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.

110,762

recent observations

30

species listed

16

plants

5

insects & arthropods

4

reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 110,762 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Connecticut. The most frequently seen is the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, with 7,866 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (16 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (5).

Rarer finds confirmed in Connecticut include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen

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Most-observed species in Connecticut

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

7,866 observations

striped wintergreen

Chimaphila maculata

6,008 observations

Danaus plexippus

5,257 observations

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

4,335 observations

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

4,325 observations

Artemisia vulgaris

4,181 observations · iNaturalist

Eastern Skunk Cabbage

Symplocarpus foetidus

4,160 observations

Alliaria petiolata

4,141 observations

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

3,884 observations

American wintergreen

Pyrola americana

3,731 observations · iNaturalist

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

3,574 observations

Anaxyrus americanus

3,557 observations

Western Honey Bee

3,551 observations

Lithobates clamitans

3,517 observations

Monotropa uniflora

3,424 observations

Turdus migratorius

3,356 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

3,297 observations

Polystichum acrostichoides

3,196 observations

mountain laurel

Kalmia latifolia

3,172 observations

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

3,166 observations

eastern white pine

3,020 observations

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

3,017 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

2,992 observations

Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

2,954 observations

Passer domesticus

2,936 observations

Onoclea sensibilis

2,933 observations

Asian bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

2,879 observations

Chrysemys picta

2,797 observations

winged euonymus

Euonymus alatus

2,776 observations · iNaturalist

Japanese barberry

Berberis thunbergii

2,760 observations · iNaturalist

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