Wildlife in Delaware

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

53,550

recent observations

30

species listed

9

birds

8

insects & arthropods

6

plants

Naturalists have logged 53,550 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Delaware. The most frequently seen is the Fowler's Toad, with 3,668 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (9 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (8).

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Most-observed species in Delaware

Anaxyrus fowleri

3,668 observations

Great Blue Heron

2,721 observations

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

2,628 observations

Danaus plexippus

2,122 observations

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

2,115 observations · iNaturalist

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

2,075 observations

Branta canadensis

2,023 observations

Chrysemys picta

1,860 observations

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

1,839 observations

American sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

1,833 observations

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

1,808 observations

Pachydiplax longipennis

1,792 observations

Eastern Pondhawk

Erythemis simplicicollis

1,768 observations

1,760 observations

Spotted Lanternfly

Lycorma delicatula

1,693 observations · iNaturalist

Fragile Forktail

Ischnura posita

1,684 observations · iNaturalist

Pandion haliaetus

1,658 observations

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

1,609 observations

Leucophaeus atricilla

1,592 observations · iNaturalist

Turdus migratorius

1,498 observations

1,472 observations

Anas platyrhynchos

1,430 observations

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

1,414 observations

Common Whitetail

Plathemis lydia

1,412 observations

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

1,402 observations

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

1,386 observations

Sassafras albidum

1,342 observations

eastern poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

1,322 observations

Common Box Turtle

Terrapene carolina

1,315 observations

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

1,309 observations

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