Woodwild Park, Metuchen, NJ

Animal Sightings

Many mostly small animals have been seen in Woodwild Park. Some live there. Others are just passing through.

All pictures were taken in and around Woodwild Park.

If you believe we've misidentified a species, please send email to info@woodwildpark.org

		Species:	Photo:	Details:	Last Updated:
1		American Dagger Moth			October 22, 2011
2		American Lady			May 16, 2015
		American Painted Lady	see American Lady
		American Swallowtail	see Black Swallowtail
3		Asian Lady Beetle			October 8, 2010
4		Black Swallowtail			June 17, 2017
5		Blinded Sphinx			June 4, 2011
6		Blue Dasher			September 2, 2012
7		Buck Moth			October 22, 2011
		Cabbage White	see Small White
		Camberwell Beauty	see Mourning Cloak
		Common Raccoon	see Raccoon
		Cosmopolitan	see Painted Lady
8		Crane Fly			November 26, 2011
9		Delaware Skipper			October 22, 2011
10		Duskywing			June 17, 2017
		Eastern Black Swallowtail	see Black Swallowtail
11		Eastern Box Turtle			June 17, 2017
		Eastern Buckmoth	see Buck Moth
12		Eastern carpenter bee			October 8, 2010
13		Eastern chipmunk			April 30, 2011
14		Eastern cicada killer			October 10, 2010
15		Eastern Comma			November 26, 2011
16		Eastern Cottontail			June 17, 2017
17		Eastern gray squirrel			April 6, 2011
18		Eastern Pondhawk			April 7, 2016
		Eastern Red-backed Salamander	see Red-backed Salamander
19		Eastern Tailed-Blue			June 17, 2017
20		Eastern tiger swallowtail			June 17, 2017
21		Ebony Jewelwing			September 2, 2012
22		Giant Swallowtail			June 17, 2017
		Grand Surprise	see Mourning Cloak
23		Great Blue Skimmer			September 2, 2012
24		Green June Beetle			September 2, 2012
		Grey Squirrel	see Eastern gray squirrel
25		Ground Beetle			April 30, 2011
26		Groundhog			June 4, 2011
		Halloween Lady Beetle	see Asian Lady Beetle
		Harlequin Ladybird	see Asian Lady Beetle
27		Hummingbird Clearwing			October 22, 2011
		Japanese Ladybug	see Asian Lady Beetle
28		Little Blue Dragonlet			October 22, 2011
29		Marbled Orbweaver			October 10, 2010
30		Monarch			October 22, 2011
31		Morbid Owlet			June 4, 2011
32		Mourning Cloak			March 27, 2011
		North American raccoon	see Raccoon
		Northern Raccoon	see Raccoon
		Northern Red-backed Salamander	see Red-backed Salamander
33		Painted Lady			May 16, 2015
34		Painted Skimmer			May 16, 2015
		Parsnip Swallowtail	see Black Swallowtail
35		Pearl Crescent			September 2, 2012
36		Pipevine Swallowtail			November 26, 2011
37		Raccoon			June 17, 2017
38		Red-backed Salamander			January 1, 2017
39		Red-banded Hairstreak			June 17, 2017
		Red-spotted Admiral	see Red-spotted Purple
40		Red-spotted Purple			October 22, 2011
41		Red Admiral			June 4, 2011
42		Red Fox			October 22, 2011
		Redback Salamander	see Red-backed Salamander
43		Rough Prominent			June 4, 2011
44		Shrew			October 22, 2011
		Shrew Mouse	see Shrew
45		Silver-haired Bat			December 24, 2011
		Silverwing	see Silver-haired Bat
46		Small White			June 4, 2011
47		Spicebush Swallowtail			October 22, 2011
48		Spined Micrathena			April 30, 2011
49		Spring Azure			June 17, 2017
50		Summer Azure			January 9, 2011
51		Swamp Cicada			October 10, 2010
52		Swamp Darner			October 22, 2011
		Tawny Prominent	see Rough Prominent
53		Variegated Fritillary			September 2, 2012
		Virginia deer	see White-tailed deer
		White-dotted Prominent	see Rough Prominent
54		White-tailed deer			May 16, 2015
		White Petticoat	see Mourning Cloak
		Whitetail	see White-tailed deer
		Woodchuck	see Groundhog

The 54 species that have been identified so far include 27 butterflies and moths, 16 insects and spiders, 9 mammals, 1 amphibian, and 1 reptile.