Reptiles:
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
with fire damage?
Red-bellied Water Snake (Nerodia
erythrogaster)
Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus)
Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
Black Rat Snake (Elaphe o. obsoleta)
Five-lined Skink (Eumeces
fasciatus), underside view
mating skinks (Eumeces sp.)
Amphibians:
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus
fuscus) new!
Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)
side head
new!
Three-lined Salamander (Eurycea longicauda
guttolineata)
Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea
cirrigera)
Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus)
Broken-striped Newt (Notophthalmus
viridescens dorsalis)
Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne
carolininensis)
Fowler's Toad (Bufo woodhousei)
Newly hatched toad tadpoles (Bufo
sp.)
Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Dragonflies and Damselflies:
Sparkling Jewelwing (Calopteryx
dimidiata)
Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax)
and a closer look
Seepage Dancer (Artia bipunctulata)
Pale Bluet (Enallagma pallidum)
Turquoise Bluet (Enallagma divagans) right side and left side
Orange Bluets (Enallagma signatum)
Skimming Bluet (Enallagma geminatum),
and a closer look
Fragile Forktail (Ischnura posita)
Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura)
and emerging
Uhler's Sundragon (Helicordulia uhleri)
Diminutive Clubtail (Gomphus diminutus)
Lancet Clubtail (Gomphus exilis)
Ashy Clubtail (Gomphus lividus) side
view and top view
Common Sanddragon (Progomphus obscurus)
Spiketail naiad (Ischnura
posita) and top view
Stream Cruiser (Didymops transversa), male
and female
Little Blue Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax miniscula) adult male and immature male
Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox) side view
and top view
Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)
Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)
Painted Skimmer (Libellula semifasciata) side view and top
view
Great Blue Skimmer (Libellula vibrans)
Elfin Skimmer (Nannothemis bella)
Calico Pennant (Celithemis elisa)
Butterflies:
Edward's Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon)
Brown Elfin (Callophrys augustinus)
Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius)
Southern Pearly-Eye (Enodia portlandia)
Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryncus)
Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis)
Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Common Buckeye caterpillar (Junonia coenia),
more photos
Moths:
White Furcula (Furcula borealis)
Saddleback caterpillar (Sibine stimulea)
Spiny Oakworm (Anisota stigma)
White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar
(Hemerocampa leucostigma)
Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo)
Orange-backed Smoky Moth (Pyromorpha
dimidiata), bigger photo
Short-lined Chocolate Moth (Argyrostris
anilis)
Pearly Wood-Nymph (Eudryas unio)
facial view
Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva
punctella)
Distinguished Pyralid Moth (Colomychus talis)
unidentified caterpillar eating fungus
another unidentified caterpillar
yet another unidentified caterpillar
one more unidentified caterpillar
unidentified leaf miners (in Red
Bay, Persea borbonia)
Beetles:
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela
sexguttata); another one; Mating
Say's Blister Beetle (Pomphopoea sayi)
Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora
virginiensis), bigger photo
Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (Dicerca sp.)
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera
clivicollis)
unidentified leaf beetle (family
Chrysomelidae)
Purple-margined Ground Beetle (Pasimachus
punctulatus)
Snail-eater (Scaphinotus unicolor?)
Bessbug (Popilius disjunctus) top view new!
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica)
True flies:
Red-footed Cannibalfly (Promachus rufipes) eating
Hanging-thief (Diogmites sp.)
Death's Head Robberfly (Laphria saffrana)
Yellow-necked Bee Hunter (Laphria
flavicollis)
unidentified robberfly (family
Asilidae)
unidentified robberfly ovipositing
(family
Asilidae)
Tiger Bee Fly (Anthrax tigrinus)
Hover-fly (Helophilus sp.)
Golden-backed Snipe-fly (Chrysopilus
thoracicus)
Eastern Brown Picture-winged Fly
(Tritoxa incurva)
Other insects:
Brown Shield Bug (Menecles sp.) new!
Wheel
Bug (Arilus cristatus)
Carolina
Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina)
unidentified katydid (family
Tettigoniidae)
Sawfly (Arge
sp.) closer view
Spiders:
Six-spotted Fishing Spider (Dolomedes
triton)
Paraphidippus aurantius
Arrowhead Spider (Verrucosa arenata)
Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)
Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope
aurantia)
Banded Garden Spider (Argiope
trifasciata)
Other Arthropods:
Carolina Ladle Crayfish (Cambarus davidii) front, right side, left side, face new!
unidentified Millipede (class Diplopoda)
Fungi and Slime Molds:
Amanita sp.
Tooth Fungus (Hericium sp.)
Dog Stinkhorn (Mutinus ravenelii)
White Coral Fungus (Clavulina sp.)
Yellow Coral Fungus (Clavulinopsis
sp.)
Devil's Urn (Urnula craterium)
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)
Unidentified slime mold (?)
Lichens:
British Soldier (Cladonia sp.)
Pyrenula cruenta
Wildflowers - Monocots:
Large Whorled Pogonia (Isotria
verticillata) front view new!
Puttyroot Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale)
Dwarf Iris (Iris verna) new!
Green
Dragon (Arisaema draconitum)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
(Arisaema triphyllum)
Sessile-leaved
Bellwort (Uvularia sessifolia)
Perfoliate
Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
Atamasco
Lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)
Grassleaf
Roseling (Callisia graminea)
Yellow
Star-grass (Hypoxis hirsuta)
Dog-toothed
Violet (Erythronium americanum)
Trout
Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum)
Wildflowers - Legumes:
Wild
Blue Indigo (Baptisia minor)
Hairy
False-Indigo (Baptisia cinerea)
White
Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba)
Sandhill Milkvetch (Astragalus michauxii)
Japanese
Clover (Lespedeza striata)
Wildflowers - others:
Yellow Screwstem (Bartonia
virginica)
Dwarf Sundew (Drosera brevifolia)
Axil-Flower (Mecardonia acuminata)
Loblolly Bay (Gordonia lasianthus)
Lizard's-Tail (Saururus cernuus)
Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica)
Curly-Head (Clematis ochroleuca)
Swamp Leather-flower (Clematis
crispa)
Venus' Looking-Glass (Triodanus perfoliata)
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)
American Snowbell (Styrax
americana)
Bigleaf
Snowbell (Styrax grandiflora)
Butterweed (Senicio glabellus)
White
Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
Elephant's
Foot (Elephantopus sp.)
Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
Variegated Milkweed (Asclepias variegata)
Sand Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Toothwort (Dentaria concatenata)
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)
Carolina Ipecac (Euphorbia ipecacuanhae)
Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica americana)
Canada Heartleaf (Asarum canadense)
Lesser Heartleaf (flower), (foliage) (Hexastylis minor)
Heartleaf (Hexastylus arifolia)
False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)
Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula)
Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora)
One-flowered Cancer Root (Orobanche
uniflora)
Virginia Pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
Golden Club (Orontium aquaticum)
Pixie Moss (Pixidanthera barbulata)
Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)
Maryland Meadow Beauty (Rhexia mariana)
Fire Pink (Silene virginica)
Yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)
Nonflowering vascular plants:
Grape Fern (Botrychium dissectum)
Walking Fern (Camptosorus rhyzophyllus)
Mosquito Fern (Azolla caroliniana)
Ground-Cedar (Lycopodium digitatum)
Rock Spikemoss (Selaginella rupestris)
Bryophytes:
Pellia (Pellia sp.) with
sporophytes
Mnium (Mnium sp.) with
antheridia
Selaginella sp. and Marchantia
sp.