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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC
This park is located on Pleasure Island, just south of Snow's Cut, which separates Wilmington and its near southern suburbs from Carolina Beach. To visit the state park's website, go to Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC
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| Venus Fly Trap, Carolina Beach State Park, 10/12/06 | Venus Fly Trap, Carolina Beach State Park, 12/20/06 | Beach at Snow's Cut, 1/7/08. | Seaweed-covered stump at Snow's Cut beach | Seaweed on sand, Snow's Cut beach |
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| Swamp/marsh near the Cape Fear banks, 6/25/08 | Swamp/marsh near Cape Fear banks, 12/23/09 |
Animals and Plants
5/13/10
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| Dung Beetle (Canthon imitator) |
5/12/10
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| Spreadwing damselfly (probably Lestes genus) | Robber fly | A very fast-moving caterpillar, which crawled under more pine needles than over them | Blueberry, with small flowers (~7 mm long) | Fetterbush (Lyonia lucida), with larger flowers (~10 mm long). These were very common in this park. |
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3/9/10
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| Queen ant apparently being attacked by a wasp, on her abdomen, partially obscured by her wings. |
3/9/09
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| Springtail, perhaps Tomocerus genus, found with Beach Fleas (but not the one pictured in this row) | Bold-based Zale Moth (Zale lunifera), Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 3/9/09 | Red-winged Sallow (Xystopeplus rufago, Xylenini tribe, Hadeninae subfamily), Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC | Leaffooted Bug. This was very big, almost 2 inches long. | Beach flea. See other crustaceans. |
8/4/09
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| Golden Silk Spider couple (big one is female) | Male Golden Silk Spider | Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver (dorsal view) | Praying Mantis nymph, was about an inch long |
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| Milkweed Assassin Bug | Tumblebug beetle (dorsal view), playing dead | Tumblebug beetle (ventral view) | Velvet ant (Dasymutilla genus), about the size of a carpenter ant worker |
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| Red-shouldered Hawk | Yellow Pitcher Plants | Red-shouldered hawk |
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| Southern Pearly Eye | Palamedes Swallowtail, photo by Karl D. Gottschalk | Six-lined Racerunner | Golden Silk Spider | Jumping spider |
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| Antlion (Vella americanum), between 2 and 3 inches long. Great camouflage! I saw the antlion flying to the tree, its wings sparkling in the sun. | Hanging-thief (Diogmites genus). A kind of robber fly. | Male Horace's Duskywing | Mystery wasp |
Earlier periods
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| Whitish tiger beetle (Cicindela gratiosa), Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 6/23/06. Although these beetles were numerous that day in the heart of CBSP, I'd never seen them there (or anywhere else) before. They have been sighted in just a few counties in southern North Carolina. ID thanks to Patrick Coin of Durham, NC. | Southern Bee Killer (Mallophora orcina, subfamily Asilinae), Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 10/12/06. At first it looked like a big bumblebee: what a surprise to see those fly eyes! | Carolina Saddlebags (Tramea carolina), Carolina Beach State Park, NC, 10/13/06 | Adult female Little Blue Dragonlet, seen at Carolina Beach State Park on 10/19/05. The park was flooded, apparently by Hurricane Ophelia in September, which may have brought the many dragonflies I saw there. | Wharf Crab (Sesarma cinereum), Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 12/12/05. Thanks to Garrett Herth for ID. |
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| Sleepy Orange, Carolina Beach SP, New Hanover County, NC, 9/27/03. Stage II. | Sleepy Orange, Carolina Beach SP, New Hanover County, NC, 11/13/03. Stage IV. | American Snout, Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 11/13/03. This Snout relied mainly on camouflage for defense, resting its "snout" and antennae on this twig. This was an unusual discovery, not simply because Snouts are uncommon here in NC, but because butterflies are rarely found in this park (as are fauna in general). | Red-banded Hairstreak, Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 4/28/05. This butterfly landed next to a pine needle and twisted its wing temporarily against it, but quickly took off anyway. | Cedar Waxwings, Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC, 12/20/06. These were just a few of maybe 100. |
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