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Fort Fisher State Recreational Area
Located at the southern tip of New Hanover County, NC, this area offers a beach, an aquarium, and the Basin Trail, which extends west through a marshy and brushy area to the banks of the Cape Fear River. To read more at this place, visit the website of Fort Fisher State Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC.
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| Fruit flies (Senopterina genus), Ft. Fisher Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06. Note the black triangles on the otherwise translucent wings. | Robber Fly (Efferia albibarbis), Fort Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06 | Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver, Fort Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06 |
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| Cicada nymph skin, discarded by adult cicada. Ft. Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06 | Female Yellow-and-Black Argiope, Fort Fisher, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06 | Red-banded Hairstreak, Ft. Fisher Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC, 6/22/06 |
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| Here is a butterfly in the same genus as the Monarch: the Queen (Danaus gilippus). But what a difference! No black veins on this side, just a sprinkling of white spots. The Queen, despite its similarities, doesn't share the Monarch's toughness and is rare here outside the extreme South. I found this one on the nature trail at Fort Fisher State Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC. | From this side, the same Queen looks a lot more like a Monarch. But note that both wings are the same medium brown, and the white spots are more widely scattered. |
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| Male Needham's Skimmer (Libellula needhami), Fort Fisher, 7/16/04. About five of these red dragonflies showed up together at the beginning of the Basin Trail, but I've never seen any of this species before or since. Randy Emmitt and Josh Rose provided this ID. | This female Needham's Skinner was flying all around the Ft. Fisher Basin Trail on 10/18/05, but never landed. |
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| Great Egret (Ardea alba), Fort Fisher Basin Trail, NC, 9/29/04. | White Ibis, Fort Fisher State Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC, 12/20/06 | American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Ft. Fisher State Recreational Area, New Hanover County, NC, 12/19/06. ID thanks to Ritch Lilly. |
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| 11/17/04 Fort Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC | Ft. Fisher Basin Trail, 10/18/05. | Same place and day. |
© 2007 Dorothy E. Pugh