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| Dobsonfly (family Corydalidae), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, Orange County, NC, 5/29/05. | Fishfly (family Corydalidae), Durham, NC, 6/8/07 |
Termites (Rhinotermitidae family, Isoptera order)
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| Worker termites, Cox Mountain, Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 10/21/07, found under a log. They were very tiny, less than 2 mm long. | Worker termites, Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area, Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 3/22/08 | Soldier termite, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 3/14/08 |
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| Winged termites about to mate, Durham, NC, 4/18/08. Note that the female has removed her big wings for this purpose. | Worker ant subduing a winged termite, Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area, Orange County, NC, 4/9/06 |
Scorpionflies (Panorpa genus, Panorpidae family, Mecoptera order)
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| Male Common Scorpionfly (Panorpa genus, order Mecoptera, family Panorpidae), Craggy Gardens, NC, 7/8/05 | Male Common Scorpionfly, Macon County, NC, 8/9/05. | Female Common Scorpionfly, Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, 9/16/05. | Female Common Scorpionfly, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, 9/18/05. | Common Scorpionfly, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC, 10/2/05. | Common Scorpionfly, Durham, 4/28/06 |
Book Lice/Bark Lice (Psocoptera order)
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| Maybe a book louse (Liposcelididae family, Nanopsocetae infraorder, Troctomorpha suborder) was less than 1 mm long. ID according to Marshall (2006), p. 159 |
Hangingflies (Bittacidae family, Mecoptera order)
At first glance, hangingflies seem similar to crane flies, but hangingflies have four wings and can seize insect prey with their unusual legs.
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| Hangingfly, Durham, NC, 6/8/07 |
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera order)
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| Mayfly, Eno River State Park, Pea Creek Trail, Orange County, NC, 9/12/07. |
Mayfly, Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC, 3/30/07 | Mayfly, Cox Mountain Trail, Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 5/6/07 |
Eggs
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| Egg?, Durham, 6/16/05. You can see a dark head and a light body inside. These eggs were each about an eighth of an inch long. | Egg, Durham, 6/20/05. The growing insect is mostly obscured. | This seems to be farther along: the head is emerging, and organs seem to be visible. It moved when I touched it. | Egg mass, most probably those of a Horse Fly, Durham, near mini-swamp, 7/13/06 |
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| Eggs, Durham, NC, 6/17/07. This egg mass, laid on a cattail leaf, was about 6 mm long. |