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Tiny frog sitting on acorn
Records: 25,000+
Species: 100

Amphibians

This site provides detailed life history accounts and addresses conservation concerns for all 100 species of amphibians documented in North Carolina.

Jumping spider on sand
Records: 10,000+
Species: 792+

Arachnids

Learn about the spiders, harvestmen, and other arachnids that are found in North Carolina.

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Records: 23,000+
Species: 594

Bees

Learn about the more than 560 species of bees found in North Carolina.

Long-horn beetle on flower
Records: 5,000+
Species: 308+

Beetles

Learn about select beetle families from the state of North Carolina, including tiger beetles, longhorns, and fireflies.

Boat-tailed Grackle
Species: 491

Birds

Learn about the nearly 500 species of birds found in North Carolina.

Conocephalum
Records: 1,600+
Species: 707

Bryophytes

Learn about the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts found in North Carolina.

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Records: 237,000+
Species: 178

Butterflies

Learn about the nearly 180 species of butterflies found in North Carolina.

crayfish
Species: 51

Crayfishes

Learn about the 51 species of crayfishes found in North Carolina.

Dragonfly resting on a branch
Records: 65,000+
Species: 189

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Learn about the nearly 200 species of Odonates found in North Carolina.

springtail
Species: 153

Entognatha

Learn about the 150+ species of non-insect hexapods found in North Carolina, including the tiny, wingless springtails.

bivalve
Species: 64

Freshwater Bivalves

Learn about the more than 60 species of freshwater mussels and clams found in North Carolina.

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Records: 270,000+
Species: 257

Freshwater Fishes

Learn about the nearly 260 species of freshwater fishes found in North Carolina.

Hopper on sheet
Records: 36,000+
Species: 893+

Hoppers

Learn about the nearly 900 species of hemipteran hoppers found in North Carolina.

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Records: 14,000+
Species: 1,561+

Lichens

Learn about the more than 1500 species of lichens found in North Carolina.

Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Species: 126

Mammals

Learn about the roughly 125 species of mammals found in North Carolina.

Bullshark
Species: 750

Marine Fishes

Learn about the species of fishes that occur in the estuarine and offshore waters (brackish and salt waters) of North Carolina.

Automeris io
Records: 197,000+
Species: 3,064+

Moths

Learn about the more than 3000 species of moths found in North Carolina.

myriapod
Records: 2,300+
Species: 187

Myriapods

Learn more about the 187 species of myriapods that have been documented in North Carolina, including Centipedes, Millipedes, Pauropods, and Symphylans.

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Records: 4,900+
Species: 250+

Orthoptera

Learn about the roughly 250 species of grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids found in North Carolina.

box turtle
Records: 17,000+
Species: 75

Reptiles

Learn about the 75 alligator, lizard, snake, and turtle species found in North Carolina.

Slime mold
Species: 194

Slime Molds

Learn about the nearly 200 species of Myxomycetes found in North Carolina.

tardigrades
Records: 6,700+
Species: 100+

Tardigrades

Learn about the more than 100 species of tardigrades found in North Carolina.

Solidago
Species: 4,005+

Vascular Plants

Learn about the nearly 3,000 native species and over 1,000 non-native species of trees, shrubs, woody vines, and herbaceous plants found in North Carolina.