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Eno River State Park, Durham &
Orange Counties, NC
The
Eno River State Park is a large state park consisting of lands in Durham and
Orange counties enclosing the Eno River. Two accesses, Fews Ford and
Cole Mill Road, are shown here. For directions, see this
live map.
It includes the Occoneechee
Mountain Natural Area in Orange County near Hillsborough. More land is bought each year by money
raised by the annual Festival for the Eno.
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Bobbitt's Hole, an
unusually deep part of the Eno River, where it takes a turn,
2/9/09. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Trout Lily, 3/6/08 |
Common
Violet, 3/6/08 |
Coral
Honeysuckle, 5/7/07 |
A part of the Eno
River, viewed from Cox
Mountain, 10/21/07 |
Loving graffiti,
discovered (not written) by the photographer, 6/21/08 |
Cole Mill Road access, 4/14/17
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Mining Bee near a nest entrance |
Another mining bee |
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Four mining bees, two nest entrances |
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Mining bees: one leaving a nest, two about to enter |
One mining bee leaving a nest, another about to enter one |
One mining bee (near bottom) leaving a nest, while another hangs out |
One mining bee is entering a nest, while another is near one and a third is hovering. |
Two mining bees are leaving nests while another hovers nearby. |
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Orchard Spider |
Another Orchard Spider |
River Cooter |
Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) |
Turtles |
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Broad-shouldered water striders (Veliidae family), very tiny and active |
Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca) |
Another Atamasco Lily (Zephyranthes atamasca) |
Bowl-and-Doily Spider |
Carolina Satyr |
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Clubmoss |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia) |
Giant Chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum) |
Common Goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) |
Mayapple |
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Two mining bees entering nests |
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Cole Mill Rd. access, NC 4/14/16
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White M Hairstreak |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Scarab beetle |
River Cooters |
Other River Cooters |
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River Cooters |
Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) |
Pink Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis violaceae) |
Mining Bees, two leaving a nest in the ground |
Mining bee on Spring Beauty |
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Mining bee (Andrena genus) hovering outside nest entrance |
Another mining bee landing at the nest entrance |
Mining bee leaving the nest |
Mining bee entering nest |
Another mining bee entering a nest |
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Juvenal's Duskywing |
Another Juvenal's Duskywing |
Giant Chickweed (Mysoton aquaticum) flowers |
Fly on a Spring Beauty |
Different flies on Spring Beauties |
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Common Baskettail |
Carolina Chickadee |
Carolina Satyr |
Adult male Blue Corporal |
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Cole Mill Rd. access,
3/30/13
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Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis) |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
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Caddisfly, one of many
seen flying around near the river's edge just beyone the formal
end of the trail |
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Cole
Mill Road access, 6/3/12
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Fish, maybe a trout, about
6 inches long, near Bobbitt Hole |
Breeding male Five-lined
Skink, actually oriented vertically at the time |
Toad bug, near Bobbitt
Hole |
Horse fly (Tabanus
fulvulus) |
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Dion Skipper |
Young mantid (about 1 inch long) |
Northern Pearly Eye |
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Cole Mill Road access, 3/1/12
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Great Blue Heron |
Great Blue Heron in flight |
Great Blue Heron, again in flight |
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Cole
Mill Road access, 5/18/11
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Dark variant
Silvery Checkerspot |
Silvery Checkerspot |
Great Spangled
Fritillaries |
Asian
Multi-colored Ladbybug Beetle larva |
Male Zabulon
Skipper |
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13-year periodical cicada
exuvia and adult. Notice tiny beetle? on the exuvia. |
13-year periodical cicada exuvia |
Another 13-year
cicada exuvia |
13-year periodical
cicadas emerged through these holes. Two exuvia are shown. |
Mason Wasps
(Monobia quadridens), Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 5/18/11 |
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Cole
Mill Road access, 4/24/11
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Eastern Tailed Blue |
American Lady |
Common Snipe Fly |
Worm Snake |
Jumping spider
(Habronattus decorus) |
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Female Juvenal's Duskywing |
Male Juvenal's Duskywing |
Carolina Satyr (dorsal view) |
Long-jawed orb
weaver |
Alderfly, Sialis genus |
Cole
Mill Road access, 3/24/11
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Dark Fishing
Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus), seen near river bank. |
Juvenal's Duskywing |
Cutleaf Toothwort
(Cardamine concatenata) |
Rue Anemone |
A group of Cutleaf
Toothworts |
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Plum blossoms?
Certainly the Prunus genus. |
Giant Chickweed plants |
Female Falcate
Orangetip (the only one I saw that day) on Cutleaf Toothwort. |
Ground Ivy
(Glechoma hederacea) |
Clouded Sulphur
wing |
Cole
Mill Road access, 10/3/10
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Female American Rubyspot (Hetaerina americana).
See other damselflies. |
Northern Pearly
Eye |
Carolina Satyr |
Sleepy Orange |
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Asian Multicolored Ladybug
Beetle larva |
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Cole
Mill Road access, 4/24/10
I was accompanied by Lori Musick, a fellow naturalist, who
helped me spot some of these plants and animals and was generally a great help.
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Juvenal's Duskywing
on Ground Ivy |
Adult female Eastern Fence Lizard |
Pink Wood-sorrel.
See other wildflowers. |
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Blue-eyed Grass |
Stream Cruiser
(Didymops transversa) |
Coral Honeysuckle |
Pinxter Flower
(Rhododendron periclymenoides), a member of a wild azalea species |
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Fowler's
Toad |
Owlet moth |
Broad-shouldered
Water Striders (Rhagovelia obesa). These tiny insects, no more
than 1 mm long, were in frantic motion at Bobbitt's Hole. |
Deerberry
(Vaccinium stamineum), held upside-down by Lori. |
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Immature black widow
spider |
Awl fly
(Coenomyia ferruginea) being attacked by the black widow on the left, Eno River State
Park, Old Cole Mill Road, Orange County, NC, 4/24/10 |
Woodland Stonecrop
(Sedum ternatum), Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 4/24/10 |
Atamasco Lily
(Zephyranthes atamasca) |
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Cole
Mill Road access, 3/27/10
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Other side of
Crane Fly Orchid leaf |
Toothwort |
Early Saxifrage |
Ground Ivy |
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Rue Anemone |
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Cole
Mill Road access 3/6/08
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Bowl and
Doily Spider |
Another
Bowl and Doily Spider with different colors. |
Question
Mark, photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Perhaps a midge,
found on a Trout Lily petal. |
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Fews Ford access, 11/25/06
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Gray Squirrel,
Eno River State Park, Fews Ford
access, Orange County, NC 11/25/06. See other
mammals. |
Spider wasp, Cox
Mountain, Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access, Orange County, NC
11/25/06. This was the only insect I saw that day except for a few
grasshoppers and some tiny flies. |
Fews Ford access, 9/16/06
Cox Mountain was almost insect-free, but those that showed
up were relatively unusual. That combination of circumstances, however, is
not unusual at all!
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Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria), Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access,
Cox Mountain, 9/16/06 |
Rice Stink Bug, Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access, Cox
Mountain, 9/16/06 |
Green Lynx Spider with egg sac, Eno River State Park, Fews Ford
access, Cox Mountain, 9/16/06 |
Crossline Skipper, Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access, Cox
Mountain, 9/16/06 |
I guess this white critter (⅛ inch long) is
an aphid, to judge from the attention it's getting from these ants.
Eno River State Park, Fews Ford access, 9/16/06 |
Fews Ford access, 4/12/06
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Ashy Clubtail,
Eno River State Park, Few's Ford
access, Cox Mountain, Orange County, NC, 4/12/06 |
Same Ashy Clubtail
as on left. |
Fews Ford access, 5/27/06
Fews Ford access, 4/12/06
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Adult female
Eastern Fence Lizard, Eno River State Park, Few's Ford access, Cox Mountain, Orange County,
NC, 4/12/06 |
Cole Mill Road access, 10/9/06
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Milkweed Leaf Beetle,
Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 10/9/06 |
Another
Milkweed Leaf Beetle, Eno River State
Park, Orange County, NC, 10/9/06 |
Marbled Orb Weaver,
Eno River State Park, Orange
County, NC, 10/9/06. See spider page. |
Velvet Mite,
Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 10/9/06 |
Flesh Fly
(Metopia
genus), Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 10/9/06 |
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Velvet Mite,
Eno River State Park, Orange
County, NC, 10/9/06 |
Robber Fly,
Eno River State Park, Orange County,
NC, 10/9/06 |
Ichneumonid Wasp,
Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC, 10/9/06 |
Cole
Mill Road access, 8/5/06
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Casebearer beetle
larva, Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC 8/5/06 |
Bush Cricket (Phyllopalpus
pulchellus, Trigonidiinae subfamily, Trigonidiidae family, Ensifera
suborder), Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC 8/5/06 |
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Banded Tussock Moth
caterpillar,
Eno River State Park, Orange County, NC 8/5/06 |
Cole
Mill Road access, 6/15/06
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Early instar Leaffooted Bug nymphs. See other
True Bugs. |
Late instar Wheel Bug nymph with prey (a Ladybug Beetle
larva) |
Asian Ladybug Beetle larva. See other
beetles. |
Leafhopper. |
Xylomid fly (Rachicerus obscuripennis). See other True
Flies. |
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White-tailed Deer. See other
mammals. |
Little Wood Satyr. See other
nymphs and satyrs. |
Black-shouldered Spinylegs. See other
dragonflies. |
Fowler's Toad. See other
frogs and toads. |
Horse Fly (Tabanus fulvulus) |
Black Rat Snake
(Elaphe obsoleta), Eno River
State Park, Old Cole Mill Rd. access, Orange County, NC, 6/15/06 |
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Wheel Bug nymph (late instar) with prey (apparently some kind of ladybug beetle larva), Eno River SP,
Old Cole Mill Road access, 6/15/06. |
Cole
Mill Road access, 5/29/06
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Halictid Bee
(Agapostemon genus), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill
Road access, Orange County, NC, 5/29/05. This green bee is one of the most
obvious members of this family; however, most Halictidae are not green,
although they are less hairy than other bees. |
Mating
Common Water Striders, Eno
River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, 5/29/05. You can see
their wings if you look closely. |
Cole
Mill Road access,
5/19/06
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American Snout. Note the proboscis going down to the soil.
See more Snouts (and some Emperors). |
Scentless Plant Bug (Rhopalidae family), a True Bug. |
Bee Fly. |
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Eyed Click Beetle taking off |
River Cooter, with a foot sticking out in back
See more turtles. |
Assassin bug, genus Zelus. See more
True Bugs. |
Great Spangled Fritillary, taken by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Little Glassywing, taken by Karl D. Gottschalk
See more Little Glassywings. |
Cole
Mill Road access, 4/28/06
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Fruit fly (Tephritidae
family). |
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Young mantid (less than an inch long) |
Spider Wasp in action, Eno River SP, Old
Cole Mill Road access, Orange County, NC, 4/28/06. This wasp
dragged this spider at least five feet while I watched. |
Mating Water Striders |
Ashy Clubtail |
Mourning Cloak Caterpillar |
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Juvenal's Duskywing, I think! |
Variegated Fritillary |
Carolina Satyr |
Common Buckeye |
Common Whitetail |
Earlier dates
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Common Wood Nymph, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill
Road access (Orange County, NC), 7/6/05. This one appeared in a
power line cut through a wooded area. |
Common Wood Nymph, Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access
(Durham County, NC),
9/20/04. This butterfly had apparently seen a lot
of action, with its eyespots nearly worn off. |
Common Wood Nymph, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill
Road access (Orange County, NC), 7/30/05. This
butterfly showed up fairly deep in the woods. |
Common Wood Nymph, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill
Road access (Orange County, NC), 8/17/05. |
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Northern Pearly Eye, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill
Road access, 7/30/05. Viewer
discretion advised: note where the proboscis is going (and the
interested fly in the background). |
Carolina Satyrs mating, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access,
8/17/05. |
Different
Carolina Satyr couple, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road
access, 8/17/05. I saw 45+ members of this species there and then. |
Carolina Satyr, Eno River State
Park, Old Cole Mill Road access (near Bobbitt Hole), Orange County, NC,
8/31/04 |
Gemmed Satyr, Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, NC, 8/31/04. This one
seems to have subtler features in general. |
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Tawny Emperor,
Eno River State Park, Old
Cole Mill Road access, 9/16/05. |
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Male
Black-shouldered Spinylegs,
Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, 6/23/05 |
Female
Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, Orange County, NC,
6/11/05. |
Painted Skimmer (Libellula
semifasciata), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, 6/11/05. |
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Pselliopus cinctus nymph, Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access,
6/23/05 |
Wheel Bug nymph (late instar) with prey, perhaps
Flatid Planthopper
nymphs. Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access,
Orange County, NC, 6/23/05. |
Wheel Bug,
Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, Orange County, NC,
11/7/05.
This bug was very lively, walking very fast
and then flying away. |
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Spined Assassin Bug (Sinea diadema)
nymph, Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road
access, 6/23/05. This extremely small nymph may be an early instar. |
Spined Assasin Bug (Sinea diadema)
nymph, Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road
access, 6/23/05. Also very tiny, and it's a good thing, too! |
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Dobsonfly
(family Corydalidae), Eno River SP, Old Cole Mill Road access, Orange
County, NC, 5/29/05. |
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American Toad, 5/2/03.
Superb camouflage! The three toads to the right were found in the same
area. |
Fowler's Toad, same day and place. Pretty good camouflage here. |
Fowler's Toad. Gray on the left, brown and the right: this toad seems
to be having a little trouble sorting it out. |
Eno River SP, Old
Cole Mill Road access, 6/23/05. I have heard that there American
Toad-Fowler's Toad hybrids exist; this might be one. |
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