NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM LIST of the RARE ANIMAL SPECIES of NORTH CAROLINA 2012 Revised March 25, 2013

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM LIST of the RARE ANIMAL SPECIES of NORTH CAROLINA 2012 Revised March 25, 2013

NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM LIST OF THE RARE ANIMAL SPECIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 2012 Revised March 25, 2013 Great Tiger Moth (Arctia caja) photo by Stephen P. Hall Compiled by Harry E. LeGrand, Jr., Vertebrate Zoologist John T. Finnegan, Conservation Information Manager Stephen P. Hall, Landscape Ecologist Andrea J. Leslie, Freshwater Ecologist Judith A. Ratcliffe, Freshwater Ecologist North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Office of Conservation, Planning, & Community Affairs N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM LIST OF THE RARE ANIMAL SPECIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 2012 Revised March 25, 2013 Compiled by Harry E. LeGrand, Jr., Vertebrate Zoologist John T. Finnegan, Conservation Information Manager Stephen P. Hall, Landscape Ecologist Andrea J. Leslie, Freshwater Ecologist Judith A. Ratcliffe, Freshwater Ecologist North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Office of Conservation, Planning, and Community Affairs N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources This list is dynamic and is revised frequently as further data become available. New species are added to the list, and others are dropped from the list as appropriate. The list is published periodically, generally every two years. Further information on these species may be obtained by contacting the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 1601 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1601, or by contacting the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 1722 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699-1722. Additional information on rare species, as well as a digital version of this rare animal list, can be obtained from the Natural Heritage Program's website at www.ncnhp.org. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 1 LIST FORMAT .................................................................................................................................................................. 3 STATUS OF ANIMAL TAXA ON NHP RARE ANIMAL LIST ................................................................................ 12 MAMMALS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13 BIRDS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 REPTILES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 23 AMPHIBIANS .................................................................................................................................................................. 27 FRESHWATER FISHES ................................................................................................................................................. 31 MOLLUSKS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 37 FRESHWATER BIVALVES ................................................................................................................................. 37 FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS ................................................................................... 43 ARACHNIDS .................................................................................................................................................................... 50 CRUSTACEANS .............................................................................................................................................................. 52 INSECTS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 55 MAYFLIES ................................................................................................................................................................ 55 STONEFLIES ............................................................................................................................................................ 57 CADDISFLIES .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES ................................................................................................................. 60 BUTTERFLIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 63 MACRO-MOTHS ..................................................................................................................................................... 68 GRASSHOPPERS AND KATYDIDS ..................................................................................................................... 76 BEETLES ................................................................................................................................................................... 78 TRUE BUGS .............................................................................................................................................................. 79 NORTH CAROLINA ANIMAL WATCH LIST ........................................................................................................... 80 MAMMALS ............................................................................................................................................................... 82 BIRDS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 84 REPTILES ................................................................................................................................................................. 87 AMPHIBIANS ........................................................................................................................................................... 88 FRESHWATER FISHES ......................................................................................................................................... 89 MOLLUSKS .............................................................................................................................................................. 91 FRESHWATER BIVALVES ..................................................................................................................... 91 FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS ....................................................................... 92 ARACHNIDS ............................................................................................................................................................. 94 CRUSTACEANS ....................................................................................................................................................... 95 INSECTS .................................................................................................................................................................... 97 MAYFLIES .................................................................................................................................................. 97 STONEFLIES .............................................................................................................................................. 99 CADDISFLIES .......................................................................................................................................... 101 DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES ................................................................................................ 106 FLIES ...................................................................................................................................................... 109 BUTTERFLIES ......................................................................................................................................... 110 MACRO-MOTHS ..................................................................................................................................... 112 GRASSHOPPERS AND KATYDIDS ..................................................................................................... 119 BEETLES .................................................................................................................................................. 121 EXTIRPATED ANIMALS IN NORTH CAROLINA ................................................................................................. 123 MAMMALS ............................................................................................................................................................. 123 BIRDS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 123 FRESHWATER FISHES ....................................................................................................................................... 123 i MOLLUSKS ..........................................................................................................................................................

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