Browse all the animals discussed on Now I Wonder here. Animals are grouped within categories, then listed alphabetically by English common name. When known, scientific names are given in parentheses.
To see the names of every animal included on Now I Wonder, browse the list below.
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Index of North Carolina Butterflies
- American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis)
- Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes)
- Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)
- Clouded Sulphur Butterfly (Colias philodice)
- Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly (Phoebis sennae)
- Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)
- Common Checkered Skipper Butterfly (Pyrgus communis)
- Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterfly (Everes comyntas)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus)
- Gulf Fritillary Butterfly (Dione vanillae)
- Horace’s Duskywing Skipper Butterfly (Erynnis horatius)
- Little Wood Satyr Butterfly (Megisto cymela)
- Long-Tailed Skipper Butterfly (Urbanus proteus)
- Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
- Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui)
- Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio palamedes)
- Pearl Crescent Butterfly (Phyciodes tharos)
- Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor)
- Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
- Red-spotted Purple Butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
- Silver-Spotted Skipper Butterfly (Epargyreus clarus)
- Sleepy Orange Butterfly (Eurema nicippe)
- Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio troilus)
- Variegated Fritillary Butterfly (Euptoieta claudia)
Index of North Carolina Dragonflies and Damselflies
Damselflies
- Blue-Fronted Dancer Damselfly (Argia apicalis)
- Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly (Calopteryx maculata)
- Rambur’s Forktail Damselfly (Ischnura ramburii)
- Variable Dancer Damselfly (Argia fumipennis)
Dragonflies
- Black Saddlebags Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)
- Blue Dasher Dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis)
- Carolina Saddlebags Dragonfly (Tramea carolina)
- Comet Darner Dragonfly (Anax longipes)
- Common Baskettail Dragonfly (Epitheca cynosura)
- Common Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junius)
- Common Whitetail Dragonfly (Plathemis lydia)
- Eastern Amberwing Dragonfly (Perithemis tenera)
- Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly (Erythemis simplicicollis)
- Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula vibrans)
- Halloween Pennant Dragonfly (Celithemis eponina)
- Prince Baskettail Dragonfly (Epitheca princeps)
- Slaty Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula incesta)
- Spangled Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula cyanea)
- Two-Striped Forceptail Dragonfly (Aphylla williamsoni)
- Widow Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula luctuosa)
Index of North Carolina Reptiles
Alligators
Lizards
- Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceleporus undulatus)
- Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis)
- Skink Lizards (Plestiodon spp.)
Snakes
Venomous Snakes
Non-venomous Snakes
- Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi)
- Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula getula)
- Eastern Rat Snake (Pantherophis quadrivittatus)
- Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)
Turtles
Index of North Carolina Spiders
Orb Weaver Spiders
- Golden Silk Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila clavipes)
- Hentz Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona crucifera)
- Long-Jawed Orb Weaver Spider (Tetragnatha sp.)
- Marbled Orb Weaver Spider (Araneus marmoreus)
- Orchard Orb Weaver Spider (Leucauge venusta)
- Spiny-Backed Orb Weaver Spider (Gasterocantha cancriformis)
- Spotted Forest Orb Weaver Spider (Neoscona domiciliorum)
- Triangulate Orb Weaver Spider (Verrucosa arenata)
- Yellow Garden Orb Weaver Spider (Argiope aurantia)
Jumping Spiders
- Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)
- Brilliant Jumping Spider (Phidippus clarus)
- Canopy Jumping Spider (Phidippus otiosus)
- Flat Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undulatus)