Atlantic tarpon, bank sea bass, barracuda, bigeye tuna, blackfin tuna, black drum, black sea bass, blacktip shark, bluefish, bluefin tuna, blue marlin, blueline tilefish, bull shark, butterfish, cobia, croaker, dolphinfish, flounder, gag, gray triggerfish, gray trout, hammerhead sharks, hickory shad, hogchoker, hogfish, humping mullet, king mackerel, knobbed porgy, lizardfish, little tunny, mako shark, menhaden, northern puffer, oyster toadfish, pigfish, pinfish, pompano, red drum, red grouper, red snapper, sailfish, scamp, sea mullet, searobin, sheepshead, silver perch, silver snapper, skate, skipjack tuna, spadefish, Spanish mackerel, speckled hind, spottail pinfish, spot, speckled trout, stingray, striped bass, swordfish, tiger shark, vermillion snapper, wahoo, white marlin, white grunt, yellowfin tuna, yellowedge grouper and yellowtail snapper. Invertebrates Various insects, jellyfish, millipedes, centipedes, freshwater crayfish and freshwater mollusks. Spiders: northern black widow (Latrodectus variolus), southern black widow (Latrodectus mactans), false black widow (Steatoda grossa), common house spider (Parasteatoda tepidariorum), yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia), leafy cob weaver (Theridion frondeum), spiny-backed orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis), white sac spider (Elaver excepta) and orchard orb weaver (Leucauge venusta). Mantises: Carolina mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) Hymenoptera: European honey bee (Apis mellifera state insect), American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus), eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica), red paper wasp (Polistes carolina), eastern cicada killer (Sphecius speciosus), red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) and red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta). Odonata: eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis). Lepidopterans: monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and red-spotted purple (Limenitis arthemis). Plant life References External links General interest: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission The North Carolina Gap Analysis Project -- Vertebrate Predicted Distribution Mapping Carolina nature Specific: North Carolina Birding Trail Herps of NC: Amphibians and Reptiles of North Carolina the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetology Program Butterflies of North Carolina Common Spiders of North Carolina 01 W01 .NC W NC North Carolina