Record #:

4709

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

The spider is one of mankind's most beneficial creatures, but its appearance is often frightening to those it helps. Around 3,000 species of spiders live in North America, and 1,500 of them make their home in North Carolina. Ellis describes a number of the spiders and their web building and hunting techniques.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 64 Issue 8, Aug 2000, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Spiders

Record #:

4594

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry; Not Given

Abstract:

North America has more species of salamanders, 110, than any other place in the world. The southern Appalachians are famous worldwide for their salamanders that have lived there millions of years. At least 34 species have been identified there. Ellis describes the variations in the salamanders and discusses how geography played a part in their evolutionary development.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 5, May 1999, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Record #:

4598

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Why are so few dead creatures - mice, shrews, moles, birds, chipmunks, and others - not seen in the woodlands? The answer is the burying beetle, or more formally, Nictophores tomentosus. When the sun goes down, these beetles go to work, locating and burying the dead. Creatures the size of a mouse can be buried in two to three hours. Pollution is eliminated, and raw materials return to the soil to nourish plant growth. Nineteen species of beetles work in North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burying beetles

Record #:

3856

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Twenty-seven species of crayfish with colors from drab brown to bright red live in the state's marshes, streams, and other wet areas. They are both predator and preyed upon and are a fascinating creature to biologists and small boys.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 62 Issue 6, June 1998, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Crayfish

Record #:

3282

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

In the southern Appalachians, there are over 200 treeless mountain balds that include two types: heath and grass. Grass balds are home to over 300 species of flowering plants.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 61 Issue 5, May 1997, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mountain ecology

Record #:

2896

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Although usually less than six acres in size, mountain bogs support an uncommon collection of plants, including lady slippers and cinnamon ferns, and animals like wood frogs and crab spiders.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 60 Issue 6, June 1996, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bogs; Mountain ecology

Record #:

2533

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

The state has four distinct seasons, each with its own unique beauty and weather, as profiled in this pictorial essay.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 59 Issue 10, Oct 1995, p8-13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Seasons--Pictorial works

Record #:

1645

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Only the tropics have more species of and individual centipedes and millipedes than the area of the southern Appalachians that includes the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 6, June 1994, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Centipedes; Millipedes

Record #:

1773

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

The 4,000 miles of mountain streams in North Carolina provide the habitat for a broad and fascinating assortment of creatures and plant life.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 58 Issue 8, Aug 1994, p4-9, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Stream ecology

Record #:

165

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Long admired for its dazzling display of rhododendron, Roan Mountain is also a magnificent garden of rare plants left over from the last Ice Age.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 5, May 1992, p4-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rhododendron; Rare plants--Roan Mountain

Record #:

424

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Slime mold, formally known as Leo carpus fragilis, is a common species of mold found in damp, shady woodlands in North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 6, June 1992, p24-27 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Myxomycetes (Slime mold)

Record #:

679

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

A woodland pond is a study in diverse ecosystems.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 7, July 1992, p12-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pond fauna; Pond flora

Record #:

9976

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Ellis describes a number of insects whose buzzing choruses are heard in the late summer and explains how they make them.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 55 Issue 9, Sept 1991, p10-15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insects

Record #:

9970

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Many species of beetles share the state with people and animals. Ellis describes some of the more interesting ones. There are far more good beetles than bad; less than one percent of them are harmful to humans and crops.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 4, Apr 1990, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burying beetles

Record #:

9971

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Ellis describes how insects use camouflage, imitation, and deception to fool predators.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 54 Issue 5, May 1990, p22-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insects