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Increase in camping rates at the Wilderness Road campground
Effective June 1, 2013, camping rates will increase. Tent sites will increase to $14.00 per night and RV sites with electrical hookup will increase to $20.00 per night. Group camp sites will increase to $35.00 per night.
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Special Program offered in place of Hensley tour on June 16
The regularly scheduled Hensley tour will not be offered on June 16 but will be replaced by a special Father's Day program. The road to the Hensley Settlement will be open to visitors and living history demonstrations will be offered. More »
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Cave Tour Alert!
White Nose Syndrome is a disease that is killing bats in great numbers and has been found in park caves. While visiting Gap Cave please do not wear or bring anything that has been in other caves. Skylight Cave is currently closed.
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Civil War Event Cancelled
Invisible Souls: Behind the Veil of the Civil War, a special event showcasing stories of the Civil War October 4, 5, and 6, 2013 has been cancelled. Please call the park visitor center at (606) 248-2817, extension 1075 for more information.
Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes
millipede NPS photo Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, and Millipedes Known to Occur in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park INSECTS Order Diptera – Flies Family Athericidae Atherix sp. Family Blephariceridae - Net-winged midges Blepharicera sp. Family Dixidae - Dixid midges Dixella sp. Family Dolichopodidae – Long-legged flies Rhaphium sp. Family Empididae - Dance flies Chelifera sp. Family Limoniidae Antocha sp. Family Muscidae – House flies Limnophora sp. Family Pediciidae Dicranota sp. Family Simulidae - Black flies Prosimulium mixtum Family Stratiomyidae - Soldier flies Stratiomys sp. Family Tipulidae - Crane flies Prionocera sp. Order Coleoptera – Beetles Family Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles Helichus basalis Family Elmidae - Riffle beetles Anchytarus bicolor Family Gryinidae - Whirligig beetles Dineutus assimilis Family Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles Hydrobius melaenus
Family Psephenidae - Water penny beetles Ectopria sp. Order Ephemerata– Mayflies Family Baetidae – Mayflies Baetis brunneicolor Family Baetiscidae - Armored mayflies Baetisca gibbera Family Ephemerellidae - Spiny crawler mayflies Attenella attenuata Family Ephemeridae – Common burrowing mayflies Ephemera blanda Family Heptageniidae Epeorus dispar Family Isonychiidae Isonychia sp. Family Leptophlebiidae - Prong-gilled mayflies Habrophlebia bibrans
Order Hemiptera – True bugs Family Gerridae – Water striders Gerris remigis Family Veliidae – Broad-shouldered water striders Microvelia paludicola
Order Megaloptera– Dobsonflies Family Corydalidae - Dobsonflies, Fishflies Corydalus cornutus
Order Neuroptera – Lacewings Family Sialidae – Alderflies Sialis sp.
Order Odonata – Dragonflies and damselflies Family Aeshnidae – Darners Aeshna umbrosa Family Calopterygidae - Broad-winged Damselflies Calopteryx dimidiata Family Coenagrionidae - Narrow-winged Damselflies Argia fumipennis fumlpennis Family Corduligastridae – Spiketails Codulegaster erronea Family Corduliidae – Emeralds Helocordulia uhleri Family Gomphidae – Clubtails Dromogomphus spinosus Family Libellulidae – Skimmers Dythemis velox
Order Plecoptera – Stoneflies Family Capinidae - Smallwinter stoneflies Allocapnia sp. Family Chloroperlidae - Green stoneflies Rasvena terna Family Leuctridae - Rolled-winged stoneflies Leuctra sp. Family Nemouridae - Spring stoneflies Amphinemura delosa Family Peltoperlidae - Roachlike stoneflies Peltoperla sp. Family Perlidae – Common stoneflies Acroneuria abnormis Family Perlodidae - Perlodid stoneflies Yugus arinus Order Trichoptera – Caddisflies Family Apataniidae Apatania sp. Family Glossosomatidae Agapetus sp. Family Hydropsychidae - Net Spinning caddisflies Cheumatopsyche sp. Family Lepidostomatidae Lepidostoma sp. Family Limnephilidae - Northern caddisflies Ironoquia sp. Family Philopotamidae - Finger net caddisflies Chimarra sp. Family Rhyacophilidae - Primitive caddisflies Rhyacophila carolina
Taxonomic nomenclature from http://www.discoverlife.org |
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Did You Know?
Between 1775 and 1810 some 300,000 settlers crossed Cumberland Gap and began settling the land west of the Appalachians. These brave pioneers were following dreams of prosperity in the wilderness of Kentucky.