Durham, NC 4/27/13
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| Running crab spider |
Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, Wake County, NC 4/26/13
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| Cabbage White | American Robin |
North Carolina Museum of Art grounds, Raleigh, Wake County, NC 4/26/13
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| Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk | Large-flowered Vetch (Vicia grandiflora) | Hovering Carpenter Bee | Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) | Johnny Jump-up |
Durham, NC 4/25/13
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| Male Common Green Darner | Running crab spider |
Ebenezer Church State Recreation Area, Apex, NC 4/24/13
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| Long-jawed orb weaver | Fowler's Toad | Pine at the lake's shore | Windsurfer #1 | Windsurfer #2 |
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| Common Shore Tiger Beetle |
Durham, NC 4/24/13
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| Ground beetle (Calosoma scrutata) with inchworm prey | Mating Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles | Pearl Crescent | Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) | Ground beetle (Calosoma scrutata) |
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| Wolf spider |
Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area, Orange County, NC 4/18/13
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| Northern Cricket Frog | Tachinid fly | Pinxter flower (Rhododendron periclymenoides) | St. Anthony's Turnip (Ranunculus bulbosus) | Tiny click beetle |
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| Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower (Epigaea repens), seen on the mountainside, obviously struggling | Another Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens) | Teneral Blue Corporal |
American Tobacco Trail (miles 4-6), Durham, NC 4/17/13
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| Full-grown Leghorn Rooster and two younger ones, apparently feral but maybe recently escaped | Young Leghorn rooster | Wisteria | Big Periwinkles (Vinca major) |
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| Brown Thrasher | Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) | Velvet ant |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 4/14/13
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| Immature Blue Corporal | Gemmed Satyr |
Durham, NC 4/14/13
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| Female Common Whitetail |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 4/10/13
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| White-spotted Slimy Salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) | Same White-spotted Slimy Salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) | Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) | A trillium bud | Orchard Spider |
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| Common Blue Violet | Canadian Violet | Another Canadian Violet | Giant Chickweed |
Durham, NC 4/9/13
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| Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle | Ant mimic jumping spider | Weevil, Lixus genus | White-lined Burrowing Bug |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham, NC 4/8/13
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| Dutchman's Breeches | Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle | Downy Yellow Violet | Spring beauty (Claytonia caroliniana) | Tiny scarab beetle (Hoplia genus) |
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| Rue Anemone | Another Rue Anemone | Early Saxifrage | Early Saxifrage | Bee on a dandelion |
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| Bumble Flower Beetle | Common Vetch | Mating click beetles |
Durham, NC 4/7/13
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| Field Pansies | Field Pansy | Buprestid beetle on Common Dandelion | Pennsylvania Bittercress |
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| Tree seed | Mouseear Chickweed | Millipede (Sigmoria aberrans) | Japanese Mazus |
Durham, NC 4/5/13
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| Anomalous violet | Wild Mustard |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 4/4/13
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| Jumping spider, Hentzia genus | Moth (Psychomorpha epimenis) |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, 4/3/13
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| Forget-me-nots | Spring beauty (probably Claytonia caroliniana) | Tree flower on a Common Dandelion | Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 4/2/13
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| Brown Snake | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | American Robin | Pennsylvania Bittercress |