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Durham, NC 4/11/21
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| Bigseed Forget-me-not |
Bigseed Forget-me-not |
Early Buttercup |
Juvie female Northern Cardinal |
Same juvie female Northern Cardinal |
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Field Madder |
More Field Madder |
American Goldfinch |
Grass |
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| Green Ash |
Planthopper nymph, with mite |
Eastern Gray Squirrels doing courtship routine |
Sticky-willy |
Another Sticky-willy |
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| Tachinid fly |
Warty Spurge |
Mystery wildflower |
Another mystery wildflower |
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Durham, NC 4/10/21
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Beaked Cornsalad |
Another Beaked Cornsalad |
Beetle |
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| American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) |
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) |
American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia) |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Northern Cardinal pair |
Fowler's Toad |
Mystery grass |
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| House Finch pair |
Inchworm |
Jumping spider |
Mock Strawberry |
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| Orb weaver |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Same Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
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| River Birch male catkins |
Female River Birch catkin |
Male and female River Birch catkins |
Male River Birch catkins |
Orb weaver |
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| Turkey Vulture |
Possumhaw Viburnum |
Warty Spurge |
Same Warty Spurge |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 4/9/21
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| Bluets |
Common Blue Violets |
Green and Gold |
Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Another Jack-in-the-pulpit |
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| Another Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Little Brown Jug flowers |
Another Little Brown Jug flower |
Several Little Brown Jug flowers |
Close-up of one Little Brown Jug flower |
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| Little Sweet Betsy |
Another Little Sweet Betsy |
Mayapple with a flower bud |
Moth |
Orchard Spider |
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| Painted Buckeye/Red Buckeye hybrid |
Painted Buckeye/Red Buckeye hybrid |
Painted Buckeye |
Phlox |
Another Phlox |
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| Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Rhododendron |
Round-lobed Hepatica |
Star Chickweed |
Sweetshrub |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Tufted Titmouse |
Warty Spurge |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 4/9/21
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| Bladdernut |
May beetle in pond |
Blueberry flowers |
Buckbean |
Dog-hobble |
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| Heartleaf foamflower |
Hoary Puccoon |
Heartleaf foamflowers and Eastern Indian Paintbrush |
Jacob's Ladder |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Eastern Termite |
Same Eastern Termite |
Another Eastern Termite |
White-throated Sparrow |
The same White-throated Sparrow |
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| Wild Geranium |
Mystery tree flowers |
Mystery flowers |
Witch Alder |
Red Buckeye |
Durham, NC 4/8/21
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| Mystery aster |
Our azalea |
Cherry Laurel |
Common Bluebell |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
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| Confederate Violet |
Flowering Dogwood |
Early Saxifrage |
Meadow Hawkweed |
Hearts-a-bustin' buds |
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| Ivyleaf Speedwell |
Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) |
Another Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) |
River Birch male catkins |
Possumhaw Viburnum |
Eno River State Park (Cole Mill Road access), Orange County unless specified otherwise, 4/7/21
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| Eastern Redbud, Durham County |
Azure Bluets |
Bobbitt's Hole |
Common Blue Violet |
Cutleaf Toothwort |
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| Foam at Bobbitt's Hole |
Ground Ivy |
Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Purple Dead-nettle |
Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
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| Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Another Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) |
Rue Anemone |
Another Rue Anemone |
Star Chickweed |
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| Star Chickweed |
Yellow Buckeye |
Another Yellow Buckeye |
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Durham, NC 4/6/21
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| American Hornbeam bracts and catkin |
American Lady caterpillar |
Aphids |
Male Northern Cardinal |
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| Same male Northern Cardinal |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Chickadee |
Another Carolina Chickadee |
Common Chickweed |
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| Corn Speedwell |
Flower fly (Toxomerus marginatus) |
Ground Ivy |
Hawkweed |
More Hawkweed |
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| Henbit |
Yellow Jacket |
Japanese Mazus |
Strawberry Rootworm (Paria fragariae) |
Another leaf beetle |
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| Mining bee |
Same mining bee |
Orb weaver |
Another orb weaver |
Sassafras flower |
Durham, NC 4/5/21
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| Mining bee |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Same Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Common Vetch |
Japanese Rose |
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| Male march fly (Dilophus genus) |
Picture-winged fly (Chaetopsis genus) |
Sticky-willy |
Weevil (Lixus concavus) |
Winged-elm seedpods |
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| Yellow Buckeye |
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Durham, NC 4/4/21
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| American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Blackjack Oak catkins |
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| Blackjack Oak catkins |
Cryptocephalid beetle larva |
Pearl Crescent |
Red Maple samaras |
Spider missing a leg and wasp - a mystery! |
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| Six-spotted Fishing Spider |
White-lined Burrowing Bug |
Yellow Poplar Weevil |
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Durham, NC 4/3/21
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| Chinese Witchhazel |
Chipping Sparrow |
Dogwood blooms |
Early Saxifrage |
Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
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| Mock Strawberry |
Eastern Redbud |
American Robin |
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Durham, NC 4/1/21
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| American Elm seedpods |
American Hornbeam catkin |
Beetle |
Black Oak leaves and catkins |
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| Blueberry flower and buds |
Other blueberry flowers |
Common Chickweed |
Dovefoot Geranium |
Another Dovefoot Geranium, showing leaf |
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| Hawkweed |
Hooked Buttercup |
Male Eastern Hophornbeam catkins |
Close-up of part of a male Eastern Hophornbeam catkin |
Jumping spider |
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| Jumping spider |
Another jumping spider |
Leafhopper |
Male Rambur's Forktail |
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| Sassafras flowers |
Stickywilly |
Another Stickywilly |
Virginia Spring Beauty |
White Clover |
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