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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 8/29/19
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| American Bullfrog |
Same American Bullfrog |
Green Frog |
Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Same juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Redbelly Water Snake |
Same Redbelly Water Snake |
Robber fly (Promachus genus) |
Spicebush Swallowtail |
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| Thread-waisted wasp |
Tiny weevil on aster petal |
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Durham, NC 8/27/19
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| Beewolf (Philanthus gibbosus) |
Dusky lady bug beetle dragging aphid |
Same dusky ladybug beetle dragging aphid |
Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) |
Eastern Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) catkins |
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| Fledgling Chipping Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Digger wasp |
Juvie Five-lined Skink |
Green Treefrog on Pickerelweed leaf in pond |
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| Green Treefrog on building |
Jumping spider |
Long-legged fly |
Painted Lady on Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Same Painted Lady on Pickerelweed |
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| Seedbox (Ludwigia alternfolia) |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
White Smartweed (Persicaria attenuata) |
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Durham, NC 8/25/19
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| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Ragweed |
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| Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrista nictitans) |
Wildflower |
Velvet mite |
St. Andrew's Cross |
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata), with fruits |
Durham, NC 8/23/19
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| Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata). An introduced plant which is listed as a "noxious weed" in 46 states. |
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
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| Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina) |
Ragweed (Ambrosia genus) |
Spider and mystery object |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
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| Might be Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Smooth Flower Spider |
Horseweed |
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| Weevil |
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Durham, NC 8/18/19
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| Maybe a Milkweed Assassin Bug |
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Durham, NC 8/16/19
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| Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata). Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/14/19
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| Aphid |
Tiny beetle (Lebia ornata). ID thanks to Yurika Alexander. |
Ebony bugs mating |
Ebony bugs on goldenrod |
Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) flowers |
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| Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) fruits |
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) |
Goldenrod |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinensis) |
Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) |
Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 8/14/19
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| Aphrodite Fritillary and Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail |
Aphrodite Fritillary |
Hairy Galinsoga (Galinsoga quadriradiata) |
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail, Aphrodite Fritillary and a skipper |
Cabbage White on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
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| Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Crescent |
Dark-eyed Junco |
Flower fly |
Forest Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus) |
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| Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris) |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
Aster (Krigia genus) |
Lake |
Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) |
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| Monarch and Peck's Skipper |
Monarch |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarsum) |
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) |
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| Black-form female Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail |
Female Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail |
White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia) |
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) |
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| Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |
Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/13/19
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| Birdvetch (Vicia cracca) |
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) |
Male White-tailed Deer |
Same deer |
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| Eastern Gamagrass |
Sign associated with the old power plant at the right |
Old hydroelectric plant that served the New River Light and Power Company from 1915 to 1924, when it was supplanted by another and partially destroyed by dynamite. |
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) |
Mystery plant producing many fruits |
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| Goldenrod |
Goldenrod |
Groundnut or Potato Bean (Apios americana) |
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) |
Leafcutter bee |
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| Halberdleaf Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis), not sure if naturalized |
Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) |
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) |
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| Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) |
Red Clover |
American Robin |
Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) |
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| Mystery tree |
True Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) |
Goldenrod |
Whorled Yellow Loosetrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia) |
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Linn Cove Visitor Center area, Avery County, NC 8/12/19
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Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) fruits |
Filmy Angelica (Angelica triquinata) |
Fleabane (Erigeron genus) |
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| Hangingfly (Hylobittacus apicalis) |
Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris) |
Joe-Pye-Weed |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi). ID thanks to Kyle Kittelberger. |
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| Pink Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii) |
Mystery plant |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Mountain Decumbent Goldenrod (Solidago curtisii) |
Scaldweed (Cuscuta gronovii) |
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| Scaldweed |
Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) |
Scarlet Beebalm |
Mountain Decumbent Goldenrod (Solidago curtisii) |
Spotted Jewelweed |
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| Tall Bellflower |
Tall Bellflower |
Female Black-form Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail |
Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) |
White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia) |
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| White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) |
Another White Wood Aster |
Mystery wildflower |
Deepwoods Horsebalm (Collinsonia tuberosa) |
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| Purple Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) |
Joe-Pye-Weed, with two Silver-spotted Skippers |
Deepwoods Horsebalm (Collinsonia tuberosa) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/12/19
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| Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
Crab spider |
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) |
Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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| Rhododendron Robber Fly (Holcocephala genus). ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
Small-headed Sunflower (Helianthus microcephalus) |
Two-lined Froghopper |
Wild Sweetwilliam (Phlox maculata) |
Goldenrod |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/11/19
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| Ambush bug |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis) |
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) |
American Black Elderberry or Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) |
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| Goldenrod |
Groundnut (Apios americana) |
Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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| Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) |
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail and Silver-spotted Skipper |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
Durham, NC 8/8/19
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Creeping Cucumber or Guadelupe Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Fledgling Gray Catbird |
Seedbox |
Goldenrod |
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Durham, NC 8/7/19
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| Argiope aurantia, on a streetlamp |
Assassin bug (Zelus genus) |
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Green lacewing, fell out of tree |
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Durham, NC 8/2/19
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| Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Same juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Durham, NC 8/1/19
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| Jersey Lily (Amaryllis belladonna). Copyright © 2013 by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Kudzu Bug, side view |
Ame Kudzu Bug, showing distinctive abdomen shape |
Leaffooted bug |
Another leaffooted bug |
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| Mystery object |
Pickerelweed |
Spined Soldier Bug |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
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