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Durham, NC 8/31/21
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Ambush bug |
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Same Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus) |
Female Fiery Skipper |
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Leafhopper nymph |
Same leafhopper nymph |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica), with fly |
Male Fiery Skipper |
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Two-lined Froghopper |
Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
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Durham, NC 8/30/21
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Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus), fading after bloom |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus), after blooming |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus), on the way to blooming |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
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Muscadine Grapes |
Labyrinth Orb Weaver (Metepeira labyrinthea) |
Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta) |
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Ironweed (Vernonia genus) |
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Paper wasp on goldenrod |
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Durham, NC 8/29/21
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Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Common Axil Flower (Mecardonia acuminata) |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus) |
Moth |
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Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Velvet Mite with aphid prey |
Another Velvet Mite tried to take the aphid away. |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Common Axil Flowers (Mecardonia acuminata) |
Durham, NC 8/28/21
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Common Axil Flower (Mecardonia acuminata) |
Common Axil Flower (Mecardonia acuminata) |
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Ironweed |
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Orchard Spider |
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
More Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
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Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) |
Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrita nictitans) |
Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrita nictitans) |
Winged ant |
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) |
Jumping spider with web |
Durham, NC 8/27/21
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Ambush bug |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Dew drops on a Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Eggs |
Female Fiery Skipper |
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Mating leaf-footed bugs |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Six-spotted Sining Leaf Beetle |
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Orb weaver? |
American Robins |
Local swamp |
Another view of the local swamp |
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Durham, NC 8/26/21
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Teneral Blue Dasher |
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosus) |
Differential Grasshopper |
Five-lined Skink |
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Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Eastern Phoebe |
Same Eastern Phoebe |
Same Eastern Phoebe |
Same Eastern Phoebe |
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Robber fly (Promachus rufipes) |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) flowers |
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Durham, NC 8/25/21
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Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Bald-faced Aerial Yellow Jacket (Dolichovespula maculata) |
Same Bald-faced Aerial Yellow Jacket (Dolichovespula maculata) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
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Chalk drawing |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Crabgrass |
Crape Myrtle |
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Grass |
Jumping spider |
Leaf beetle (Oulema sayi) |
Persimmon fruits |
Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) flowers |
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Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) flowers |
Ragweed |
Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea odorata) |
Orb weaver |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Virginia Dayflower |
Virgin's Bower |
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Durham, NC 8/24/21
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Juvie female Northern Cardinal |
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), faded, Durham, NC, 8/25/21 |
Buttonbush, the last still blooming |
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Mystery plant |
Ragweed |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Spotted Jewelweed |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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Virginia Buttonweed |
Virgin's Bower |
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Durham, NC 8/23/21
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Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) |
Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
Juvie Gray Catbird |
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Same juvie Gray Catbird |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
Eastern Phoebe |
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Durham, NC 8/21/21
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
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Female Eastern Bluebird |
Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia), one of about ten dropped on the trail, perhaps by a wild herbivore |
Another Muscadine Grape |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Jumping spider |
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Mushroom |
Path Rush (Juncus tenuis) |
Juvie Eastern Phoebe |
Adult Eastern Phoebe |
Planthopper (Rhyncomitra microrhina) |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) flower |
Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) |
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) |
Slender tree bending over trail |
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Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
Velvet Nite |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
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Durham, NC 8/20/21
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Cardinal Flower |
Eggs on the underside of a sycamore leaf |
Female Fiery Skipper |
Golden-reined Digger Wasp (Sphex habenus) |
Same Golden-reined Digger Wasp |
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Goldenrod |
Leaf-footed bug |
Ocola Skipper |
Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus) |
Six-spotted Shinig Leaf Beetle |
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Smooth Flower Spider with Spined Soldier Bug prey |
Smooth Flower Spider with Spined Soldier Bug prey |
Mottled Tortoise Beetle |
Crabronid wasp |
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Durham, NC 8/19/21
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Eastern Tailed-blue |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Climbing Hempvine, with a tiny spider |
Cobweb spider (Theridula emertoni) |
Male Downy Woodpecker |
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Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Eggs on a sycamore leaf |
Fiery Skipper |
Little White Morning Glory |
Moth |
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Pond |
Wasp |
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Durham, NC 8/18/21
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Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) close-up |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta reflexa), with one open flower |
More Common Dodder (Cuscuta reflexa), with one open flower |
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) flowers |
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Flatid planthopper |
Another planthopper |
Female Eastern Pondhawk with damselfly prey |
Big wasp |
Female Zabulon Skipper |
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Same female Zabulon Skipper |
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Durham, NC 8/16/12
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Arrowhead (Sagittaria genus) |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Same female Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Carolina Wren |
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Chipping Sparrow |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens), blooming |
Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Jumping spider |
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Katydid |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Mild Waterpepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides) |
Milkweed Bug nymphs |
Monarch |
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Mystery moth |
Tiny mushrooms |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Planthopper (Criomorphus genus) |
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Paraguayan Purslane (Portulaca amilis) |
Sawfly larva |
Six-spotted Fishing Spider |
Song Sparrow |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
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Yerba de Tajo (Eclipta prostrata) |
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Durham, NC 8/15/21
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Rose of Sharon |
Spreading False Foxglove |
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Durham, NC 8/14/21
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Ambush bug nymph |
Mystery bird |
Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Another Brown Thrasher flying |
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Cutleaf Coneflower, with new petals |
Cutleaf Coneflower |
Male Downy Woodpecker |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
False Dandelion |
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Field Cricket |
Gray Catbird |
Gray Catbird |
Horseweed |
Inchworm, mimicking a twig |
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Planthopper |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Same Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Male Slaty Skimmer |
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Orb weaver |
Spider, possibly Tmarus genus, with ant prey |
St. Andrew's Cross |
Swamp Agrimony |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva |
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Spider (Tmarus genus) |
Mystery bird, maybe a warbler |
Wild Sensitive Plant |
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) |
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Durham, NC 8/13/21
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Brown Thrasher |
Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Everlasting |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Ironweed |
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Juvie Northern Mockingbird |
Another juvie Northern Mockingbird |
Trumpet Creeper |
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Durham, NC 8/11/21
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Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Clouded Plant Bug |
Juvie male Common Yellowthroat, transitioning to adult plumage |
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Juvie male Common Yellowthroat, transitioning to adult plumage |
Juvie male Common Yellowthroat, transitioning to adult plumage |
Juvie male Common Yellowthroat, transitioning to adult plumage |
Dotted Smartweed (Persicaria punctata) |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
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Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginiana) |
Wool Grass |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
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Durham, NC 8/10/21
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Ambush bug nymph |
Same ambush bug nymph |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Cutleaf Coneflower, with petals starting to come in |
Male cobweb spider (Theridion pictipes) |
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Cutleaf Coneflower |
False Nutsedge or Straw-colored Flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) |
Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
Moth (Olethreutes sericorana) |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Male Slaty Skimmer |
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Durham, NC 8/9/21
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Male Imperial Moth |
Robber fly (Promachus genus) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Same Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Same Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Durham, NC 8/8/21
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A handsome fungus beetle (Stenotarsus hispidus) |
Ailing Buffalo Treehopper nymph |
Eastern Bluebird pair |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Wild Sensitive Plant (Chamaecrita nictitans) |
Durham, NC 8/7/21
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Assassin bug nymphs (probably Wheel Bugs" on Dog Fennel, probably newly hatched from brown egg cases |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Spider wasp |
Same Spider wasp |
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Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 8/4/21
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Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) |
Southern Harebell or Appalachian Bellflower (Campanula divaricata) |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) |
Fire Pink (Silene virginica) |
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Might be a Broadtooth Hedgenettle |
Mosquito |
Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), an introduced species. |
Southern Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) |
Southern Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) |
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St. John's Wort |
Starry Campion (Silene stellata) |
Same Starry Campion (Silene stellata) |
Lanceleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) |
White Clover (Trifolium repens), anomalously pink |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/4/21
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Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) |
Bee |
Boone neighborhood |
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) with bumblebees |
Cabbage White |
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) |
Acadian Flycatcher |
Same Acadian Flycatcher |
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Same Acadian Flycatcher |
Common Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) |
Golden Alexander (Zizia genus), maybe, but later than normal if so |
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and Silver-spotted Skipper on a butterfly bush |
Leafcutter bee |
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Monarch |
Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Moth |
Potter Wasp |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
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American Robin |
Male Sachem |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Another Silver-spotted Skipper |
Skipper |
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Thrip on morning glory |
Mystery wildflower |
Part of the plant on the left |
Same wildflower |
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Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) |
Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/3/21
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Ambush bug |
Aphids |
Sawtooth Blackberries (Rubus argutus) |
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) |
Crane fly |
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Eastern Tailed-Blue |
Elongate springtail |
Fruits |
Leafcutter bee |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/2/21
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Anemometer |
Possibly Cowbane |
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail on a Bull Thistle |
Apples |
Same apples |
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Arrowleaf Tearthumb |
Scarlet Bee Balm |
Bindweed |
Blowfly on Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) |
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Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) |
Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) |
Buttercup |
Chickweed |
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Chickweed |
Closed-up Chicory (Cichorium intybus), early in the morning |
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) |
Common Burdock (Arctium minus) |
Common Mullein |
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Common Wingstem |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Crabapple fruits |
Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) |
Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) |
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Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) |
Dock |
English Plantain |
Maybe an Evening Primrose flower |
Evening Primrose |
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Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
Carolina Horsenettle |
Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
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Mint family plant |
Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
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Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Red coneflowers |
American Robin |
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American Robin |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
St. John's Wort |
Brown lacewing larva |
Brown lacewing larva |
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) |
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Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) |
Cloudless Sulphur? |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
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Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) |
Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) |
Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) |
Mystery wildflower |
Yellow Loosestrife |
Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 8/2/21
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Appalachian Bellflower or Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
Appalachian Bellflower or Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
Mystery aster |
Same mystery aster |
White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia) |
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Broadtooth Hedgenettle (Stachys latidens) |
Broadtooth Hedgenettle (Stachys latidens) |
Cat's Ear Dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata) |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Tickseed |
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Cutleaf Coneflowers? |
Fleabane (Erigeron genus) |
Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata) |
Another Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata) |
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Meadow Phlox (Phlox maculata) |
Monarch |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
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Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) |
Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) |
Song Sparrow |
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe), an officially invasive species. |
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Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) |
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) |
Starry Campion (Silene stellata) |
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) |
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) |
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Tall Bellflowers (Campanula americana) |
Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Common Milkweed |
Mystery tree with fruits |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
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Mystery wildflower |
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/1/21
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Ambush bug |
Aphids |
Bee |
Another bee |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter |
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Same Broad-headed Sharpshooter |
Ebony bugs on goldenrod |
Black Swallowtail caterpillar on Queen Anne's Lace |
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) |
Drone Fly |
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Flower fly (Anasimyia grisescens) |
Flower Fly (Syrphini tribe) |
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) |
More goldenrod |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
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Brown lacewing larva |
Brown lacewing larva |
Mayfly |
Budding Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail on Bull Thistle |
Common Mullein |
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