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Durham, NC 8/31/22
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Velvet Mite |
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinianum) |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Fall Webworm caterpillars |
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Other Fall Webworm caterpillars |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Arabesque Orb Weaver |
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Durham, NC 8/30/22
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth |
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Same Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Click Beetle |
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Flowering Dogwood |
One one Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, an infested seedhead |
On another Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, two seedheads |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, one seedhead |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, one seedhead |
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On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, two seedheads |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, a seedhead with an exposed seed |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, a mostly green seedhead |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, a partly green seedhead |
On a second Heart's-a-Bustin' (Euonymus Americanus) bush, three seedheads |
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Female House Finch |
Same female House Finch |
Marbled Orb Weaver spinning a web |
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia Artemisiifolia) |
Redstar (Ipomoea coccinea) |
Durham, NC 8/28/22
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Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flowers |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flowers |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flowers |
Crab spider |
Green Stink Bug nymph |
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Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
Orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis) |
Same orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis) |
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Durham, NC 8/27/22
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) nut |
Braconid wasp |
Common Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli). An introduced plant. |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
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Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Flower fly (Palpada furcata) |
Fruit fly (Dioxyna picciola) |
Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) |
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Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
Pearl Crescent |
Mating Rice Stink Bugs |
Spined Soldier Bug |
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Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Dark-form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Velvet Mite |
Velvet with dead ant |
Spider web |
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Wild grapes |
Wild grapes |
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Durham, NC 8/25/22
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Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) |
Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) |
Oakworm |
Male Orchard Spider |
Prominent moth caterpillar |
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Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parvula) with bees |
Winged ant |
Bee |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parvula) with bees |
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Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosus) |
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Grasshopper |
Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) |
Hornets attacking an oakworm |
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Durham, NC 8/24/22
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Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Same male Fiery Skipper |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
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Horace's Duskywing |
Leaf-footed Bugs on Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Clavate Tortoise Beetle |
Mourning Dove |
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Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) nymph |
Robber fly (Promachus rufipes) |
Six-spotted Shining Leaf Beetle |
Spined Soldier Bug |
Spotted Cucumber Beetle |
Durham, NC 8/23/22
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Very tiny jumping spider, maybe a young Paraphidippus aurantius |
Another jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Another Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Woolly aphid |
Joe Pye Weed? |
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Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinianum) |
Eupelmid wasp |
Durham, NC 8/20/22
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Eastern Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) bloom |
Eastern Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) vine |
Ambush bug on Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Braconid wasp |
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Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Same female Eastern Bluebird |
Great Gold Digger Wasp |
Northern Mockingbird |
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Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Anomalous Eastern Pondhawk |
Same anomalous Eastern Pondhawk |
Six-spotted Shining Leaf Beetle |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
Durham, NC 8/19/22
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Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Buckeye |
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) |
Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) |
Fall Webworm caterpillars (Hyphantria cunea) |
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Grape Root Borer (Vitacea polistiformis) moth, a wasp mimic |
Grass |
Same grass |
Green Treefrog |
Carolina Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinianum) |
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Joe Pye Weed |
Leaf-footed bug nymphs |
More leaf-footed bug nymphs |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Leafhopper nymph (Jikradia olitoria) |
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Orchard Spider |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Yellow Passionflower |
Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 8/17/22
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Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Carolina Elephant Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Dayflower |
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Juvie female Eastern Bluebird |
Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) |
Ferns |
Forest view |
Great Blue Heron over swamp |
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Horseweed |
Horseweed |
Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana) |
Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
The swamp |
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Spider (Micrathena gracilis) |
Moon |
Orb weaver web |
Panicled leaf Ticktrefoil |
Panicled leaf Ticktrefoil |
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Powdery Alligator Flag (Thalia dealbata) seedheads |
Camphor Pluchea (Pluchea camphorata) |
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) |
More Sensitive Ferns (Onoclea sensibilis) |
Eastern Gray Squirrel with tin foil it retrieved from a trash can, and later took up a tree |
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Same Eastern Gray Squirrel |
Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) |
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) |
Wood Ducks |
Same Wood Ducks |
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Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rosellata) flowers |
Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rosellata) |
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Durham, NC 8/16/22
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Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Butterfly chalk art |
Caterpillars |
Crape Myrtle, growing wild (Lagerstroemia genus) |
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Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
Common Dodder or Scaldweed (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Common Dodder or Scaldweed (Cuscuta gronovii) with buds |
False Nutsedge or Straw-colored Flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) |
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) |
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Leaf |
Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica) |
Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica) close-up |
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree with fruits |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) |
More Swamp Milkweed |
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) |
Another Tree of Heaven |
Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
Another Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
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Vervain (Verbena genus) |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
More Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
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Durham, NC 8/14/22
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Chipping Sparrow |
Four-Banded Stink Bug wasp Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus durham 81422, a kind of sand wasp |
Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) |
Female Great Blue Skimmer |
Ironweed |
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Joe Pye weed |
Three leaf-footed bugs |
Ocola Skipper |
Smallspike False Nettle |
Vervain |
Wildlife seen at the Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC 8/13/22
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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth |
Horace's Duskywing |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Eastern Amberwing |
Great Blue Heron (Wurdemann's variety) |
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Horsetails |
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Durham, NC 8/12/22
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Green Treefrog |
Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
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Durham, NC 8/11/22
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Chipping Sparrow |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Flower fly (Toxomerus marginatus) |
Great Gold Digger Wasp |
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Jumping spider |
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Potter Wasp |
Robber fly (Promachus rufipes) |
Same robber fly (Promachus rufipes) |
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Sand wasp? |
Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) |
Same Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Thread-waisted wasp (Prionyx genus?) |
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Eastern Tiger Swallotail |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
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Durham, NC 8/9/22
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Caterpillar |
Chipping Sparrow with caterpillar prey |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) flowers |
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Fork-tailed Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph |
Female Great Blue Skimmer |
Jumping spider |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides) |
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Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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Durham, NC 8/8/22
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Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria) |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Male Slaty Skimmer |
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Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) |
Weevil |
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Durham, NC 8/7/22
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Eastern Amberwing |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Carolina Wren |
Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
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Female Ebony Jewelwing |
Green Heron |
Another Green Heron |
Ironweed (Vernonia genus) flower |
Joe Pye weed? |
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Large Milkweed Bugs |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Leech mouth |
Same leech, in motion |
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Same leech |
Same leech |
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Mural by Rodley |
Orb weaver web |
Sneezeweed |
Velvet Mite |
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Durham, NC 8/5/22
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Ambush bug nymph |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruit |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower and fruit (with a tiny fly) |
Lady's Thumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
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Leafhopper (Scaphytopius latus) |
Leaf-roller Moth (Olethreutes sericorana) |
Red-headed Flea Beetle (Systena frontalis) |
Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) |
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Spined Soldier Bug |
Clavate Tortoise Beetle |
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Durham, NC 8/3/22
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Blue Dasher |
Goldenrod |
Joe Pye Weed |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph |
Same eafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph |
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Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
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Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
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Durham, NC 8/2/22
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug |
Bug exuvia |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Cooper's Hawk |
Crane fly |
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Downy Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza procumbens) |
Juvie female Eastern Bluebird |
Another juvie female Eastern Bluebird |
Gardenia, an escaped cultivated plant |
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Geometric moth |
Goldenrod |
Green Lynx Spider |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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American Hophornbeam (Ostrya viriginiana) female catkin |
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya viriginiana) female catkin from a neighboring tree |
Flea beetle (Ophraella sexvittata) |
Mild Waterpepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides) |
Large mushroom, with dew drops |
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Upside down mushroom |
Pleated Inkcap (Parasola plicatilis) |
Bigger mushrooms |
Peanut (Arachis genus) flower in mowed grass next to walking trail. Tentative ID. |
Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) |
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Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) flower |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) seedhead |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) seedhead |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Spreading Yellow False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
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