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August 2022

Durham, NC  8/31/22

Velvet Mite Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinianum) Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) Fall Webworm caterpillars

 
Other Fall Webworm caterpillars Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) Arabesque Orb Weaver  

Durham, NC  8/30/22

Ailanthus Webworm Moth Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) Same Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Click Beetle

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

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

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

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

   
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) Orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis) Same orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis)    

Durham, NC  8/27/22

American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) nut Braconid wasp Common Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).  An introduced plant. Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula)

Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) Flower fly (Palpada furcata) Fruit fly (Dioxyna picciola) Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)

Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Marbled Orb Weaver Pearl Crescent Mating Rice Stink Bugs Spined Soldier Bug

Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) Dark-form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Velvet Mite Velvet with dead ant Spider web

     
Wild grapes Wild grapes      

Durham, NC  8/25/22

Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) Oakworm Male Orchard Spider Prominent moth caterpillar

Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parvula) with bees Winged ant Bee Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parvula) with bees

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)

   
Grasshopper Green Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) Hornets attacking an oakworm    

Durham, NC  8/24/22

Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) Male Fiery Skipper Same male Fiery Skipper Flower fly (Toxomerus genus)

Horace's Duskywing Leaf-footed Bugs on Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) Clavate Tortoise Beetle Mourning Dove

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

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?

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) Cardinal Flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinianum) Eupelmid wasp

Durham, NC  8/20/22

Eastern Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) bloom Eastern Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) vine Ambush bug on Pennsylvania Smartweed Braconid wasp Bug

Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) Female Eastern Bluebird Same female Eastern Bluebird Great Gold Digger Wasp Northern Mockingbird

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

Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) Buckeye Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) Fall Webworm caterpillars (Hyphantria cunea)

Grape Root Borer (Vitacea polistiformis) moth, a wasp mimic Grass Same grass Green Treefrog Carolina Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinianum)

Joe Pye Weed Leaf-footed bug nymphs More leaf-footed bug nymphs Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Leafhopper nymph (Jikradia olitoria)

Orchard Spider Red-banded Hairstreak Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) Yellow Passionflower

Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC  8/17/22

Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Carolina Elephant Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) Dayflower

Juvie female Eastern Bluebird Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Ferns Forest view Great Blue Heron over swamp

Horseweed Horseweed Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana) Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) The swamp

Spider (Micrathena gracilis) Moon Orb weaver web Panicled leaf Ticktrefoil Panicled leaf Ticktrefoil

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

Same Eastern Gray Squirrel Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) Wood Ducks Same Wood Ducks

     
Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rosellata) flowers Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rosellata)      

Durham, NC  8/16/22

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Butterfly chalk art Caterpillars Crape Myrtle, growing wild (Lagerstroemia genus)

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)

Leaf Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica) Maryland Senna (Senna marilandica) close-up Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree with fruits Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

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)

   
Vervain (Verbena genus) Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) More Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)    

Durham, NC  8/14/22

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

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

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth Horace's Duskywing Silver-spotted Skipper Eastern Amberwing Great Blue Heron (Wurdemann's variety)

       
Horsetails        

Durham, NC  8/12/22

     
Green Treefrog Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa)      

Durham, NC  8/11/22

Chipping Sparrow Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) Flower fly (Toxomerus marginatus) Great Gold Digger Wasp

Jumping spider Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Potter Wasp Robber fly (Promachus rufipes) Same robber fly (Promachus rufipes)

Sand wasp? Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Same Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) Tarnished Plant Bug Thread-waisted wasp (Prionyx genus?)

     
Eastern Tiger Swallotail Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana)      

Durham, NC  8/9/22

 
Caterpillar Chipping Sparrow with caterpillar prey Same Chipping Sparrow Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) flowers  

Fork-tailed Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph Female Great Blue Skimmer Jumping spider Red-shouldered Hawk St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)

     
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail      

Durham, NC  8/8/22

 
Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria) Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Red-headed Bush Cricket Male Slaty Skimmer  

     
Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) Weevil      

Durham, NC  8/7/22

Eastern Amberwing Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Carolina Wren Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula)

Female Ebony Jewelwing Green Heron Another Green Heron Ironweed (Vernonia genus) flower Joe Pye weed?

 
Large Milkweed Bugs Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) Leech mouth Same leech, in motion  

     
Same leech Same leech      

 
Mural by Rodley Orb weaver web Sneezeweed Velvet Mite  

Durham, NC  8/5/22

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)

 
Leafhopper (Scaphytopius latus) Leaf-roller Moth (Olethreutes sericorana) Red-headed Flea Beetle (Systena frontalis) Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)  

     
Spined Soldier Bug Clavate Tortoise Beetle      

Durham, NC  8/3/22

Blue Dasher Goldenrod Joe Pye Weed Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph Same eafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph

Pearl Crescent Same Pearl Crescent Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)

     
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora)      

Durham, NC  8/2/22

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Bug exuvia Male Northern Cardinal Cooper's Hawk Crane fly

 
Downy Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza procumbens) Juvie female Eastern Bluebird Another juvie female Eastern Bluebird Gardenia, an escaped cultivated plant  

 
Geometric moth Goldenrod Green Lynx Spider Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus)  

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

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)

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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