Durham, NC 1/31/13
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| American Robin | Male Eastern Bluebird | Another Eastern Bluebird |
Mason Farm Biological Preserve, Orange County, NC, 1/29/13
This was an exceptionally warm day, with temperatures rising above 70° F. It was sunny and generally ideal.
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| Speedwell | Purple Dead-nettle |
Durham, NC 1/29/13
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| Orb weaver (Araneus miniatus) |
Durham, NC 1/27/13
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| Pine Siskin | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
Durham, NC 1/26/13
It had snowed the previous night. Although temperatures eventually got up in the low 40s F, the deck was in the shade and the snow remained for a while.
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| Female Northern Cardinal | White-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow-rumped Warbler on the snowy deck | American Goldfinch |
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| Tufted Titmouse | Carolina Wren |
Durham, NC 1/24/13
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| Female Downy Woodpecker | Male Downy Woodpecker |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/23/13
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| Bowl-and-doily Spider | Juvenile (early instar?) Orchard Spider. ID thanks to John and Jane Balaban. This page suggests it might be a male: Orchard spider juvenile photo. | Running crab spider |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/21/13
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| Flower fly | Wolf spider (Pirata genus). ID thanks to Laura P. and John and Jane Balaban. |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/20/13
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| Ichneumon wasp |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/19/13
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| Female orb weaver (Araneus miniatus). I saw a male of this species on 12/30/12. |
Durham, NC 1/15/13
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| White-throated Sparrow |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/14/13
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Probably a Lauxaniid fly (Neogriphoneura genus). ID thanks to John F. Carr. | Mite (Penthaleus genus) on clover leaves. It has been magnified several times. ID thanks to Heather Proctor. | Jumping spider (Salticus scenicus or Paraphidippus aurantius) | True bug |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/13/13
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| Jumping spider, Hentzia mitrata | Aphid | Same aphid from another angle (and with another aphid) | Green lacewing larva (you can see three legs) | Same green lacewing larva, seen from above |
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| Mangora genus orb weaver |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/12/13
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| Wolf spider | Millipede |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/10/13
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| Male Red Maple flowers | A pond with a thin oily layer on top | Ghost spider (Anyphaenidae family), 1/10/13 | Corinnid spider |
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore County, NC 1/9/13
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| Oak Treehopper (dark type) | Aphid | Dark-eyed Junco | Spider wasp (5 mm long) |
Southern Pines downtown, Moore County, NC 1/9/13
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| American Lady on a Camellia flower |
Durham, NC 1/8/13
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| Male Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 1/5/13
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| Male Eastern Bluebird | Male running crab spider, maybe Ebo genus | Wolf spider |
Durham, NC 1/4/13
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| Northern Flicker | Same Northern Flicker | Crab spider (Synema parvulum), Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC, 1/4/13 | Bowl-and-doily Spider, Third Fork Creek Trail |
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| Ichenumon wasp | Yellow Jacket |