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Durham, NC 7/31/14
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| Leafhopper |
Little Glassywing |
Pearl
Crescent and Black-eyed Susans |
Delta
Flower Beetle on goldenrod |
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Male Blue Dasher |
A Megachilid bee |
Carolina Satyr |
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Durham, NC 7/30/14
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| A crab
spider (Misumessus
oblongus). Note the bunch of silk in front and the line of silk
behind. |
Chipping Sparrow |
Flatid planthopper |
Squash bug
(Anasa tristis) |
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Durham, NC 7/29/14
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| Aquatic
snail, swimming on its back and touching the water's surface. |
Blue Dasher |
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Durham, NC 7/28/14
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| Planthopper nymph |
Sac spider
(Clubionidae family) |
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Durham, NC 7/27/14
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| Appalachian Brown |
Clouded
Skipper on a hibiscus flower |
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Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, NC 7/25/14
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| American
Lady in a Salem College garden |
Spot-winged
Glider (Pantala hymenaea) in an Old Salem vegetable garden |
Female Sachem |
Mexican
Bean Beetle (Epilachna varivestis) in an Old Salem vegetable
garden |
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| Song Sparrow |
Gray Catbird |
Green June Beetle |
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Durham, NC 7/24/14
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| Rice Stink
Bug |
Dog-day
Cicadas |
Running crab spider |
Young Eastern Phoebe |
Ground beetle larva |
Third Fork Creek Trail,
Durham, NC 7/23/14
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| Horse fly
(probably Tabanus abdominalis), up close. It was unable to fly,
but did move around. |
The same
horse fly |
Eastern Phoebe |
Moth |
Grass flowers |
Durham, NC 7/22/14
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| Cabbage
White, dorsal view (in flight) |
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Greenville, Pitt County, NC
7/18/14
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| Freshly
molted planthopper nymph |
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River Park North, Greenville,
Pitt County, NC 7/18/14
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| Variegated Fritillary |
Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) |
Sleepy Orange |
Seed bug
(Pachygronthidae family) |
Bee
(Triepeolus concavus) |
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| Hibiscus laevis |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Red-spotted
Purple |
Leather
Flowers |
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Goose Creek State Park,
Beaufort County, NC 7/18/14
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| Teneral
Great Blue Skimmer |
Male
Eastern Pondhawk |
Chipping Sparrow |
Chipping Sparrow |
Palamedes Swallowtail |
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| Horse fly
(Tabanus genus) |
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Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, NC 7/17/14
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| Spicebush Swallowtail |
Flower fly |
Female Dun Skipper |
Sleepy
Orange on Firewheel |
Leafcutter bee |
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| Wasp
(Campsomeris tolteca) |
Tachinid fly |
Fiery Skipper |
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Estuarium, Washington,
Beaufort County, NC 7/17/14
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| Bluegill |
Two other Bluegills |
American Lotus flower |
Lotus flowers |
Yellowbelly Slider |
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| Male
Eastern Pondhawk, still with a little teneral green |
Yellowbelly Slider taking a cool break on a lotus
pad |
Another Yellowbelly Slider |
Waterfront |
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Durham, NC 7/16/14
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| Robber fly
with grasshopper prey |
Blue Dasher |
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Durham, NC 7/15/14
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| Freshly
molted bush cricket |
Ground
beetle (Chlaenius tricolor or aestivus) with caterpillar prey |
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Durham, NC 7/13/14
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| Robber fly |
A new adult
treefrog (Hyla versicolor or chrysoscelis), about 10 mm long. |
Male Slaty
Skimmer |
Leafhopper
(Jikradia olitoria) |
Leafhopper
(Graphocephala versuta) |
Least Skipper |
Flat River Waterfowl
Impoundment, Durham County, NC 7/12/14
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| Longhorn bee (Eucerini tribe) |
Common Buckeye
on Chinese Lespedeza |
Halictid
bee on Common Mullein |
Robber fly |
Wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
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| Silvery Checkerspot |
Pearl Crescent |
Another
Pearl Crescent |
Spangled Skimmer |
Three
weevils on Bitter Sneezeweed |
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| Mating
weevils with interloper |
Fungus
weevil (Trigonorhinus limbatus). This one has capitate antennae. |
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Durham, NC 7/11/14
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
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Durham, NC 7/10/14
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| Jumping
spider (Maevia inclemens) |
Velvet mite |
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Jordan Lake Gameland, Chatham
County, NC 7/8/14
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| Bee fly |
Beetle, and Giant Water Bug
exuvia |
Same
beetle, as discovered |
Blue Dasher |
Feather |
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| Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail on buttonbush |
Dark
Fishing Spider carrying spiderlings |
Male
Eastern Amberwing |
Bumblebee
on buttonbush |
Buttonbush |
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| Giant Water
Bug in shallow water |
Coconut-like fruit,
retrieved from the lake |
Honeybee |
Long-jawed
orb weaver |
Megachilid
bee on buttonbush |
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| Robber fly
with bumblebee prey |
Same robber
fly and bumblebee |
Shore bug
(probably Pentacora ligata) |
Skipper on buttonbush |
Silver-spotted Skipper on buttonbush |
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| Wasp |
Some water beetles |
Several water striders,
apparently all nymphs |
Waterstrider nymphs |
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fraction of the many water striders found in the puddle that was
mostly what was left of the pond usually there |
Slaty Skimmer |
Red-spotted Purple |
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Durham, NC 7/6/14
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| Mating
Dogbane Beetles |
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Festival for the Eno, Durham,
NC 7/5/14
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| Hackberry Emperor |
Nee Ningy Band |
Sand sculpting |
Same sand sculpting |
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| Musical instrument booth |
Frisbee dancer |
Same frisbee dancer |
Again the
frisbee dancer |
Last
frisbee dancer photo |
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| Dancers at
the River Stage |
Rescued
Eastern Screech Owl |
Cloggers performing |
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Durham, NC 7/4/14
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| Green June
Beetle |
Acanaloniid
planthopper nymph |
Teneral
Common Whitetail |
Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) |
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Durham, NC 7/2/14
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| Acanalonid
planthopper nymph |
Sprinkler rainbow |
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Durham, NC 7/1/14
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| Painted Skimmer |
Male Widow
Skimmer and (in background) Painted Skimmer |
American Goldfinch |
Deer Fly |
Inch-long mantis |
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