Durham, NC 7/28/18
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| Appalachian Brown | Argiope aurantia (dorsal view) | Argiope aurantia (ventral view) | Male Common Whitetail | Little Glassywing |
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| Nursery Web Spider | Silvery Checkerspot | Silvery Checkerspot on Joe Pye Weed | Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Durham, NC 7/27/18
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | American Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) | Male Great Blue Skimmer | Green Lynx Spider | Mottled Tortoise Beetle (Deloyala guttata) |
Durham, NC 7/21/18
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| Flies | Halloween Pennant | Katydid | Slaty Skimmer | Eggs of a type found frequently on cattails these days |
Durham, NC 7/20/18
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| Ambush bug | Ambush bug nymph | Ambush bug nymph | Arabesque orb weaver | Leaffooted bug nymph |
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| Ambush rug | Click beetle | Spotted Ladybug Beetle eggs | Sycamore leaf |
Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 7/14/18
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| American Beauty | Blue Dasher | Common Buckeye | Egg sac | Pipevine Swallowtail |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail | Sleepy Orange | Variegated Fritillary | Viceroy | Same Viceroy |
River Park North, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 7/14/18
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Teneral Great Blue Skimmer | Pearl Crescent |
Downtown Washington, Beaufort County, NC 7/13/18
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| Barn Swallow on American Lotus seedhead | Deserted boat | American Lotus flower (Nelumbo lutea) |
Goose Creek State Park, Washington, Beaufort County, NC 7/13/18
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| Male Great Blue Skimmer? | Female House Finch | Male Needham's Skimmer | Female Needham's Skimmer | Palamedes Swallowtail |
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| Nutria | Same Nutria | Question Mark | Swamp Loosestrife |
Greenville, Pitt County, NC 7/12/18
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| Field Cricket | Male Fiery Skipper | Female Halloween Pennant | Same female Halloween Pennant | Rice Stink Bug |
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| Stink bug, possibly showing signs of recent molt |
Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, NC 7/12/18
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| Black Swallowtail caterpillar | Male Fiery Skipper | Another male Fiery Skipper, on Lantana | Hibiscus genus | Pipevine Swallowtail |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper | Sleepy Orange on Lantana | Wasp (Campsomeris plumipes) | Wasp on blooming Fennel |
River Park North, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 7/12/18
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| Male Northern Cardinal | Cicada Killer digging a nest |
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| Eastern Amberwing | Female Great Blue Skimmer | Variegated Fritillary |
Durham, NC 7/10/18
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| Acanaloniid planthopper nymph | Aphids, with some exuviae | Beetle | Crab spider | Mangora genus spider |
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| Spirobolid millipede |
Durham, NC 7/9/18
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| Ambush bug nymph | Leafhopper | Moth | Another moth | Two-lined Froghopper |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 7/8/18
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| Arrow-shaped Micrathena (Micrathena sagittata) | Common Buckeye | Female Common Whitetail | Dancer | Horace's Duskywing |
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| Jack-in-the-Pulpit with fruits | Little Wood Satyr | Orchard Spider | Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) | Rose Mallows |
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| Sabatia angularis | Silvery Checkerspot | Female Sachem or Fiery Skipper | Turkey Vulture | Virginia Mountain Mint |
Durham, NC 7/8/18
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| Joe Pye Weed | Long-legged fly | Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph | Same Red-headed bush Cricket nymph | Male Slaty Skimmer |
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| Spider wasp |
Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/2/18
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| American Lady | Megachilid bee | Another Megachilid bee | Bug | Flower longhorn beetle |
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| Fly | Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) with faded spathe | Red Milkweed Beetle | Treehopper (Enchenopa binotata complex) | Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
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| Two-lined Froghopper | Mystery wildflower | Spotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) |
Boone, NC 7/1/18
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| Leaf beetle (Brachypnoea genus). ID thanks to Blaine Mathison. | Chicory | Spotted Cucumber Beetle | Mystery wildflower |