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Durham, NC 7/30/19
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| Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Horseweed seedheads |
Jumping spider (Phidippus princeps) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Clasping St. John's Wort (Hypericum gymnanthum) |
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| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Woolly bear |
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Rural Oregon, 7/29/19
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| Rose Spirea (Spiraea douglasii), rural Oregon. Copyright © 2019 by Rob Patterson |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 7/25/19
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| Horace's Duskywing |
Female Fiery Skipper |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Another male Fiery Skipper |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, one of several on a tall Lion's Ear plant (Leonotis leonurus), a native to Africa in the mint family. |
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| Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Orange Milkwort (part of cultivated exhibit) |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Potter wasp |
Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Same Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Same Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
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| Spider exuvia, probably from a long-jawed orb weaver |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Black-form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Black-form female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Variegated Fritillary |
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| Wasps on Rattlesnake Master |
Common Water Striders |
Mystery plant |
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Durham, NC 7/24/19
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| American Lady |
Ants on zinnia |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Cricket, probably recently molted, on Dog Fennel |
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| Another cricket |
Probably Horace's Duskywing |
Insect frass |
More frass |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
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| Same jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
Same jumping spider, with leafhopper nymph prey |
Same jumping spider, with same prey |
Leafhopper nymph |
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| Millipede |
Pearl Crescent |
Another Pearl Crescent |
Planthopper |
Potter Wasp |
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| Southern Leopard Frog |
Velvet mite |
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Durham, NC 7/18/19
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| Acanaloniid planthoppers |
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Crab spider |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
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| Heal-All |
Long-legged fly |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
Pearl Crescent |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina), on the underside of a leaf |
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| Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Blue Dasher on American Black Elderberry |
Differential Grasshopper |
Kudzu Bug |
Rush |
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| Common Wingstem |
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Durham, NC 7/17/19
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| Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) |
More Common St. John's Wort |
Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Purple-Node Joe-Pye
Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) |
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| Queen Anne's Lace |
Red-spotted Purple |
Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata) |
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Durham, NC 7/14/19
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| Large Milkweed Bugs |
Leaffooted bug nymph |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Winged Monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) |
Same winged Monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) |
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| Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Clasping St. John's Wort (Hypericum gymnanthum) |
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)? The petal shape doesn't fit. |
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (Chrysomela scripta) |
New York Ironweed |
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| False Dandelion seedhead |
Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) caterpillar |
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Durham, NC 7/12/19
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| Acanaloniid planthopper |
American Black Elderberry fruits |
Small beetle |
Carolina Dayflower |
Carolina Dayflower |
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| Horseweed flower |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Rushes |
Mystery seed or egg? |
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| Slaty Skimmer |
Tiny orb weaver |
Virginia Dayflower, maybe the biggest dayflower of all |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
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Durham, NC 7/11/19
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| (Copes?) Gray Treefrog |
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Durham, NC 7/9/19
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| Brown Prionid (Orthosoma brunneum) |
Damselfly |
Moth |
Another moth (Acrolophus genus). ID thanks to Aaron Hunt. |
Stink bug (Banasa dimiata) |
Durham, NC 7/6/19
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| Dirt-colored Seed Bug |
Gladiolus |
Purple-Node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpurum) |
Long-legged fly |
Mysterious collection, probably done by an insect |
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| Stink bug nymph |
Horseweed (either Conyza canadensis or Erigeron canadensis; it's unsettled) |
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Durham, NC 7/4/19
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| Acanaloniid planthopper nymph |
Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia carolinensis) |
Wildflower |
Wildflower |
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| False Dandelion flower and seedhead |
Purple-Node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpurum) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Squarrose Sedge (Carex squarrosa) |
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| Heal-all |
Carolina Horsenettle fruits |
Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) |
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Durham, NC 7/1/19
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| Plant bug (Neurocolpus genus) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Robber fly (Promachus genus) with Blue Dasher prey |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Mystery wildflower |
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| Aphids |
Close-up of three aphids |
Blue Dasher |
Broad-nosed weevil |
Great Gold Digger Wasp (Sphex icheumoneus) |
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| American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) fruits, surrounded by specialized leaves called "involucral bracts." |
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