|
|
Durham, NC 7/29/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Juvie Brown Thrasher with prey |
Adult Brown Thrasher |
Mutant Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Carolina Chickadee on cattail |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Carolina Chickadee |
Same Carolina Chickadee |
Same Carolina Chickadee |
Common Wingstem |
Male Fiery Skipper |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gladiolus, our yard |
Horseweed Fleabane (Conyza canadensis) |
Ocola Skipper |
Male Eastern Pondhawk |
Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
More Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
Durham, NC 7/28/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Teneral Copes' Gray Treefrog |
Young crab spider |
Elongate springtail |
False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) seedhead |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica), showing white flowers |
More Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Switchgrass |
Velvet Mite |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 7/26/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Female Blue Dasher |
Cardinal Flower |
Citrus Flatid Planthopper |
Common Wingstem |
Damselfly |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Goldenrod |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Kudzu Bug |
Same Kudzu Bug |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Kudzu Bug |
Lacewing egg |
Leafhopper |
Leafhopper nymph |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Robber fly with damselfly prey |
Same robber fly with damselfly prey |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 7/25/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Basilica Spider |
Same Basilica Spider |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Juvie male Northern Carolina, molting |
Violet Dander |
Franks' Sedge (Carex frankii) |
Goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Praying Mantis |
Planthopper Parasite Moth caterpillar |
Same planthopper Parasite Moth caterpillar |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Spider wasp |
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Velvet Mite |
|
|
|
|
Durham (north end of the Third Fork Creek Trail), NC 7/24/21
 |
|
|
|
|
| Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos). Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
|
|
|
|
Durham (north end of the Third Fork Creek Trail), NC 7/23/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Box Elder samaras |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Another Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Climbing Hempvine |
Common Milkweed seed pods |
Common St. John's Wort |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| False Dandelion |
False Dandelion seedhead |
Fleabane |
Goldenrod buds |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Mystery grass |
Carolina Horsenettle |
Ironweed |
Ironweed |
Japanese Spindle Tree |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Joe-Pye-Weed |
Another Joe-Pye-Weed |
Large Milkweed Bug |
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia septium) |
Another Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia septium) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Persimmon |
Same Persimmon |
Same Persimmon |
Poison Ivy, with fruits |
River Oats |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| River Oats |
Rose Mallow |
St. Andrew's Cross |
Another St. Andrew's Cross |
Swamp Milkweed |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Switchgrass |
Virginia Dayflower |
Web |
White Avens |
Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata), Durham, NC, 7/23/21 |
Durham, NC 7/22/21
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Funnel web spider |
Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
Another Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
|
|
Durham, NC 7/21/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ambush bug nymph |
Same ambush bug nymph |
Same ambush bug nymph |
American Black Elderberry fruits |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Clasping-leaf St. John's Wort, with a wasp and flower fly |
Click beetle |
Bermudagrass Stem Maggot (Atherigona reversura). ID thanks to
Brad Barnd. |
Goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
Juvie Eastern Bluebird and father |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Large Milkweed Bug |
Another Large Milkweed Bug |
Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) close-up |
Lizard's Tail l (Saururus cernuus) |
Airliner (United) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Large Milkweed Bug |
Swamp |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
Mystery buds |
Durham, NC 7/19/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buckeye |
Herbwilliam |
Eastern Hophornbeam (Ostrya virigniana) catkin |
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) seedhead |
Mint plant, found near pond after heavy rain. Possibly Small Skullcap (Scutellaria parvula) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Same mint plant |
Shining leaf beetle (Neolema sexpunctata) |
Silver-spotted Skipper and bumblebees |
Silver-spotted Skipper and bumblebees |
Bee on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), a cultivated plant |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
Japanese Beetle pile-up |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Same leaf-footed bug nymph |
Later instar leaf-footed bug nymph |
Mesh web weaver |
Rambur's Forktail |
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Red Admiral |
Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 7/17/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Juvie female Northern Cardinal |
Chipping Sparrow |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Devils' Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Dog Fennel |
Green June Beetle |
No common name (Ommatius
tibialis), Durham, NC, 7/17/21 |
Hearts-a-bustin' |
Broken part of Horseweed |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) |
Orchard Spider |
Seedbox |
Spider exuvia |
Another spider exuvia |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Thread-waisted Wasp |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
|
Durham, NC 7/16/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) |
Crab spider |
Dew on grass |
Fiddle Dock (Rumex pulcher) |
Lace bug nymph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Little fruit fly |
Same little fruit fly |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Two-lined Froghoppers |
Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
Durham, NC 7/15/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Appalachian Brown |
Female Blue Dasher |
Mystery skimmer |
Mutant flower |
Lace bug nymph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Lace bug nymph |
Large Milkweed Bug |
Praying Mantis |
Same Praying Mantis |
Wasp |
Durham, NC 7/14/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| American Black Elderberry (Sambuca nigra) |
Juvie male Northern Cardinal |
Columbine (in private yard, but maybe not cultivated) |
Fiddle Dock (Rumex pulcher) |
Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Lace bug eggs |
Green lacewing egg |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Juvie Red-winged Blackbird on soccer goal |
Female Red-winged Blackbird |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Same female Red-winged Blackbird |
Juvie Red-winged Blackbird, sliding down a soccer goal and returning to the top to slide down again, apparently for fun |
Mystery wildflower |
Mystery wildflower |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
|
Durham, NC 7/13/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) fruits |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) flowers |
Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Elongate springtail |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) |
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) |
Purple-node Joe-Pye-weed (Eutrochium purpureum) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Lace bug eggs |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
Milkweed Bug nymph |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Pearl Crescent |
Teneral male Eastern Pondhawk |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| St. John's Wort |
St. John's Wort |
Strawberry Rootworm Beetle |
Billbug and another weevil |
Winged ant |
Durham, NC 7/12/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Brown Thrasher |
Carolina Dayflower |
Cat's Ear Dandelion |
Common Plantain |
Crabgrass |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
Dog Fennel |
Horseweed |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Mild Waterpepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides) |
Rose Chafer Beetle |
Seedbox |
Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
Another Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Stream |
Wasp |
Web-spinning sawfly larva in the act of spinning threads |
Another web-spinning sawfly larva in the act of spinning threads |
Web-spinning sawfly larva in the act of spinning threads |
 |
|
|
|
|
| Web-spinning sawfly larvae with web |
|
|
|
|
Durham, NC 7/10/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Japanese Beetles on Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus), actually a sedge. |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| True Katydid |
Two-lined Froghopper |
Web |
|
|
Durham, NC 7/9/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Aphids |
Mutant aster |
Basilica Spider |
Common St. John's Wort |
Another Common St. John's Wort, spirobolid millipede |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Crab spider |
Katydid nymph |
Lace bug |
Leafhopper |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Yellow-striped Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria) |
Marbled Orb Weaver eating web |
Spirobolid millipede on Horseweed |
Tussock Moth Caterpillar |
Web |
Durham, NC 7/7/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Mutant aster: This aster, seen in a garden, seemed to be a mutant. We take for granted the separation of disc flowers (in the middle) from the vestigial ray flowers that form petals, but in this individual, things clearly went haywire! |
Bee |
Blue Dasher |
Carolina Wild Petunia |
Citrine Forktail |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Same Citrine Forktail |
Same Citrine Forktail |
Same Citrine Forktail |
Eastern Amberwing |
Flea beetle (Disonycha procera) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
More Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Web |
|
Durham, NC 7/5/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Basilica Spider |
Same Basilica Spider |
Broad-shouldered Sharpshooter |
False Dandelion |
Funnel web spider |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Purple-node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) |
Katydid nymph |
Lace bug eggs |
Leafhopper |
Milkweed Bug nymph |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Spittlebug |
Common St. John's Wort |
Aphids |
Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Shining Leaf Beetle (Neolema sexpunctata) |
Mild Waterpepper (Persica hydropiperoides) |
Tumbling flower beetle |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
Bug |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) |
Cat |
Same cat |
Tiny caterpillar |
Cat's Ear Dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata) |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
| Elongate springtail |
Froghopper |
Orchard Spider |
|
|
Durham, NC 7/4/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Mystery beetle |
Billbug |
Citrus Flatid Planthopper |
European Honeybee |
Lace bug |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Longhorn bee |
Same longhorn bee |
Pachygronthid bug nymph on fleabane seedhead |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Tumbling flower beetle |
Tiny wasp |
|
|
|
Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC 7/3/21
 |
 |
|
|
|
| Cliff Swallow |
Another Cliff Swallow |
|
|
|
Durham, NC 7/3/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Dragonhunter |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Same jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Leafhopper |
Female (or teneral) Eastern Pondhawk |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Male Eastern Pondhawk |
Teneral male Common Whitetail |
Male Common Whitetail |
Juvie female Eastern Bluebird |
|
Durham, NC 7/1/21
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Mystery butterfly, probably a mutant azure |
Dogbane Beetle |
Flatid planthopper |
Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Jumping spider? |
Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
Tumbling flower beetle on the Spreading False Foxglove |
Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) |
Male Northern Cardinal |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) |
|
|
