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June 2009
Durham, NC 6/30/09
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| Three-spot Horse Fly |
Durham, NC (local marsh) 6/29/09
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| Rice Stink Bug nymph. It appeared on the edge of a local marsh. | Yucca Plant Bug nymph, less than 1 mm long. Seen in neighborhood, not marsh. | Plant bug (Neurocolpus genus, Miridae family). Found in local marsh. | Gray (Copes'?) Treefrog. Note the grass clippings on it from a recent mowing of an adjacent grassy field. | Sedge |
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| Marsh fly | Fly. Note the reflections on the shiny thorax. | Seed bug (Oedancala crassimana) |
American Tobacco Trail (miles 4-6), Durham, NC, 6/29/09
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| Spined assassin bug nymph | Netwing beetle | Wild Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum, Brassicaceae family) | Dwarf Dandelion seeds |
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| Silktree flower | Virginia Creeper flowers and buds | Netwing beetle | Dwarf Dandelion seeds | Sericea lespedeza flowers |
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| Man-of-the-earth (Ipomoea pandurata), a kind of morning glory | Female Basilica Spider | Male Basilica Spider | Queen Anne's Lace flowers (close-up) | Plantain |
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| Young rabbit | Pokeweed fruit | Wild Peppergrass | Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris radicata) |
Durham, NC 6/27/09 (local marsh)
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| Rice Stink Bug | Weevil, about 3 mm long | Lacewing eggs | Grass flowers | Grass (not in marsh) |
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| Derbid planthopper (Mysidia missisippiensis), about 20 mm wingspread, seemed white at a distance, had partially transparent wings. ID thanks to Steven Bren. | Spider exuvia |
Durham, NC 6/26/09
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| Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia, Onagraceae family) | Leaffooted bug nymph, late instar | Mystery insect |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 6/25/09
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| Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia carolinensis) | Wheel Bug late-instar nymph | Grass (with stilt bug on lower right) | Sundrop |
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| Wild rose (Rosa genus), appeared in Siler's Bog. | Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata), a very poisonous plant, also found in Siler's Bog. | Long-legged Flies | Trumpet Creeper |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 6/24/09
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| Common Stonefly (perhaps Agnetina flavescens, Perlidae family). One antennae was truncated. | Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellistena genus), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 6/24/09 | Flower longhorn beetle | Clay-colored Leaf Beetle | Spider, maybe Dolomedes genus | |
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| Passion Flowers (Passiflora incarnata), in the process of unfolding. They appeared in a large meadow which was, unfortunately, frequently mowed. | Fruit fly (Tephritidae family) | Damsel bug (Lasiomerus annulatus, Nabidae family) | Queen Anne's Lace flowers, up close. The pink one is immature. |
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| Tall Thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana), which has a very long stem with basal leaves. | Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia carolinensis) | |||||
Durham, NC 6/24/09
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| Leafhopper (Osbornellus borealis). Photo taken at night. | Icheumonid wasp. Photo taken at night. | Tiny green leafhopper, about 2 mm long, very lively. Maybe Empoasca genus, though there are many species in this genus. |
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC 6/21/09
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| Rattlesnake Master | Wild Bergamot or Lavender Bee-balm | Flower Longhorn Beetle on Queen Anne's Lace | Tachina Fly |
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| Pickerelweed | Buttonbush | Pitcher plant flowers | Female Eastern Amberwing, a very tiny dragonfly |
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| Centaurea genus maybe | Bee fly | American Bullfrog | Widow Skimmer |
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| Seedboxes (maybe), marsh plants | St. John's Wort (Hypericum calycinum maybe). This common name applies to all members of this genus. |
North Carolina Zoo (from exhibits), Asheboro, NC 6/21/09
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| Otter | Grizzly Bear | Adult male Elk | Puffin |
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| American Alligator | Hamadryas Baboons | Patas Monkey |
Durham, NC 6/20/09
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| Gray Squirrel with mushroom | Grass flowers | Froghopper (adult spittlebug) | Springtail, on a flower | Tarnished Plant Bug |
Durham, NC 6/19/09
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| Flesh fly (Sarcophagidae family) | Green June Beetle |
Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, NC 6/18/09
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| Northern Fence Lizard. Photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk | Long-jointed Beetle (Arthromacra aenea), a darkling beetle. The park was full of these beetles. | Corinnid spider (Castaneira longipalpa) | Ebony Jewelwing | Another Long-jointed Beetle. ID thanks to Harry Zirlin. |
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| Leafhopper, discovered in this position | Same leafhopper, turned over | Ichneumonid wasp | Flower longhorn beetle (Evodinus monticola) | Plant bug (Miridae family), dwarfed by rhododendron flower |
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| Great Laurel (maybe Rhododendron maximum) |
Durham, NC 6/17/09
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| Yucca Plant Bug nymph | Flea beetle (Capraita sexmaculata, Alticini tribe, Galerucinae subfamily, Chrysomelidae family). A kind of leaf beetle. | A little wormlike critter was in this small case initially suspended by a fiber. It will probably never be identified. |
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| Crabgrass, up close |
Durham, NC 6/16/09
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| Gray (Copes?) Treefrog |
Durham, NC 6/15/09
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| Bull-headed Dung Beetle (Onthophagus taurus). You can see the pronotal horn on this small scarab beetle. | Orchard Spider | Mite, family Parasitidae according to S.A. Marshall (2006), Durham, NC 6/15/09. It was less than 1 mm long. | Striped Wintergreen with fruit. |
Durham, NC 6/13/09
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| Leafhopper (Osbornellus borealis). Photo taken at night. | Grasshopper nymph. See other Orthopterans. | Wheel Bug nymph, late instar, Durham, NC, 6/13/09 |
Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area 6/13/09
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| Delta Flower Beetle | Dogbane Beetle | Fishing Spider | Fowler's Toad. All but one of the members of this species of toads seen here today had this unusual brown color. |
Durham, NC 6/11/09
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| Orchard Spider | Bowl-and-doily Spider | Treehopper | Bug nymph | Unidentified fly. It didn't so much hover as waver back and forth in the area. |
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| Green lacewing larva attempting to pinch my fingertip. These trash-carrying larvae are always trying to pick up a little more matter for their camouflaging burden, which includes everything from leaf trichomes (hairlike projections) to dead insects. | OUCH! Same green lacewing larva actually doing a little damage to a suntanned part of my thumb. See other Neuropterans. | Scoliid wasp | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Stilt-legged fly |
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| Katydid nymph on Horse Nettle flower | Tarnished Plant Bug | Menecletes insertus |
Durham, NC 6/10/09
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| Florida Predatory Stink Bug nymph |
Durham, NC 6/8/09
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| Flatid Planthopper nymph | Ambush Bug nymph (upper right) with ants and their prey on a Daisy Fleabane flower | Weevil, also on Daisy Fleabane. See other beetles. | Ebony Bug |
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| Channeled Valgus (Valgus canaliculatus) | Katydid nymph |
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC 6/7/09
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| Leaffooted Bug on blooming celery in Old Salem. | Leafhopper (Exitianus exitiosis) | Eastern Chipmunk. See other mammals. |
Durham, NC 6/6/09
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| Tarnished Plant Bug | Spider | White-lined Burrowing Bug | Leafhopper | Wasp |
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| Long-legged fly | Jumping spider | Buprestid beetle | Young Basilica Spider |
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| Mating Japanese Beetles. Note that the male has a red thorax. | Leafhopper nymph | Same leafhopper nymph | Katydid nymph |
Durham, NC 6/4/09
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| Ground beetle (Leptotrachelus dorsalis, Ctenodactylini tribe, Harpalinae subfamily). Thanks to v. belov for genus ID and Peter Messer for species ID | Marsh fly | Least Skipper | Tarnished Plant Bug on flower |
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| Yucca Plant Bug, with beak implanted in Spanish bayonet leaf | Tarnished Plant Bug |
Durham, NC 6/3/09
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| Boxelder Bug nymph |
Durham, NC 6/2/09
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| Striped Wintergreen | Female Black Widow |
Durham, NC 6/1/09
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| Bowl-and-doily Spider, bigger than usual (about 8 mm long) | Bowl-and-doily Spider with fly prey | Grasshopper nymph |
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| Firefly in flight | Mating shining leaf beetles (Neolema sexpunctata) |
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