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June 2010
Greenway Trail, Boone, Watauga County, NC 6/30/10
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| Female Cabbage White, dorsal view | Chicory flowers, including one albino (on Blowing Rock Rd. corner) | Angelica | Phlox |
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| Moth Mullein | Killdeer at rest | Killdeer in flight | Queen Anne's Lace |
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| Cabbage White |
Durham, NC 6/27/10
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| Female Tile-horned (Prionus imbricornis), was 2 or 3 inches long. ID thanks to Frank Guarnieri. | Wolf spider with spiderlings on abdomen. | Rustic Borer (Xylotrechus colonus). Photo taken at night. | Lightning Bug. Photo taken at night. |
Durham, NC 6/26/10
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| Florida Predatory Stink Bug | Probably immature Pseudoscorpion, less an 1 mm long. |
American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC (Miles 4-6) 6/24/10
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| Late-instar leaffooted bug nymph | Queen Anne's Lace buds | Female Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Flatid planthoppers | Common Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) |
American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC (Miles 4-6) 6/21/10
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| Bess Beetle | Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) | Muscadine grapes |
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC 6/20/10
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| Cicada Killer. See other wasps. | Male Eastern Pondhawk. See other dragonflies. | Young male Mallard. See other waterfowl. | Summer Azure. See the Butterfly Index. |
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| Bee Fly (Xenox tigrinus) | Blooming Mullein | Muscovy Duck |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 6/19/10
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| Japanese Beetle | Long-legged fly | Winged ant (Formica genus). ID thanks to Richard Vernier. | Fire Pink (Silene virginica) | Aphids |
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| Click beetle (Megapenthes limbalis) | Leather Flower (Clematis viorna) | View inside a Leather Flower | A Leather Flower of a different color | Mystery wildflower |
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| Scarab beetle larvae | Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda mundi). with a white object obscuring a small part of its thorax. |
Durham, NC (marsh) 6/18/10
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| Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) | Insect exuvia, long hindlegs, long skinny abdomen | Japanese Beetle | Lizard's Tail, not drooping yet | Female Eastern Towhee |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 6/15/10
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| Little Wood Satyr | Mating Dogbane Beetles (on Dogbane) | Summer Azure | Robber fly |
Greenville, SC 6/12/10
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| Plant bug (Neurocolpus genus, Miridae family) | Florida Predatory Stink Bug | Ground beetle (Amara aulica) | Rough Stink Bug | Metal mouse sculpture, Main Street, Greenville, SC. Several small sculptures of mice are scattered throughout downtown Greenville. |
Falls Park, Greenville, SC 6/11/10
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| Female Narrow Barklouse (Graphosocus cruciatus, Stenopsocidae family, Psocoptera order), about 2 mm long, caught in flight. Tree of Life web page | Thistle, Greenville, SC, in Falls Park |
Durham, NC 6/10/10
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| Carolina Dayflower | Snapping Turtle | Female Widow Skimmer | Rice Stink Bug, beginning to spread wings |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 6/8/10
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| Bee fly (Exoprosopa fasciata), rather worn | Pearl Crescent | Carolina Wild Petunia |
Durham, NC 6/7/10
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| Female Great Blue Skimmer |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham, NC 6/6/10
Lori and I braved poison ivy, stinging nettles, ticks, chiggers, mosquitoes and lots of mud to get these photos.
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| Smooth Coneflowers, members of a federally-listed (endangered) species | Leafcutter bee on Butterfly Weed | Mating Swamp Milkweed Beetles | Horse Fly (Tabanus fulvulus) |
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| Shining leaf beetle (Neolema sexpunctata) | Robber fly with small red fly prey | Grapeleaf Skeletonizer (Harrisina americana). See others moths. | Northern Cricket Frog | Mating toad bugs |
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| Jumping spider | Woolly aphid | Casebearer beetle larva | Froghopper | Rhopalid (scentless plant) bug |
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| Dun Skipper |
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