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June 2021

Durham, NC  6/30/21

Basilica Spider Cixiid planthopper Crab spider Katydid nymph (Scudderia genus) Tachina fly

Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC  6/30/21

     
Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow      

Durham, NC  6/29/21

Billbug at Black-eyed Susan Cixiid planthopper Part of a Common Milkweed Fly Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata) on Black-eyed Susan

Lace bug nymph Leaf with lace bug nymphs Same kind of leaves Leafhopper (Exitianus exitiosis) Milkweed Bug nymph

   
Picture-winged fly (Dephinia picta) St. John's Wort Water Hemlock    

Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC  6/28/21

 
Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroide).  This is an officially invasive plant. Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Duckweed Great Blue Heron  

Lizard's Tails and Duckweed Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) Lobed Tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata) Male Mallard Powdery Alligator Flag (Thalia dealbata)

 
Powdery Alligator Flag Red Clover Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Silktree (Albizia julibrissin)  

Water Hemlock Water Primroses (Ludwigia peploides) Web American Germander (Teucrium canadense) Mystery wildflower, probably in the Lamiaceae family

Durham, NC  6/27/21

Lace bug nymph Female Common Whitetail Ebony Jewelwing Katydid nymph Marsh

 
Mourning Doves Pickerelweed Rabbit Tachina Fly  

Durham, NC  6/25/21

Acanaloniid planthopper nymph Bee and wasp Bug nymph Carolina Petunia Caterpillar

Caterpillar Chloropid fly Click beetle Clouded Plant Bug Female Eastern Tailed-blue

Elongate springtails on a Black-eyed Susan False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) seedhead Flower fly (Eristalis dimidiatus) on Japanese spindle tree flowers Funnel web spider Green lacewing larva pinching off bits from a blackberry branch

Green lacewing larva still pinching off bits The green lacewing larva now places those bits in its camouflage covering Flower fly (Ocyptamus genus) Katydid (Scudderia genus) nymph Another katydid (Scudderia genus) nymph

Lace bug nymph Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles, mating Longhorn beetle Mantis (nymph?) Same mantis

Mock Strawberry Pearl Crescent Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Same Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachinid fly (Archytas apicifer)

 

Same tachinid fly (Archytas apicifer) Two-lined Froghoppoer Web on leaves Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) Yellow Nutsedge Moth

Durham, NC  6/24/21

Butterfly Bush flowers, blooming for the last 4 days, in our yard Buttonbush Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead Hemp Dogbane European Honeybee on Japanese Spindle Tree

 
Japanese Honeysuckle Japanese Spindle Tree Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) Spined Soldier Bug Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)  

Jordan Lake, NC  6/24/21

Cliff Swallow Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Another Great Blue Heron Jordan Lake

Durham, NC  6/23/21

Acanaloniid planthopper nymph Appalachian Brown Basilica Spider Argiope aurantia Seed bug?

 
Dancer? False Dandelion Flower fly Teneral male Great Blue Skimmer  

Green Treefrog Katydid nymph Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) Red-banded Hairstreak, perhaps freshly emerged Same Red-banded Hairstreak, perhaps freshly emerged

Spotted Jewelweed Swamp Milkweed Beetle, playing dead Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva, very tiny Tachinid fly Wild Garlic

Durham, NC  6/21/21

Beetle on American Black Elderberry flower Male Citrine Forktail Largid bug Pennsylvania Smartweed Female Eastern Pondhawk

Male Slaty Skimmer Stink bug nymph, early instar Same nymph Female Widow Skimmer Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum )

Durham, NC  6/18/21

 
Blue Dasher Anchor Stink Bug (Stiretrus anchorago).  ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. Same Anchor Stink Bug (Stiretrus anchorago) Tiny caterpillar (Schizura ipomaeae).  ID thanks to John and Jane Balaban.  

Cixiid planthopper Cocklebur Weevil Firely beetle Fly Green lacewing larva

Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph Rice Stink Bug Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)

Spider with prey Spider spinning web Same spider Spotted Ladybug Beetle Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva

Much smaller Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva Web Same web Eastern Phoebe Same Phoebe

 

       
Wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus)        

Durham, NC  6/17/21

Aphids More aphids Probably a leafcutter bee Billbug Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Sawtooth Blackberry (Rubus argutus) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriatica) seedpod Common Plantain (Plantago major) Five-lined Skink

Fly Gamagrass Green lacewing larva Green lacewing larva Green lacewing larva

Green lacewing larva Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Jumping spider Katydid nymph Mystery larva

Leafcutter bee Same leafcutter bee Same leafcutter bee Leafhopper nymph Lizard's Tails (Saururus cernuus)

 
Orchard Spider Pearl Crescent Cixiid planthopper Planthopper nymph  

Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) Early-instar Tarnished Plant Bug Same Early-instar Tarnished Plant Bug Velvet Mite Velvet with mystery larva

     
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) White Avens (Geum canadense)      

Durham, NC  6/13/21

Zebra Swallowtail Ebony bug and fly on Queen Anne's Lace Ebony bug and fly on Queen Anne's Lace Ebony bugs and a bee on Queen Anne's lace Ebony bugs and a bee on Queen Anne's lace

Flat-faced Longhorned Beetle Heal-all Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) Maybe Velvet Mite Flatid planthopper nymph

Spined Assassin Bug nymph Stiff Marsh Bedstraw and flower fly Tarnished Plant Bug Dusky Ladybug Beetle Tarnished Plant Bug nymph, anomalous color Another Tarnished Plant Bug nymph, anomalous color

       
Tumbling Flower Beetle        

Durham, NC  6/12/21

 
Case-bearing/Cryptocephalid beetle larva Buckeye nuts Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva) Spotted Cucumber Beetle  

   
Cryptocephalid beetle larva, showing where it gets its "tower" material Late-instar Tarnished Plant Bug nymph Female Widow Skimmer    

Durham, NC  6/11/21

Broad-headed Sharpshooter Common Milkweed Carolina Horsenettle Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph Same Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph

 
Slug? Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) Tarnished Plant Bug  

   
Small tree growing on a post White Avens (Geum canadense) Tarnished Plant Bug    

Durham, NC  6/9/21

Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis) Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis) Clouded Plant Bug on Sawtooth Blackberry Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) Fly

Frank's Sedge (Carex atherodes) Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) Green Lacewing larva Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) developing fruit, early Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) developing fruit, farther along

Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) developing fruit, yet farther along Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) developing fruit, almost complete Leafhopper Planthopper nymph Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) fruit

Durham, NC  6/8/21

Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles, mating Tiny mystery beetle Cixiid planthopper Fiddle Dock (Rumex pulcher)

Ebony bug (probably Corimelaena genus)

 
Jumping spider Freshly molted planthopper nymph Queen Anne's Lace Aphid  

Durham, NC  6/6/21

Brown Thrasher Same Brown Thrasher Same Brown Thrasher Female Northern Cardinal Male Eastern Bluebird

Lizard's Tails Paper wasp Song Sparrow American Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis)

Clouded Skipper? Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) Green lacewing Jumping spider, very tiny

Hooked Buttercup Lizard's Tail American Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus) Spider exuvia Stink bug

Durham, NC  6/5/21

 
Juvie female Eastern Bluebird Same juvie female Eastern Bluebird Helmet Flower (Scutellaria integrifolia) Southern Magnolia  

Durham, NC  6/4/21

Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph Same Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph Mesh web weaver (Emblyna genus) Mesh web weaver (Emblyna genus) with long-legged fly prey Issid planthopper (Thionia bullata) nymph

Issid planthopper (Thionia bullata) nymph Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) Silver-spotted Skipper Soldier fly Spotted Ladybug Beetle

Mystery wildflower, with fly Tarnished Plant Bug Tarnished Plant Bug nymph, early instar Tumbling flower beetle Same tumbling flower beetle

Same umbling flower beetle White Avens (Geum canadense) seedhead Wild Garlic Woolly Aphid Female Zabulon Skipper

   
Chipping Sparrows bathing Common Milkweed Dancer pair    

 
Lizard's Tail Female or juvie Eastern Pondhawk Red-shouldered Hawk Male Widow Skimmer  

     
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph Wasp (Scolia nobilitata)      

Durham, NC  6/2/21

Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria), with flower flies Brown Thrasher

Durham, NC  6/1/21

Male Northern Cardinal Chipping Sparrow Crab spider Dwarf Dandelion seedhead Female Eastern Bluebird

Flatid planthopper nymph Mating Flower flies Hearts-a-bustin' Japanese Mazus Mulberry fruit

Red-necked Cane Borer Rose Chafer Beetle Tumbling flower beetle Viburnum Dog Fennel

       
Peppergrass (Lepidium virginicum)        

 

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