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June 2022

Durham, NC  6/29/22

Carolina False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) Dogbane Beetle Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) Fly Grasshopper

 
Honeybee Exuvia Orb weaver Pachygronthid bug Red Admiral Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata), Durham, NC, 6/29/22  

Robber flies (Promachus rufipes) Carolina False Dandelion  (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) iSeedhead Six-spotted Flower Longhorn Beetle (Strangalia sexnotata) Trumpet Creeper sepal Bee

Durham, NC 6/28/22

 
Delta Flower Beetle Mating Delta Flower Beetles Dwarf spider Leaf-footed bug (probably Leptoglossus genus) eggs  

Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) Tachinid fly, missing a wing Young Goldenrod Crab Spider? Goldenrod Crab Spider? Fork-tailed Bush Katydid nymph

Fork-tailed Bush Katydid nymph Mantis nymph Harvestmen Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) with flower fly Red-headed Bush Cricket

     
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph Tube web spider (Ariadna bicolor)      

Durham, NC  6/26/22

White-tailed Deer stag Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph Tumbling flower beetle Yellow Passionflower Acanaloniid planthopper

Aphids Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle Chrysalis Same chrysalis, showing attack Delta Flower Beetle on Queen Anne's Lace

Delta Flower Beetle on Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Fish: best guess is Lepomis genus, i.e., true sunfish.  Thanks to Linda C. Cook for ID help! Same fish Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum)

   
New York Ironweed Leafhopper Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)    

Durham, NC  6/24/22

Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle Blue Dasher Dogbane Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) seed pods Flatid planthopper Ichneumon wasp

Leaf-footed bug nymph Same leaf-footed bug nymph Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Slaty Skimmer Song Sparrow South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa) More South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa) Spined Assassin Bug

Durham, NC  6/23/22

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Great Blue Skimmer Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymphs Marbled Orb Weaver Orb weaver (Araneus alboventris)

     
Stink bug (Mormidea lugens) nymph Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)      

Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC  6/21/22

American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Backswimmer (inside the garden) Another backswimmer (inside the garden) Wasp (inside the garden) Click beetle (Megapenthes limbalis)

Duskwing Five-lined Skink Forest Bedstraw (Galium circaezans) seedheads Forest Bedstraw (Galium circaezans) seedheads Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quaternata)

Goldenseal (Hydrastic canadensis), in garden Green Lacewing nymph Virginia Heartleaf (Hexastylis virginica) and Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) fruits Another Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) fruits

Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) Magnolia Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis) Pea flowers Panicled Tick-trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) flowers Flowers from another pea plant

Entire pea plant Another view of that entire pea plant Mystery plant Same mystery plant Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea)

Red-bellied Woodpecker Ant attacking a Rose Chafer Beetle   Another Rose Chafer Beetle Tachinid fly

Thynnid wasp (Myzinum carolinianum) Carvings on a tree Tufted Titmouse Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quaternata) Yellow Jacket

     
Zebra Swallowtail Same Zebra Swallowtail      

Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC  6/19/22

Archer Bear cub Cow sculpture Fossils, from sedimentary rock, largely of clamshells Gray Catbird

Gray Catbird Canada Goose and Great Blue Heron Same Great Blue Heron Same Great Blue Heron Same Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron Green Heron Hibiscus, cultivated Ring-tailed Lemur Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica)

Red Wolf Snapping Turtle Another Snapping Turtle Swallows Tree Swallow

Durham, NC  6/18/22

Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) Leaf-footed bug nymph Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph

Bug nymph Slaty Skimmer Bug nymph Bug nymph Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Eastern Comma

Durham, NC  6/17/22

Aphids Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) Hackberry Lace Bug nymph Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata)

 
Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) exuvia Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) nymph Flatid planthopper nymph Rice Stink Bug  

Durham, NC  6/16/22

 
Case-bearing leaf beetle (Bassareus detritus) Case-bearing leaf beetle (Bassareus genus) Cixiid planthopper (Haplaxius pictifrons) Dogbane Beetle  

Geometrid moth (Confused Eusarca, Eusarca confusaria) Male Great Blue Skimmer Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with planthopper prey Orb weaver (Araneus miniatus) Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)

Swamp Milkweed Beetles Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Sycamore Lace Bug Trumpet Creeper (Impatiens capensis) buds

   
Strange ant, which seems to have 8 legs Same ant Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus)    

Durham, NC  6/15/22

Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis) Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii) Leaf-footed bug nymph Same leaf-footed bug nymph Mating leaf-footed bugs

Plant bug Rose Chafer Beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) Spearmint (Mentha spicata) Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Spotted Ladybug Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata)

 
Black Stink Bug (Proxys punctulatis), Durham, NC Velvet Mite Wheel Bug nymph Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula  

Durham, NC  6/14/22

Aphids Apple Bark Borer (Synanthedon pyri)   Bagworm larva Weevil

Broad-shouldered Water Treader Citrine Forktail Crab spider Cryptocephalid beetle larva Carolina False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus)

Gall? (consistency of styrofoam) Darkling beetle (Strongylium tenuicolle) Leafhopper (Agalliopsis ancistra) Moth Mushrooms

Orchard Spider Picture-winged fly Same picture-winged fly Same picture-winged fly Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)

Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) Swamp Milkweed Beetle Swamp Rose Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) buds Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) Bee? on Queen Anne's Lace Yellow Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)

Durham, NC  6/11/22

Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle Cixiid planthopper  (Haplaxius pictifrons) Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) larva, a kind of Dusky Ladybug Beetle Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph

 
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph Male Orchard Spider

Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)

Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)  

Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) flowers Tumbling Flower Beetle (Falsomordellistena hebraica). ID thanks to Boris Büche Velvet Mite Black-eyed Susan Female Blue Dasher

     
Broad-shouldered Water Treaders Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)      

Durham, NC  6/10/22

Male Eastern Towhee Plant bug Cabbage White Cocoon? Brown lacewing

Common Yellow Wood-sorrel Fly Green lacewing larva's "trash" Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedheads Hatched-out leaf-footed bug eggs

Lizard's Tails (Saururus cernuus) Mushrooms Privet Wild grape fruits Other wild grape fruits

Durham, NC  6/9/22

Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) Nomad bee (Nomada articulata) Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) Same Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) Same Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)

Hairy Woodland Brome (Bromus pubescens) Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata male) Lace bug Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) Poison Ivy Sawfly (Arge humeralis)

Scoliid wasp (Scolia nobilitata) Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph Shield-backed katydid Spider Spined Assassin Bug nymph

 
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) female flowers Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) female flower Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) Weevil  

Durham, NC  6/7/22

Male Eastern Pondhawk Fiery Skipper on a Common Rush (Juncus effusus) Purple Martin pair Same Purple Martin pair Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)

Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) Stink bug (Mormidea lugens) Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) Tachinid fly Turkey Vulture

Durham, NC  6/6/22

Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph on Common Milkweed.  Species ID thanks to Randy Emmitt. Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph on Common Milkweed.  Species ID thanks to Randy Emmitt. Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph on Common Milkweed.  Species ID thanks to Randy Emmitt. Fly Sharpshooter nymph

Skipper Swamp Milkweed Beetle pair Swamp Milkweed Beetle pair White Avens (Geum canadense) Billbug

     
Cryptocephalid beetle larva Grasshopper      

Durham, NC  6/4/22

Buffalo Treehopper nymph caught in spider web Crab spider (Synema parvulum) Everlasting Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum caroliniana) Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph

Lace bug Lace bug Another lace bug Leaf-footed bug nymph Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus)

Marbled Orb Weave Pennsylvania Leatherwing Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea) Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)

 
Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) Female Eastern Pondhawk Male Eastern Pondhawk Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)  

Durham, NC  6/2/22

Leaf-footed bug egg, hatched out Leaf-footed bug egg, hatched out Leaf-footed bug eggs, hatched out Spearmint (Mentha spicata) Velvet ant

Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/1/22

Aphids Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) Cabbage White Chipmunk Same chipmunk

Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Fly Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus)

Greenway Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group

Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica) Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Mountain view Mourning Dove American Robin's egg(shell)

 
American Robin Snapping Turtle Same Snapping Turtle Another Snapping Turtle  

Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow White-tailed Deer Wild grape Woolly aphid

 

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