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Durham, NC 6/29/22
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Carolina False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) |
Dogbane Beetle |
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) |
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Grasshopper |
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Honeybee |
Exuvia |
Orb weaver |
Pachygronthid bug |
Red Admiral |
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata), Durham, NC, 6/29/22 |
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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
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Delta Flower Beetle |
Mating Delta Flower Beetles |
Dwarf spider |
Leaf-footed bug (probably Leptoglossus genus) eggs |
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Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
Tachinid fly, missing a wing |
Young Goldenrod Crab Spider? |
Goldenrod Crab Spider? |
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid nymph |
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Fork-tailed Bush Katydid nymph |
Mantis nymph |
Harvestmen |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) with flower fly |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
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Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Tube web spider (Ariadna bicolor) |
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Durham, NC 6/26/22
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White-tailed Deer stag |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Tumbling flower beetle |
Yellow Passionflower |
Acanaloniid planthopper |
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Aphids |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Chrysalis |
Same chrysalis, showing attack |
Delta Flower Beetle on Queen Anne's Lace |
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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) |
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New York Ironweed |
Leafhopper |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
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Durham, NC 6/24/22
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Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Blue Dasher |
Dogbane Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) seed pods |
Flatid planthopper |
Ichneumon wasp |
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Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Same leaf-footed bug nymph |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Same Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
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Slaty Skimmer |
Song Sparrow |
South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa) |
More South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa) |
Spined Assassin Bug |
Durham, NC 6/23/22
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Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymphs |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
Orb weaver (Araneus alboventris) |
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Stink bug (Mormidea lugens) nymph |
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 6/21/22
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American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
Backswimmer (inside the garden) |
Another backswimmer (inside the garden) |
Wasp (inside the garden) |
Click beetle (Megapenthes limbalis) |
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Duskwing |
Five-lined Skink |
Forest Bedstraw (Galium circaezans) seedheads |
Forest Bedstraw (Galium circaezans) seedheads |
Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quaternata) |
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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 |
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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 |
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Entire pea plant |
Another view of that entire pea plant |
Mystery plant |
Same mystery plant |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea) |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Ant attacking a Rose Chafer Beetle |
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Another Rose Chafer Beetle |
Tachinid fly |
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Thynnid wasp (Myzinum carolinianum) |
Carvings on a tree |
Tufted Titmouse |
Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quaternata) |
Yellow Jacket |
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Zebra Swallowtail |
Same Zebra Swallowtail |
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Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC 6/19/22
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Archer |
Bear cub |
Cow sculpture |
Fossils, from sedimentary rock, largely of clamshells |
Gray Catbird |
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Gray Catbird |
Canada Goose and Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
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Great Blue Heron |
Green Heron |
Hibiscus, cultivated |
Ring-tailed Lemur |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
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Red Wolf |
Snapping Turtle |
Another Snapping Turtle |
Swallows |
Tree Swallow |
Durham, NC 6/18/22
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Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) nymph |
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Bug nymph |
Slaty Skimmer |
Bug nymph |
Bug nymph |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
Eastern Comma |
Durham, NC 6/17/22
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Aphids |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Hackberry Lace Bug nymph |
Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) |
Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) |
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Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) exuvia |
Plant bug (Reuteria bifurcata) nymph |
Flatid planthopper nymph |
Rice Stink Bug |
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Durham, NC 6/16/22
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Case-bearing leaf beetle (Bassareus detritus) |
Case-bearing leaf beetle (Bassareus genus) |
Cixiid planthopper (Haplaxius pictifrons) |
Dogbane Beetle |
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Geometrid moth (Confused Eusarca, Eusarca confusaria) |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with planthopper prey |
Orb weaver (Araneus miniatus) |
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) |
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Swamp Milkweed Beetles |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
Sycamore Lace Bug |
Trumpet Creeper (Impatiens capensis) buds |
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Strange ant, which seems to have 8 legs |
Same ant |
Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) |
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Durham, NC 6/15/22
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Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis) |
Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii) |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Same leaf-footed bug nymph |
Mating leaf-footed bugs |
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Plant bug |
Rose Chafer Beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) |
Spearmint (Mentha spicata) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle (Coleomegilla maculata) |
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Black Stink Bug (Proxys punctulatis), Durham, NC |
Velvet Mite |
Wheel Bug nymph |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
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Durham, NC 6/14/22
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Aphids |
Apple Bark Borer (Synanthedon pyri) |
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Bagworm larva |
Weevil |
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Broad-shouldered Water Treader |
Citrine Forktail |
Crab spider |
Cryptocephalid beetle larva |
Carolina False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) |
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Gall? (consistency of styrofoam) |
Darkling beetle (Strongylium tenuicolle) |
Leafhopper (Agalliopsis ancistra) |
Moth |
Mushrooms |
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Orchard Spider |
Picture-winged fly |
Same picture-winged fly |
Same picture-winged fly |
Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) |
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Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) |
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Swamp Rose |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) |
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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
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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 |
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) flowers |
Tumbling Flower Beetle (Falsomordellistena hebraica). ID thanks to Boris Büche |
Velvet Mite |
Black-eyed Susan |
Female Blue Dasher |
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Broad-shouldered Water Treaders |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
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Durham, NC 6/10/22
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Male Eastern Towhee |
Plant bug |
Cabbage White |
Cocoon? |
Brown lacewing |
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Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Fly |
Green lacewing larva's "trash" |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedheads |
Hatched-out leaf-footed bug eggs |
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Lizard's Tails (Saururus cernuus) |
Mushrooms |
Privet |
Wild grape fruits |
Other wild grape fruits |
Durham, NC 6/9/22
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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) |
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Hairy Woodland Brome (Bromus pubescens) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata male) |
Lace bug |
Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) |
Poison Ivy Sawfly (Arge humeralis) |
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Scoliid wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Shield-backed katydid |
Spider |
Spined Assassin Bug nymph |
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) female flowers |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) female flower |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
Weevil |
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Durham, NC 6/7/22
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Male Eastern Pondhawk |
Fiery Skipper on a Common Rush (Juncus effusus) |
Purple Martin pair |
Same Purple Martin pair |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) |
Stink bug (Mormidea lugens) |
Striped Lynx Spider (Oxyopes salticus) |
Tachinid fly |
Turkey Vulture |
Durham, NC 6/6/22
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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 |
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Skipper |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle pair |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle pair |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
Billbug |
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Cryptocephalid beetle larva |
Grasshopper |
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Durham, NC 6/4/22
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Buffalo Treehopper nymph caught in spider web |
Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Everlasting |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum caroliniana) |
Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph |
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Lace bug |
Lace bug |
Another lace bug |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) |
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Marbled Orb Weave |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea) |
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) |
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) |
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Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) |
Female Eastern Pondhawk |
Male Eastern Pondhawk |
Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) |
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Durham, NC 6/2/22
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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
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Aphids |
Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Cabbage White |
Chipmunk |
Same chipmunk |
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Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) |
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) |
Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) |
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Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus) |
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Greenway |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) |
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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 |
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Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica) |
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) |
Mountain view |
Mourning Dove |
American Robin's egg(shell) |
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American Robin |
Snapping Turtle |
Same Snapping Turtle |
Another Snapping Turtle |
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Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
White-tailed Deer |
Wild grape |
Woolly aphid |
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