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March 2023

American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0-1.25), Durham, NC  3/30/23 Big Periwinkle (Vinca major) Buttercup Camellia Male Northern Cardinal Cutleaf Crane's-bill (Geranium dissectum) Field Pansies (Viola bicolor) Grackle Hermit Thrush Neighborhood Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) and Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) Mayapples Northern Mockingbird Pennsylvania Bittercress (Cardamine pensylvanica) American Robin Rue Anemone (Thalictum thalictroides) Song Sparrow Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis) Strict Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) Strict Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta) Strict Forget-me-nots (Myositis stricta)   White-throated Sparrow Wild Strawberries (Fragaria vesca) Wisteria Wisteria   Durham, NC 3/29/23 Cherry tree Cherry tree Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) Female Eastern Bluebird Same female Eastern Bluebird   Grass Japanese Laurel (Aucuba japonica) Tufted Titmouse Same Tufted Titmouse   Durham, NC  3/28/23 Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) Tiny Bluets (Houstonia pusilla) Oriental False Hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)   Bird Cherry (Prunus padus) flowers Buttercup Corn Speedwells (Veronica arvensis) Dovefoot Geranium (Geranium molle)   Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) English Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) buds American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) Eastern Mud Turtle Male Eastern Towhee Same male Eastern Towhee Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Male Mallard Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail     Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) Teneral male Common Whitetail Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta)     Durham, NC  3/27/23 Black scavenger flies (Sepsis punctum) mating American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) catkins (male on the left, female on the right) Jumping spider with orb weaver prey Orb weaver Another orb weaver   Painted Lichen Moth ( Hypoprepia fucosa) Planthopper White Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Two-lined Leatherwing Beetles mating   Durham, NC  3/25/23 Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle Buprestid beetle (Agrilus genus) Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) Tiny Bluets (Houstonia pusilla) Carolina Cherry Laurel (Prunus carolinianus)     Dovefoot Geranium (Geranium molle) Plum tree (Prunus domestica) Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)     Penny's Bend, Durham County, NC  3/24/23 Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) Another Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) Common Chickweed (Stella media) Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Ivyleaf Speedwell Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Midge Same midge Same midge Mining bee Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvaticus) flower Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvaticus) flower Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Tachinid fly Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula)   Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) Yellow Fumewort (Corydalis flavula) Yellow Fumeworts (Corydalis flavula)   Durham, NC, 3/23/23 Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) Beetle Male Eastern Bluebird Flowering Dogwood Hermit Thrush Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) May beetle Red-backed Jumping Spider (Phidippus johnsoni) Spider Virginia Spring Beauties (Claytonia virginica) Durham, NC  3/21/23 Female Eastern Bluebird Same female Eastern Bluebird Fly Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Jumping spider (young Paraphidippus aurantius) Northern Flicker Running crab spider Tufted Titmouse Same Tufted Titmouse         Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle         Durham, NC  3/19/23 Red-shouldered Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta)   Smooth Blackhaw (Viburnum prunifolium) Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla venusta), causing this gall on an American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) Same tree Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia)         Northern Mockingbird Same Northern Mockingbird       Durham, NC  3/18/23 Boxelder Bug Bark of an American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) Male Northern Cardinal Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) Carolina Wren Male House Finch Same House Finch Pennsylvania Bittercress (Cardamine pensylvanica) Red Tip Photinia River Birch (Betula nigra) male and female catkins   Leaves of mystery tree Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid (Pachypsylla venusta), causing this gall on an American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) Same mystery tree Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) buds           Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) flowers         Durham, NC  3/17/23 Dovefoot Geranium (Geranium molle) American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) Song Sparrow Oriental False Hawksbeard (Youngia japonica) Durham, NC 3/16/23 Male Northern Cardinal Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) Diamond-backed Froghopper Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) Red-shouldered Hawk Inchworm Ivyleaf Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) Female Mallard Male Mallard Another male Mallard Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) Common Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) Eastern Phoebe Question Mark Ruby-crowned Kinglet Same Ruby-crowned Kinglet Seed shrimps (Ostracoda class) Seed shrimps (Ostracoda class) Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus) Globular springtail (Bourletiella genus)   Globular springtails (Bourletiella genus) Eight Globular springtails (Bourletiella genus) Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllids (Pachypsylla venusta), causing these galls on an American Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)   Durham, NC  3/14/23 Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana) Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) Female Eastern Bluebird Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) Fungus Male House Finch Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Another Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) Eastern Gray Squirrel Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) Durham, NC  3/13/23 Marsh Beetle (Cyphon ruficollis) Bug nymph Cutworm Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) Purple Dead-nettle Saucer Magnolia Seed bug (Kleidocerys genus) nymph Eastern Gray Squirrel Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle Durham, NC  3/11/23 Female Northern Cardinal Carolina Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) Japanese Laurel (Aucuba japonica) fruits Common Blue Violets (Viola sororia sororia) Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana) Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) Eastern Tailed-blue Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) Another Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) Yet another Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Japanese Rose (cultivated plant) Plum tree (cultivated plant) Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) Eastern Redbud (cultivated plant)     Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Star Magnolias (cultivated plants) Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)     Durham, NC  3/9/23   Carolina Cherry Laurel (Prunus caroliniana) Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) Same flower fly (Toxomerus genus) Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius)   Sycamore Seed Bug (Belonochilus numenius) nymph Sign seen on trail Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Another Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Another Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)       Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle Parasitoid wasp       Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC  3/7/23 Virginia Pennywort (Obolaria virginica) Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) White Nuthatch Yellow-rumped Warbler Azure Bluet Bloodroots (Sanguinaria canadensis) Carpenter Bee Carolina Chickadee     Same Carolina Chickadee   Crane Fly Orchid winter leaves Dimpled Trout Lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica) Large Bee Fly Bloodroots (Sanguinaria canadensis) Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) bud and new leaf Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) Another Little Sweet Betsy (Trillium cuneatum) Mayapple Moth Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica) Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Another Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides) Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) buds Tachinid fly Moth hiding in leaf litter North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC  3/7/23 Prunus genus Salamander eggs Spring Azure on Eastern Redbud Common Water Strider Eggs         Moth floating on pond         Durham, NC  3/6/23   Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Japanese Cherry Tree (Prunus serrulata) Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle Same Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle   Durham, NC 3/5/23 Breeding Yellow-rumped Warbler Big Periwinkle (Vinca major) Carolina Chickadee Common Blue and Confederate Violets (Viola sororia sororia and Viola sororia priceana) Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) Confederate Violet (Viola sororia priceana) Field Pansy (Viola bicolor) Plum tree (Prunus genus) Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) White-throated Sparrow Winged Elm (Ulmus alata) Durham, NC  3/4/23 American Elm (Ulmus americana) seedheads American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) Red Maple (Acer rubrum) seedheads Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) flowers       Tiny Bluet (Houstonia pusilla) Wasp       Durham, NC 3/3/23 American Elm (Ulmus americana) seedhead American Elm (Ulmus americana) seedhead Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle   Beetle Caterpillar Another caterpillar Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)         Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)       Durham, NC  3/1/23 Gall wasp? Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpurea) Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) Azure Bluet (Houstonia caerulea) Opening Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) Japanese Cherry Tree (Prunus serrulata)

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