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