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May 2009 Photos
Durham, NC 5/31/09
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| Green Lacewing. Photo taken at night. | Striped Wintergreen (Chimapila maculata), in full bloom, 5/31/09 |
Durham, NC 5/30/09
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| Tachinid fly (Xanthomelanodes genus) | Issid planthopper nymph | Fly (Dialysis genus, Xylophagidae family) |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 5/30/09
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| Indian Pipes | Protean Shield-backed Katydid nymph | Question Mark |
Durham, NC 5/29/09
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| Male and female Black Widow Spiders |
Durham, NC 5/28/09
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| Crab spider | Striped Wintergreen: one flower in full bloom. |
Durham, NC 5/27/09
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| Male Black Widow, Durham, NC, 5/27/09 | Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Durham, NC 5/26/09
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| Ground Spider (Sergiolus capulatus) | Crab spider with ant prey | Tachinid fly | Barklouse nymph (taken on 5/25) |
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| Orchard Spider | Striped Wintergreen: the flower is opening. | Ichneumonid wasp |
Durham, NC 5/23/09
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| Three views of a jumping spider | Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) | |||||
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| Striped Wintergreen (Chimapila maculata) with buds, Durham, NC, 5/23/09. Used to considered an Ericaceae family member. |
Durham, NC 5/22/09
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| Elaphidion mucronatum. ID thanks to Frank Guarnieri. | Gray (Copes?) Treefrog. You can't tell the difference between these two species just by looking at their members. |
Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC 5/22/09
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| Magnolia Green Jumping Spider (Lyssomanes viridis) | Sleepy Orange | Monarch. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 5/21/09
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| Boxelder Bug | Argid Sawfly | Leafhopper nymph | Katydid nymph | Harvestman |
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| Spider, maybe jumping spider | Grasshopper nymph | Mourning Cloak (ventral view) | Mourning Cloak (dorsal view) | Snout moth |
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| Orange Sulphur, dorsal view | Orange Sulphur, ventral view | Common Milkweed | Penstemon | Field of penstemons |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 5/20/09
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| Female Calico Pennant. See other dragonflies. | Hangingfly | Little Wood Satyr | Large Bee Fly | Blue Corporal |
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| Wild Blue Indigo flowers and leaves | Wild Blue Indigo seed pods |
Durham, NC 5/18/09
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| Podabrus rugosulus, Durham, NC, 5/18/09. |
Durham, NC 5/16/09
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| Curculio (Lixus genus) | Leaffooted Bug | Female Citrine Forktail |
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| Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle | Thread-waisted wasp | Pileated Woodpecker |
Durham, NC 5/15/09
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| Boxelder Bug nymph | Eastern Box Turtle |
Ocracoke, South Point road, Hyde County, NC 5/13/09
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| Male Fiddler Crab, trying to intimidate me | Same crab, looking intimidated by my much taller husband. | Blue-eyed Grass |
Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/12/09
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| Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda mundi) | Blue-tipped Dancer. See other damselflies. | Little Wood Satyr (ventral) | Little Wood Satyr (dorsal) |
Ocracoke, north end, Hyde County, NC 5/12/09
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| Salt Marsh Skipper | Salt Marsh Skipper, ventral view | Robber fly |
Ocracoke (in town), Hyde County, NC 5/11/09
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| Milkweed Assassin Bug (Zelus longipes) |
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Dare County, NC 5/10/09
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| Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea) | Red Admiral | Six-lined Racerunner. See other lizards. | Florida Cooter |
Durham, NC 5/9/09
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| Three-spot Horse Fly (Tabanus trimaculatus) |
Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC 5/7/09
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| Crab Spider, Bassaniana genus maybe |
Durham, NC 5/6/09
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| Treehopper (Telamona decorata), with what appears to be an early instar true bug nymph. The treehopper seemed to be protecting it. | Same treehopper departing with nymph. | Criocerinid beetle, (Neolema sexpunctata), Durham, 5/6/09 | Young Fowler's Toad (about 8 mm long) | Ichneumonid wasp |
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| Billbug (Splenophorus venatus). See other beetles. | Boxelder Bug nymph | Mourning Cloak caterpillar | Scarab beetle |
Durham, NC 5/4/09
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| Leaf beetle (Prasocuris phellandri), about 2 mm | Spotted Ladybug Beetles (Coleogilla maculata) | Tarnished Plant Bug on Buttercup fruit | Fowler's Toad, about 8 mm long |
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| Gray Treefrog | Spider (family Corinnidae) | Pearl Crescent with Buttercup flower | Female Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Durham, NC 5/2/09
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| False Potato Beetle (aka Burdock Beetle) (Leptinotarsa juncta). A close relative of the Colorado Potato Beetle, but not a crop pest. |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 5/1/09
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| American Lady. Also see the Butterfly Index. | Red-necked Cane Borer (Agrilus ruficollis), a very small Buprestid beetle | Male Zabulon Skipper | Blue Corporal dragonfly |
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| Grape Root Borer Moth (Vitacea polistiformis). Neither the Integrated Taxonomic Information System nor the Tree of Life Web have applied taxa on the genus level for this species. It is a Sesiidae family member. |
Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacoma disstria) |
Boxelder Bug nymph |
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