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Durham, NC 5/31/21
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Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Yellow Nutsedge Moth |
Appalachian Brown |
Basilica Spider |
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Mystery beetle |
Firefly beetles mating |
Mystery bug on Stiff Marsh Bedstraw |
Click beetle |
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Jumping spider |
Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) |
Sweetgum buds |
Tarnished Plant Bug early-instar nymph |
Tumbling flower beetle |
Durham, NC 5/30/21
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Buffalo Treehopper nymph |
Same Buffalo Treehopper nymph |
Common Milkweed |
Jumping spider with leafhopper prey |
Tachinid fly (Trichopoda lanipes). ID thanks to Steve Scholnick. |
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Same Tachinid fly (Trichopoda lanipes) |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
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Durham, NC 5/29/21
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Lace bug (Corythucha genus) |
Pale Legume Bug (Lygus elisus) |
Tumbling flower beetle (Mordellistena genus) |
Weevil |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
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Cuckoo Bee |
Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass |
Japanese Beetle |
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Durham, NC 5/27/21
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Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Lace bug (Corythucha genus) |
leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Buffalo Treehopper nymph |
Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus) |
Durham, NC 5/26/21
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American Lady |
Antmimic Jumping Spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Appalachian Brown |
Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass |
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
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Green lacewing larva |
Carolina Horsenettle |
Jumping spider |
Lauxaniid fly |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
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Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Mystery moth |
Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) |
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Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Sedge? |
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Tumbling flower beetle |
Rubarb Curculio (Lixus concavus) |
White-banded Crab Spider |
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Durham, NC 5/25/21
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Appalachian Brown |
Common Milkweed |
Crab spider |
Dusky ladybug beetle |
Eastern Gamagrass |
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More Eastern Gamagrass |
Firefly beetle |
Sweet William (Dianthus caryophyllus) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
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Durham, NC 5/23/21
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Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Lobed Tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata), by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Blue Jay |
Dusky ladybug beetles (Scymnus rubricaudus) mating |
Ebony bug |
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Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva |
Flower thrip |
Turkey Vulture |
Same Turkey Vulture |
Neighborhood unicyclist |
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Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Brown-headed Cowbird pair |
Lobed Tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata) |
Ochre Dagger moth (Acronicta morula) |
Large Milkweed Bug |
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Monarch caterpillar on Common Milkweed |
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Durham, NC 5/22/21
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Ants tending aphids on a dock plant |
Clouded Plant Bug (Neurocolpus nubilus) |
Convergent Ladybug Beetle (Hippodamia convergens) |
European Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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Moth (Pandemis lamprosana), in Tortricinae subfamily |
Plume moth (Pterophorini tribe) |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Thrip |
Tumbling flower beetle |
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White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar |
Venus' Looking Glass |
Warty leaf beetle |
White Clover |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Durham, NC 5/21/21
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Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Orb weaver |
Southern Magnolia |
Swamp Milkweed Beetles mating |
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Tarnished Plant Bug on fleabane |
Orb weaver in web |
Web |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
American Black Elderberry |
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Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) seedheads |
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) flowers and seedhead |
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) flowers and seedhead |
Firefly beetle |
Cat Greenbrier (Smilax glauca) fruits |
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American Black Elderberry |
Question Mark |
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Durham, NC 5/19/21
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Snapping Turtle |
Same Snapping Turtle |
Spined Soldier Bug nymph |
Eupelmid wasp (Brasema rhadinosa). ID thanks to Jeong Yoo. |
Probably a Green June Beetle suffering from sun exposure |
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Jumping spider (Colonus sylvanus) |
Planthopper nymph exuvia |
Planthopper nymph exuvia |
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Durham, NC 5/18/21
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Appalachian Brown |
Plant bug (Amblytylus nasutus) ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
Green lacewing larva |
Same green lacewing larva |
Treehopper (Entylia carinata) |
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Appalachian Brown |
Blue Toadflax |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Ame Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Japanese Mazus |
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Large Milkweed Bug |
Stink bug |
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Durham, NC 5/17/21
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass |
Common or European Honeysuckle |
Partridgeberry flowers and leaves |
Durham, NC 5/16/21
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American Black Elderberry |
American Hornbeam |
Mystery beetle |
Carolina Cranesbill |
Firefly beetle |
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Ghost Spider |
Grass |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) |
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Leafroller moth |
Long-legged fly |
Moth |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Peppergrass |
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Common Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) |
Warty Spurge |
Wasp |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Female Zabulon Skipper |
Durham, NC 5/14/21
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Jumping spider (Phidippus otiosus) |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle larva (Coleomegilla maculata) |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Longhorn bee |
Mite (Penthaleus genus) |
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Planthopper (Criomorphus genus) |
Same planthopper (Criomorphus genus) |
Stilt Bug |
Same Stilt Bug |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
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Cone carrying moth (Lepidoscia genus). A similar insect was spotted in the Melbourne, Australia, area: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9299244. It might have arrived in the U.S. on an imported eucalpytus tree. |
Woodland Spurge flowers, male on left, female on right |
Whirligig mite |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
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Aphids and ant |
Assassin bug |
Bee |
Beetle |
Why they call it blue-eyed "grass" |
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Bristly Mallow |
Plant bug |
Chinese Privet |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
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Red Admiral |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male EAstern Bluebird (his age showing here more clearly) |
Lauxaniid fly |
Durham, NC 5/13/21
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Dovefoot Geranium |
Field Madder |
Fleabane |
Grass with mite |
Gray Hairstreak, with anomalous dorsal orange |
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Hawkweed |
Little Brown Jug flower, fading |
Orange Sulphur |
Pillbug |
Shepherd's Purse |
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Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
Probably Yellow Passionflower vine, later killed by herbicide sprayers around 5/21/21 |
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Durham, NC 5/11/21
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Azure on White Clover |
Bristly Mallow bud |
Bristly Mallow flower |
Antmimic jumping spider (male Synemosyna formica) |
Freshly molted crab spider |
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Annual Blue-eyed Grass |
Dwarf Dandelion |
Fleabane |
Flower fly |
Ground Ivy |
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Japanese Mazus |
Jumping spider (probably Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with prey |
Jumping spider (male Hentzia mitrata) |
Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
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Leafhopper nymph |
Same leafhopper nymph |
Another leafhopper nymph |
Long-legged fly |
Longhorn beetle |
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Low Hop Clover |
Mock Strawberry |
Moth |
Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Needle-tip Blue-eyed Grass |
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Picture-winged fly |
Shepherd's Purse |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Same Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Wasp |
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Mystery wildflower |
Wolf spider |
Yellow wood-sorrel |
Female Common Whitetail |
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Durham, NC 5/9/21
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Treehopper (Entylia carinata) |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle larva |
Sycamore Seed Bug nymph |
Wolf spider (Schizocosa crassipes) |
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) |
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Aphids |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter nymph |
Bulbous Buttercup flower |
Chinese Privet |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
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Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Hearts-a-bustin' flower and bud |
Ladybug beetle larva |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Longhorn beetle |
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Needle-tip Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum) |
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Durham, NC 5/8/21
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Should be called Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), although it's generally accepted that Narrowleaf and Needle-tip look identical, and not like this. It was as big as these species, definitely not Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass. |
Male Northern Cardinal |
The last Deerberry flower |
Field Madder |
Frank's Sedge |
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Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
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Maybe a 17-year Cicada? Wings seem immature. Dorsal view. |
Same cicada, ventral view |
Brookweed (Samolus parviflorus) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum) |
Cat's Ear Dandelion |
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Common Cinquefoil (Cinquefoil simplex) |
Dock |
Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Hemp Dogbane |
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Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis arifolia) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
Painted Skimmer |
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) |
Another Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) |
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Pennsylvania Bittercress |
Shepherd's Purse |
Little Periwinkle (Vinca minor) |
Violet Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
Same Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
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Sedge |
Shepherd's Purse |
Shield-backed Katydid |
Shotgun shell. Yes, there is hunting in my neighborhood. |
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Southern Blue Flag Iris |
Venus' Looking Glass |
Another Venus' Looking Glass |
Violet Wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea) |
Virginia Spiderwort |
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Weak Rush (Juncus debilis) |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle larva |
Southern Blue Flag Irises |
Spiraea japonica |
Toy found here |
Durham, NC 5/6/21
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Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) |
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Ladybug beetle larva |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Lyreleaf Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
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Moth |
Common Rush (Juncus effusus) |
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Warty leaf beetle |
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Mystery caterpillar |
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Durham, NC 5/5/21
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Fledgling Northern Mockingbird |
Same bird slid down between the trunks of a Crape Myrtle. |
Same fledgling Northern Mockingbird, after flying onto a fence |
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Same fledgling Northern Mockingbird |
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Pearl Crescent |
Pileated Woodpecker |
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Female Eastern Pondhawk |
Tufted Titmouse |
Male House Finch |
Two male and one female House Finches |
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American Hornbeam bracts |
Bulbous Buttercup? |
Common Whitetail |
Corn Earworm |
Multiflora Rose |
Durham, NC 5/4/21
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American Lady |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Aphids |
Brazilian Vervain (Verbena brasiliensis) |
Brown-headed Nuthatch at nest |
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Hairy Buttercup |
Caterpillar |
Another caterpillar |
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Caterpillars |
Common Dandelion |
Dwarf Dandelion |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
Black scavenger fly (Sepsis punctum), Durham, NC, 5/4/21. Genus ID thanks to Hexapoda. |
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Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii) |
Jumping spider |
Lauxaniid fly |
Leafhopper |
Mock Strawberry |
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Orb weaver |
Probably a Yellow Passionflower vine |
Third Fork Creek, seen from bridge |
Vine |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Ocracoke, NC 5/1/21
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Largeseed Forget-me-not |
Part of an Ocracoke house near Route 12, viewed from the ball field |
Frog sculpture at Heron's Landing |
Hawkweed |
Formerly named Heron's Landing, on Cedar Lane, viewed from the ball field |
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Morning Glories (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Mourning Dove |
Ballfield scoreboard |
Sow Thistle seedheads |
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