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Durham, NC 5/21/22
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| Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Insect eggs, with eyes and a pair of legs showing in each |
Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) |
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| Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) |
Kentucky Bluegrass (Poa pratensis) |
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| Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) fruit |
Orchard Spider |
Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) seedheads |
Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) seedheads, close up |
Red-necked Cane Borer |
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| Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) flower |
Spider, probably unidentifiable since a dorsal view was unobtainable |
Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
White Campion (Silene latifolia) |
White Campion (Silene latifolia) |
Durham, NC 5/20/22
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| Appalachian Brown |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca) |
Buffalo Treehopper nymph, in bad shape |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
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| Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Cuckoo wasp (Holopyga ventralis) |
Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) stigmas |
Same Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) stigmas |
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| Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) anthers |
Greenbriar (Smilax glauca) fruits |
Ground Skink |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Least Skipper |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Another Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Rabbit |
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| Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) |
Water Hemlock |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Wild graphes |
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Durham, NC 5/19/22
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| Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides), an invasive plant |
Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides), up closer |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Black Willow (Salix nigra) seedheads |
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Crane fly |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
Eastern Mud Turtle |
Great Blue Heron |
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| Great Blue Heron |
Green Ash |
Little Brown Jug |
Lizards Tails |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Moth |
Partridgeberry flowers |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Swamp |
Durham, NC 5/18/22
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| Antmimic jumping spider |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Plant bug |
Crab spider |
Earwig |
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| Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides ) with anthers |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Marsh fly |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Pennsylvania Leather-wing Beetle |
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| Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) |
Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) |
Plant bug |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Probably a female Fiery Skipper |
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| South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa) |
Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) seedheads) |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle larva |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle larvae |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle larvae |
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| Tumbling flower beetle |
Velvet mite |
Venus' Looking Grass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
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Durham, NC 5/17/22
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| Ants in pond |
Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
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| Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
Backswimmer (Notonecta genus) nymph |
Juvie Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Common Water Striders |
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| Common Water Striders in collision |
Milk Thistle |
Rose Pogonia |
Sundew |
Tadpoles |
Durham, NC 5/15/22
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Mating cryptocephalid beetles |
Boxelder Bugs |
Boxelder Bugs |
Boxelder Bugs |
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| Boxelder Bugs |
Cutleaf Cranesbill (Geranium dissectum) |
Dock |
Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) |
Hairy Woodland Brome (Bromus pubescens) |
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| Quackgrass? |
Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Male House Finch |
House Finches |
Same House Finches |
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| Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Leaf beetle (Bassareus detritus) |
Leafhopper |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Mantis nymph |
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| Same mantis nymph |
Marsh fly |
Moth |
Pearl Crescent |
Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum) |
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| Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) |
Question Mark |
Same Question Mark |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
River Birch (Betula nigra) female catkin |
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| Orb weaver |
Same orb weaver |
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) |
Spring Azure |
Same Spring Azure |
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| Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Mystery tree |
Turkey Vulture |
Another Turkey Vulture |
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| West Indian Nightshade |
White Clover |
Wild Grape |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
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Durham, NC 5/14/22
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| Mite (Pergamasus genus) |
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Durham, NC 5/13/22
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| Appalachian Brown |
Beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) |
Beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) |
Brazilian Vervain (Verbena bonariensis) |
Mystery bug on Meadow Garlic flower |
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| Corn Salad (Valerianella radiata) |
Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia biflora) |
Grass in the Third Fork Creek |
Grasshopper nymph |
Hornet |
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| Katydid |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Same leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Long-legged fly |
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| Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) and Purple Lo |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) flower |
Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis pectinacea) |
Spittlebug |
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| Spring Azure |
Same Spring Azure |
Swamp Milkweed Beetles |
Warty leaf beetle |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
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| White Avens (Geum canadense) |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
Blue-eyed grass |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 5/10/22
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| Common Buckeye |
Same Common Buckeye |
Cabbage White, showing wrinkling of its forewings |
Same Cabbage White |
Same Cabbage White |
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| Same Cabbage White, showing even more forewing wrinkling |
Common Grape Fern (Botrychium virginianum), on Nature Trail |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
March fly |
Rose Pogonia Orchid (Pogonia ophioglossoide) |
Spotted Salamander larva |
Same Spotted Salamander larva |
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| Sweetshrub (Calycanthus floridus), on Nature Trail |
Tadpoles |
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) flowers |
Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), showing about 25 flowers |
Budding Venus Flytrap |
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| Common Water Strider, with prey |
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Durham, NC 5/9/22
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Bug nymph on American Hornbeam |
Same bug nymph on American Hornbeam |
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| Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum) |
Dwarf dandelion |
Eupelmid wasp (Brasema rhadinosa) |
Flea beetle (Disonycha procera), Durham, NC |
Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii) |
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| Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Male House Finch |
Jumping spider |
Jumping spider |
Jumping spider |
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| Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Another Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Nymph |
Another nymph |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
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| South American Skullcap (Scutellaria racemosa). ID provided by Keith Bradley, Botanist at South Carolina DNR, and confirmed by Carol McCormick of UNC-Chapel Hill and Harry LeGrand. |
Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
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| Same Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
Spring Azure |
Weevil |
Yellow Nutsedge Moth |
Durham, NC 5/8/22
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| Song Sparrow |
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Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) seedheads |
Weevil, with strange photography effects |
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| Weevil |
Woodland Spurge (Euphorbia obtusada) |
American Black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) |
Awl Sedge (Carex stipata) |
Beaked Corn Salad (Valerianella radiata) |
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| Beetle (Podabrus rugosulus) |
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum) seedheads |
Common Rush (Juncus effusus) |
Fly |
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| Cat Greenbrier (Smilax glauca) flowers |
Japanese Honeysuckle |
Jumping spider |
Largeseed Forget-me-not (Myosotis macrosperma) |
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| Leafhopper nymph |
Same leafhopper nymph |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Miniature Rose (ours) |
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| Sharpshooter nymph? |
Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
Skullcap |
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Durham, NC 5/5/22
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass |
Eastern Rat Snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis) |
Honeybee on Sawtooth Black |
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass |
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| Cabbage White |
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Carolina Wren |
Chinese Privet |
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| Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Common (European) Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) |
Crane fly |
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) |
Dwarf Dandelion seedhead |
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| Eastern Pondhawk |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea)
seedheads |
Another Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) seedheads |
Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) |
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| Fungus |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) |
Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
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| Flower Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus velutinus) |
Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) |
Mock Strawberries (Potentilla indica) |
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) flowers and leaves |
Big Periwinkle (Vinca major) |
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| Red Admiral |
Shepherd's Purse |
Soldier fly (Psellidotus hieroglyphicus) on Sticky Willy seedheads |
Southern Blue Flag Irises (Iris virginica) |
Southern Blue Flag Irises (Iris virginica) |
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| Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) |
Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) |
Mystery plant |
Venus' Looking Glass |
Warty leaf beetle |
Rabid Wolf Spider |
Bee |
Durham, NC 5/4/22
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| Aphid |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Buttercup |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium caroliniana) |
Dwarf dandelion |
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| Earwig |
Greenbriar flowers |
Jumping spider (Attidops genus) |
Jumping spider |
Jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva) |
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| Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Anomalous Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
Wildflower |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Polished Ladybug Beetle |
Running crab spider |
Durham, NC 5/1/22
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Beaked Corn Salad (Valerianella radiata) |
Sawtooth Blackbery (Rubus argutus) |
Blue-eyed grass |
Caterpillar |
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| Chipping Sparrow, with prey |
Crab spider with prey |
Dusky ladybug beetle: Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri) |
Female juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
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| Grass plant with colored flowers |
Greenbriar (Smilax glauca) flowers |
Greenbriar (Smilax glauca) flowers |
Greenbriar (Smilax glauca) flowers |
Leafhopper nymph |
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| March fly |
Monarch visiting Common Milkweed |
Monarch visiting Common Milkweed |
Monarch visiting Common Milkweed |
Monarch visiting Common Milkweed |
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