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Durham, NC 5/31/23
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| Buprestid beetle |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Clouded Plant Bug |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Deertongue (Dichanthelium clandestinum) |
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| Goldenrod Spider |
Same Goldenrod Spider |
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus incisus) nymph |
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| Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
Stink bug nymph |
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Durham, NC 5/30/23
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| Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) |
Common Buckeye |
Dock |
Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
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| Another Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
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| Dogbane Beetles on Hemp Dogbane (Apocynum cannibinum) |
Dogbane Tiger Moth (Cycnia tenera) |
Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
Jumping spider |
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle |
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| Leafhopper (Scaphoideus intricatus) nymph |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus intricatus) nymph |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus intricatus) nymph |
Penstemons |
Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) |
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| Female Purple Martin |
Female Purple Martin in flight |
Swamp Milkweed Beetles |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/25/23
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| Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
View of a pond |
Low Hop Clover (Tifolium campestre) |
Red-winged Blackbird with prey |
White Ibis |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/24/23
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| Red-winged Blackbird attacking a crow |
Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Ibis |
Manyflower Marsh-Pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata) |
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| Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Another Red-winged Blackbird |
Yet another Red-winged Blackbird |
Semi-palmated Sandpiper |
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| Semi-palmated Sandpiper |
Semi-palmated Sandpipers |
U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers memorial |
The other side of the U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers memorial |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/23/23
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| Loop Shack Hill archaeological site |
Brookweed (Samolus valerandi) |
Chairmaker's Rush (Scirpus pungens) |
Coastal Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri) |
Deertongue (Dichanthelium clandestinum) |
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| Virginia Dwarf-dandelion (Krigia virginica) |
Virginia Dwarf-dandelion (Krigia virginica) |
Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) |
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| Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) |
Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) |
Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa) |
Male Eastern Towhee |
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| Same male Eastern Towhee |
Faded Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata) |
Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata) |
Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
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| Lined Orbweaver (Mangora gibberosa), running away, but came back |
Lined Orbweaver (Mangora gibberosa) |
Mourning Dove |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Another Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
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| Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
Sensitive Archaeological Area designation |
Sensitive Archaeological Area designation, with site in the background |
Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin) |
Snail shell |
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| Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/22/23
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| Airplane |
Same airplane |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| House Sparrow |
House Sparrow |
Kite |
Pinwheel display outside a store |
Least Tern, flying against the wind |
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| Same Least Tern |
Same Least Tern |
Same Least Tern |
Same Least Tern |
Same Least Tern |
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| Same Least Tern |
Lighthouse, from across Silver Lake |
Parasailing rider and boat |
Parasailor |
Juvie Sanderling |
Ocracoke Beach, Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC 5/21/23
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| Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea imperati) |
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| Camphorweed (Heterotheca axillaris) |
Brown-headed Cowbirds |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Yellow Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Fleabane |
Tern |
Female House Sparrow |
Another female House Sparrow |
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| Large jellyfish |
Killdeer |
Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Another Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
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| Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
Royal Tern |
Royal Tern soaring |
Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
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| Another Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
Another Breeding Sanderling |
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| Starrush Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
Starrush Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/21/23
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| Annual Beard-grass (Polypogon monspeliensis) |
Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) |
Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) |
Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata) |
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Fleabane (Erigeron genus, either Strigosus or annuus species) |
Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Starrush Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
Vasey's Grass (Paspalum urvillei) |
Vasey's Grass (Paspalum urvillei), up close |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/20/23
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| Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) |
Birdfoot Trefoil |
Feral cat |
Citrine Forktail |
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum) |
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| Fowler's Toad |
Another Fowler's Toad |
Leatherwing Beetle with fly prey |
Northern Mockingbird |
Moth caught in puddle |
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| Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
Spotless Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea) |
Same Spotless Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea) |
Same Spotless Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea) |
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| Common Starling |
Starrush Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
Stink bug |
Sunset |
Sweet Yellow Clover (Melilotus officinalis) |
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| Thistle |
View from room |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 5/19/23
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| Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
Snowy Egret |
Snowy Egret |
Rainbow |
Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea) |
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| Starrush Whitetop Sedge (Rhynchospora colorata) |
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Durham, NC 5/16/23
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| Carolina Wren |
Eggplant Flea Beetle |
Chloropid fly |
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
Question Mark |
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| Same Question Mark |
Same Question Mark |
River Cooter |
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Durham, NC 5/15/23
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| Blue Jay |
Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis) buds |
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) |
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) |
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) |
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| Dock |
Frost Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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| Hoverfly (Toxomerus genus) |
Maybe a fungus gnat |
Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
Littleleaf Buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus) |
Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) |
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| Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata) |
Song Sparrow |
Tufted Titmouse |
Female Zabulon Skipper |
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Durham, NC 5/12/23
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| Bark crab spider (Bassaniana versicolor) |
Deertongue (Dichanthelium clandestinum) |
Lauxaniid fly |
Hispid Buttercups |
Joe's sign |
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| Leafhopper |
Leafhopper (Coelidia olitoria) nymph |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Female Widow Skimmer |
Possibly Crepis pulchra |
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Durham, NC 5/11/23
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| Buprestid beetles |
Common Rush (Juncus effusus) |
Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Midge exuvia? |
Deertongue (Dichanthelium clandestinum) |
Running crab spider (Tmarus genus) |
Spider exuvia, with a nymph |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 5/10/23
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| Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) |
Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) |
Orchard Spider |
Wild Licorice (Galium circaezans) |
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| Rattlesnakeweed (Hieracium venosum) |
Lichen Moth (Lycomorpha pholus) |
Columbine |
Common Evening Primroses (Oenothera fruticosa) |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis virginica) |
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| Dark-winged fungus gnat (Eugnoriste genus) |
Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) |
More Golden Alexander (Zizea aurea) |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
European Honeybee |
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| Rattlesnake Fern (Botrychium genus) |
Green-and-Gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Ebony Jewelwings |
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Durham, NC 5/9/23
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| American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Same female Northern Cardinal |
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| Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Hoverfly (Toxomerus genus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hembit (Lamium amplexicaule) |
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| Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) |
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) |
Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum) |
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| Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) |
Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) |
Sticky Willy (Galium aparine) |
Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
Weevil (Glyptobaris lecontei). ID thanks to
John Rosenfeld |
Durham, NC 5/8/23
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| Cone carrying moth (Lepidoscia genus) |
Fleabane |
Greenbriar |
Rustic Borer |
Male Wide Ribbon Meshweaver (Emblyna sublata) |
Durham, NC 5/7/23
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata) |
Hispid Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus) |
Common Scorpion Fly |
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| Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
Jumping spider (male Hentzia mitrata) |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Owlet |
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| Velvet Mite |
Whirligig Mite |
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Durham, NC 5/6/23
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| American Lady |
Aquatic snail |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Boxelder Bug |
Carabid beetle |
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| Carolina Crane's-bill |
Leafhopper nymph |
Same leafhopper nymph |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
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| Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Mystery scarab beetle |
Mystery scarab beetle in flight |
Mystery scarab beetle caught |
Seed shrimps |
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| Dew-laden spider web |
Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
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Durham, NC 5/4/23
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| Carolina Wren, with prey |
Same Carolina Wren |
Creeping Wood-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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| Hooked Buttercup (Ranunculus recurvatus) |
Ichneumon wasp (Dusona genus) |
Little Brown Jug (Hexastylis virginica) |
Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) |
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Durham, NC 5/2/23
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| Snowberry Clearwing Moth on Japanese Honeysuckle |
Sweat bee on Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
Sweat bee on Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
Virginia Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) |
Male Zabulon Skipper on Poison Ivy |
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium rosulatum) |
Carolina Crane's-bill (Geranium carolinianum) seedheads |
Carolina Crane's-bill (Geranium carolinianum) flowers |
Crane fly |
Crayfish hole, one of four |
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| Creeping Wood-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) |
Dovefoot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Hooked Buttercup (Ranculus recurvatus) |
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| May beetle |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) |
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
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| Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) flowers and a few seeds |
Squarrose Sedge (Carex squarrosa) seedhead |
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Durham, NC 5/1/23
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| Annual Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium resolatum) |
Probably from a Black Willow |
Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) |
Carolina Wren |
Jumping spider (male Hentzia mitrata) |
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| Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Least Skipper on Bulbous Buttercup |
Monarch |
Same Monarch |
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
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| Red-shouldered Hawk, hdigin |
Two Flower Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia biflora) |
Female parasitoid wasp |
Yellow Poplar Weevil |
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