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November 2009
Weymouth Woods, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 11/28/09
All of the insects in this row were airborne.
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| Tiny scarab beetle, about 3 or 4 mm long | Filmy Dome Spider | Stonefly, about 10 mm long | Aphid |
Durham, NC 11/25/09
One last turn through the leaf litter:
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| Springtail, showing one antennae and the two-forked "springtail" | Springtail, with a better view of its back, or rather, its iridescence. | This shows what the springtail's back really looks like without reflections. |
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| Very tiny springtail | Wolf spider |
American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0-2), Durham, NC 11/20/09
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| Common Buckeye | Male Northern Cardinal | Kudzu flower, one of just a few left | Henbit |
Durham, NC 11/16/09
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| Wasp (Polistes genus) | Spotted Cucumber Beetle | Bee using tongue to get nectar | Dark Fishing Spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) | Tiny fly (about 2 mm long), maybe a fungus gnat |
Durham, NC 11/15/09
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| Flower fly (Helophilus fasciatus) | Blowfly | Tachinid fly | Another wasp-mimicking fly |
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| Blowfly | Tachinid Fly |
Durham, NC 11/13/09
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| Crane fly. You can see the pin-like halteres (vestigial wings) pointing down from the thorax. |
Durham, NC 11/9/09
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| Florida Predatory Stink Bug | Ground Beetle (Amara aulica) | Winged ant |
Durham, NC 11/8/09
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| Leaffooted Bug | Boxelder Bug, one of at least 5 close together on a Red Maple. | Marsh fly, seen at my local marsh | Flea beetle, seen at local marsh | Tachinid fly (Trichopoda pennipes), seen at local marsh | Adult aphid, caught while flying |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 11/5/09
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| Autumn Meadowhawk, about an inch long. See other dragonflies. |
Durham, NC 11/3/09
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| Centipede. See other non-insect, non-spider arthropods. | Not sure what this is. It was very tiny, maybe 3 mm long. | Another unfamiliar arthropod, perhaps a centipede |
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| Fiery Skipper on a Butterfly Bush | Leaffooted Bug | Funnel Web Spider |
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