At home, 11/22/13
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| My attempt to imitate Al Franken, at least for the continental US. I drew it without reference to any outside source, not even Franken's video. |
Durham, NC 11/23/13
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| A mysterious tie | Maybe a Dewdrop Spider | Same Dewdrop Spider | Humpback Orb Weaver |
Southern Village, Orange County, NC 11/22/13
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| Painted Lady |
Durham, NC 11/22/13
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| Kudzu Bug |
Jordan Lake Gamelands, Chatham County, NC 11/17/13
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| Crayfish in a hole | Jordan Lake, with gulls | Dried-up pond |
Durham, NC 11/17/13
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| Chinese Mantis |
Durham, NC 11/16/13
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| Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi) | Buffalo Treehopper | Diamond-backed Froghopper | Pirate spider (Mimetus genus) | Dung fly (Cordilura genus). ID thanks to Chris Angell. |
Durham, NC 11/15/13
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| Jumping spider (Eris militaris) | Lauxaniid fly | Brown lacewing larva with aphid prey | Long-jawed orb weaver |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 11/12/13
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| Double-crested Cormorant | White Ibis | Sanderlings | Artificial rainbow created by a fountain in Carolina Lake |
Ft. Fisher Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/12/13
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| Sleepy Orange | Common Buckeye | Double-crested Cormorants |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 11/11/13
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| Willet | The beach itself | Male Boat-tailed Grackle |
Ft. Fisher Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/11/13
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| Little Yellow | Green Anole |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 11/11/13
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| Male Wood Duck in breeding plumage | Peking Duck |
Battery Buchanan, Ft. Fisher Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/11/13
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| Asters in the sand | Windsurfer |
Battle Acre, Ft. Fisher Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/10/13
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| Common Buckeye and Gulf Fritillary among Firewheels | Firewheels | Gulf Fritillary on Firewheel and Common Buckeye flying away | Vesper Sparrow |
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| An Orange Sulphur on a Firewheel |
Durham, NC 11/9/13
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| Ichneumon wasp, Ephialtini tribe, Pimplinae subfamily. ID thanks to Bob Carlson. |
Durham, NC 11/8/13
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| Firefly beetle larva (maybe Photuris genus) | Same firefly beetle larva | Same firefly beetle larva |
Durham, NC 11/7/13
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| Ant mimic spider (Castaneira amoena) | Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Durham, NC 11/3/13
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| Nymph and adult barklice (and a bonus aphid in the corner). Left one is Echmepteryx hageni according to John F. Carr. The one of the right is Metylophorus noveascotiae, according to V. Belov. |
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore County, NC 11/2/13
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| Little Bluestem (Andropogon scoparius) |
Sandhills Horticultural Garden, Pinehurst, NC 11/2/13
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| A creek |
Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 11/2/13
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| Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | Leaffooted bug |