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Durham, NC 11/30/20
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| Green lacewing larva |
Horsehair worms, maybe mating |
Another pair of horsehair worms, perhaps mating |
Hoverfly larva swallowing an aphid |
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| Mite, member of Parasitidae family |
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Orb weaver |
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Durham, NC 11/28/20
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| Aphid |
Planthopper |
Sweetgum tree |
Wasp |
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Durham, NC 11/27/20
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| Common Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Common Dandelion |
Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus) |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
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| Pumpkin, left in neighborhood |
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Durham, NC 11/26/20
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Aphid |
Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica) |
Brown lacewing larva |
Another brown lacewing larva attacking an aphid while another aphid looks on |
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| Bug on Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Cutleaf Coneflower |
Globular springtail |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster seedhead |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
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| Horned Passalus |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Leaf beetle, probably a Strawberry Rootworm (Paria fragariae) |
Malaysian False Pimpernel |
Maple leaf |
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| Red Maple leaves |
Dwarf spider (Ceraticelus genus) |
Mystery spider |
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Durham, NC 11/25/20
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Chipping Sparrow |
Male House Finch |
Female Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Same female Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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| Same female Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Eastern Gray Squirrel with nut |
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Durham, NC 11/24/20
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| Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) |
Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) |
Sea Myrtle seedheads |
Buttonbush seedheads |
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Durham, NC 11/23/20
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| Female Red-bellied Woodpecker with nut |
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Durham, NC 11/22/20
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| Aphid |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Brazilian Vervain |
Brown Lacewing (Micromus posticus) |
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| Cobweb spider (Euryopis funebris) |
Crab spider |
Inchworm |
American Robin |
Another American Robin |
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| Mystery spider |
Swamp Smartweed |
Vine |
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Durham, NC 11/21/20
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| Green Stink Bug |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Mystery wildflower seedhead |
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Durham, NC 11/20/20
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Probably an Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva, Durham, NC, 11/20/20 |
Same larva |
Long-jawed orb weaver (Glenognatha foxi) |
Probably an orb weaver |
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| Orb weaver |
Pirate Wolf Spider |
Planthopper (Criomorphus) |
Same planthopper (Criomorphus) |
Mystery spider |
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| Brown Stink Bug |
Wasp |
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Durham, NC 11/19/20
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| Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Another Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Durham, NC 11/18/20
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| Male House Finch |
Mystery bush flowers, with hoverfly |
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Durham, NC 11/17/20
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pair (female on top) |
Tiny fly |
Mystery bush flower, with blowfly and tiny fly (shown on left) |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Ichneumon wasp |
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| Japanese Maple Leafhopper |
Jumping spider |
Jumping spider young (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Jumping spider |
Pirate wolf spider |
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| Thicket bean |
Aphids |
Aphids |
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Durham, NC 11/16/20
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| Carolina Chickadee |
Male Eastern Towhee |
Same male Eastern Towhee |
Same male Eastern Towhee |
Forsythia flower |
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| Japanese Mazus (Mazus japonica) |
Sea Myrtle |
Turkey Vulture |
Same Turkey Vulture |
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Durham, NC 11/15/20
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Creeping Eryngo (Eryngium prostratum) |
Wildflower seedheads |
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Durham, NC 11/14/20
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| Male House Finch |
Leaf-footed bug |
Carolina Chickadee |
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Durham, NC 11/13/20
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| Northern Mockingbird |
Mushroom |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Song Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
Another Song Sparrow |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) unfolding seedhead |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) unfolding seedhead |
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Close-up of part of swamp at edge of marsh |
Long view of that swamp |
Close-up of Water Ferns (Azolla filiculoides) with a few Common Duckweeds (Lemna minor). Common Duckweeds are flowering plants, but Water Ferns are not. The flowers of Common Duckweeds are too small to be seen without a magnifying lens. |
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| Water Ferns and Common Duckweed |
Marsh, as seen from the field |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa |
Chinese Witchhazel (Hamamelis mollis) |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
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| Turkey Vulture |
Yerba-de-tajo (Eclipta prostrata) |
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Durham, NC 11/10/20
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| Aphid |
Another aphid (maybe not alive) |
Chipping Sparrow |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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| Miniature Rose |
Seed pods |
Planthopper |
Maple leaves? |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Same Tufted Titmouse |
Yellow leaves |
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Durham, NC 11/9/20
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| Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Female Eastern Towhee |
White-throated Sparrow |
Same White-throated Sparrow |
Durham, NC 11/8/20
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| Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
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Durham, NC 11/7/20
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Begonias (Begonia semperflorens) |
Probably a male Red-winged Blackbird |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Cloudless Sulphur |
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Local forest |
Another view of local forest |
Millipede (Sigmoria aberrans) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
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| Juvie female and male Red-winged Blackbirds |
Song Sparrow |
White-throated Sparrow |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa |
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupae |
Climbing Hempvine |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
Marsh, seen from field |
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Durham, NC 11/6/20
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| Aphid |
Another aphid |
Euonymus japonicus fruit |
Another Euonymus japonicus fruit |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
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| Euonymus japonicus bush |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Jumping spider (Colonus sylvanus) |
Same jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
Durham, NC 11/5/20
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| Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Sea Myrtle |
Wheel Bug |
Buprestid beetle (Dicerca caudata) |
Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
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| Northern Mockingbird |
Same Northern Mockingbird |
Same Northern Mockingbird |
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Durham, NC 11/4/20
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| Chloropid fly |
Mating scuttle flies (most likely Diplonevra nitidula) |
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Durham, NC 11/3/20
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| Aphid |
Another aphid |
Another aphid, standing on end |
Another aphid |
Another aphid |
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| Another aphid |
Brazilian Vervain (Verbena brasiliensis) |
True bug |
Japanese Maple Leafhopper |
Crab spider |
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| Flea beetle (Crepidodera genus) |
Fly |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Another Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster seedhead |
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| Hoverfly larva |
Japanese mazus (Mazus japonica) |
Ladybug beetle larva |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Little Bluestem |
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| Lynx spider |
Same lynx spider |
Star-bellied Orb weaver |
Same Star-bellied Orb weaver |
Same Star-bellied Orb weaver |
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
Wasp |
Whirligig Mite |
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Durham, NC 11/2/20
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| Jumping spider (female Hentzia palmarum) |
Jumping plant louse (Cacopsylla brevistigmata) |
Marsh fly |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Flatid planthopper? |
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| Running crab spider |
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Durham, NC 11/1/20
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Same female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
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