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October 2009
Piney Woods Park, Durham, NC 10/31/09
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| Female Autumn Meadowhawk (Sympetrum vicinum), about an inch long. Might be an immature dragonlet. | Jumping spider with prey | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Checkered Skipper | St. Andrew's Cross, the only flower and leaves left on this small plant |
Durham, NC (my local marsh) 10/31/09
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| Pinkweed | Flower fly (Toxomerus geminatus) on a buttercup (St. Anthony's Turnip) |
Durham, NC 10/30/09
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| Crane fly | Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula [Linnaeus, 1758]), Durham,11/30/05. I retrieved this bug by raking leaves. | Eastern Worm Snake (Carphophis amoenus), found in leaf litter | Same Eastern Worm Snake |
Occoneechee Mountain Natural Area, Orange County, NC 10/29/09
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| Maryland Milkwort | Jumping spider (Phidippus mystaceous) | Moth | Wasp | Sweat bee |
Durham, NC 10/28/09
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| Moth, laying eggs | Adult aphid | Ground Skink. See other lizards. |
Eno River State Park, Old Cole Mill Road access, 10/26/09
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| Velvet mite | Crane Fly Orchid leaf, present only in the fall and winter | Cricket | Mating Wheel Bugs, Durham, 10/26/09 |
Durham, NC 10/23/09
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| Curve-lined Owlet Moth caterpillar (Phyprosopus callitrichoides) hanging from a branch, mimicking a rolled-up dead leaf. ID thanks to Lynette Schimming. | Rough Tree Stink Bug (Brochymena genus) | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Another Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Looks somewhat like a ladybug beetle pupa with problems |
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| Scarab beetle | Marbled Orb Weaver | Wasp, about 5 mm long | Larva |
Durham, NC 10/21/09
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| Yellow-and-black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) | European Honeybee | Megachilid bee | Caterpillar |
Ft. Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC 10/15/09
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| Carolina Mantis, on boardwalk | Another Carolina Mantis, with prey | Gulf Fritillary | Common Buckeye | Question Mark |
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| Leaffooted bug nymphs. They were moving very fast, looked like fire ants at first. | Leaffooted bug nymph with the beginnings of black wing pads | Two leaffooted bug nymphs, representing two instars | Two leaffooted bug nymphs on another plant, moving very little. More little black wing pads. |
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| Male Sand Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator) | Monarch butterfly | Leafcutter bee (Megachilidae family) |
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| Carolina Saddlebags | Eastern Mud Turtle, about 2 inches long |
Durham, NC 10/11/09
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| Painted Lady |
Durham, NC 10/10/09
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| Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax), displaying green fangs | Same spider looking to the side | Large Milkweed Bug | Winged ant |
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| Dorsal view of Yellow-and-black Argiope with prey | Ventral view of same Yellow-and-black Argiope | Small jumping spider | Caterpillar | Mangora genus spider |
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| Mystery wildflower, was seen at marsh | Persimmon fruit | Wildflowers | Potter wasp |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 10/9/09
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| Margined Leatherwing Beetle on aster. Photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
Eno River State Park (Fews Ford Access), Orange County, NC 10/8/09
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| Halictid bee | Marbled Orb Weaver | Young Northern Fence Lizard | Fly | Caterpillar |
Durham, NC 10/3/09
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| Jumping spider, about 5 mm long | Stink bug nymph, with small wing pads |
Durham, NC 10/2/09
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle, apparently eating flower seeds. In the rightmost picture, the beetle has one seed in its antenna and is holding another with its legs. | Plant Bug (Miridae family) | Orb weaver (Araneus alboventris), very tiny, was hanging by a strand of silk from a tree. It had recently lost two legs, which were in the process of growing back. | |||||
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