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Durham, NC 10/31/21
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Flea beetle |
Jumping spider |
Fall colors |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
American Robin |
Three Turkey Vultures and One Black Vulture |
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Durham, NC 10/30/21
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Brazilian Vervain (Verbena brasiliensis) |
Dotted Smartweed (Persicaria punctata) |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster ( (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
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| Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
Power line cut |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet in flight |
Tufted Titmouse |
Durham, NC 10/28/21
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Another Carolina Wren |
Plume Celosia |
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| Another Plume Celosia |
Cockroach |
Downy Woodpecker |
Hermit Thrush |
Same Hermit Thrush |
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| Hermit Thrush |
Swamp, with Pennsylvania Smartweed mowed down |
Woolly Bear |
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Durham, NC 10/26/21
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| Tree Cattle barklouse (Cerastipsocus venosus) |
Tree Cattle barklouse (Cerastipsocus venosus) |
Tree Cattle barklouse (Cerastipsocus venosus) nymph |
Giant aphid (Eulachnus genus, subfamily Lachninae). Genus ID thanks to Natalie Hernandez. Subfamily ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit |
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| Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit |
Jumping spider (Pelegrina proterva) |
Ladybug beetle larva |
Whirligig mite with aphid prey |
Psyllid |
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| Running crab spider |
Chipping Sparrow |
Another Chipping Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 10/25/21
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| Jumping spider |
Marsh fly |
Mistletoe |
Wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower |
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Thicket bean |
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South Tar River Greenway, Greenville, NC 10/23/21
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| Anchor Stink Bug |
Same Anchor Stink Bug |
Same Anchor Stink Bug |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) |
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| Flags |
Northern Mockingbird |
Nettle |
Pea flower |
Spiderflower |
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| Vidant Medical Center helicopter |
Woolly Aphid |
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Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/23/21
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| Sunset |
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Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, NC 10/23/21
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| American Lady on Blue Mistflower |
Monarch on Lantana |
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River Park North, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/22/21
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| Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia) |
Canada Gees on an island |
Pearl Crescent |
Another Pearl Crescent |
Another Pearl Crescent |
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| Song Sparrows |
Swamp Leatherflower (Clematis crispa) |
Same Swamp Leatherflower (Clematis crispa) |
Bald Cypress knees? |
Variegated Fritillaries, mating |
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| Whirligig Beetles |
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South Tar River Greenway, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/21/21
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| Aromatic Asters (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium) |
Pink Wood Sorrel (Oxalis debilis), with anomalous white blooms |
Pink Wood Sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) |
A tall mystery sunflower |
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| More tall mystery sunflowers |
Mystery aster |
Bald Cypress branch |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
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River Park North, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/21/21
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| Checkered skipper |
Gingko |
Water Tupelo |
More Water Tupelos |
Whirligig Beetles, some on a leaf |
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| Only some of a large group of Whirligig Beetles |
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Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/21/21
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| Canada Geese |
Cloudless Sulphur |
Fiery Skipper on Lantana |
Fiery Skipper |
Fiery Skipper on Lantana |
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| Ocola Skipper on Lantana |
Pearl Crescent |
Variegated Fritillary, on Lantana |
Same Variegated Fritillary, on Lantana |
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Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/21/21
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| Full Moon |
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Greenville, Pitt County, NC 10/20/21
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| Beet Webworm Moth |
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Washington, Beaufort County, NC 10/20/21
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| Warbler, possibly a first-year female Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata) |
Same warbler, possibly a first-year female Blackpoll Warbler |
Yellow-bellied Slider |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Blue Jay |
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| Damseldlies |
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Duckweed and maybe Water Meal |
Fish Crow (one of many sounding off) |
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| Fish Crows |
Karl with streetlamps |
Female midge |
Northern Mockingbird |
Reflection |
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| Bitter Sneezeweed |
Spider exuvia |
Snapping Turtle |
Young Yellow-bellied Slider |
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Durham, NC 10/19/21
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Female House Finch |
Female House Finch |
Tachinid fly |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
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| Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Flower fly |
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| Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Honeybee on Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Honeybee |
Pickerelweed (Pontedaria cordata) |
Plume Celosia |
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| Plume Celosia |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Swamp, after Pennsyvania Smartweed was mowed down |
Tachinid fly |
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Durham, NC 10/18/21
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Same Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Duckweed and Water Meal |
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| Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Inchworm |
Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) |
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| Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Durham, NC 10/17/21
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Another male Northern Cardinal |
Plume Celosia |
Another Plume Celosia |
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| Male Downy Woodpecker |
Same male Downy Woodpecker |
Same male Downy Woodpecker |
Hearts-a-bustin' |
Eastern Phoebe |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 10/16/21
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| Aphid |
Cricket? Katydid? |
Scat of a wild carnivore which had eaten a squirrel |
Triangulate Orb Weaver |
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Durham, NC 10/14/21
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| Planthopper (Criomorphus genus) |
Same planthopper (Criomorphus genus) |
Assassin bug (Pselliopus cinctus) |
Assassin bug (Pselliopus cinctus) |
Red-bellied Woodpecker in flight |
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| Same Red-bellied Woodpecker |
Same Red-bellied Woodpecker |
American Robin |
Same American Robin, landing |
Same American Robin |
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| Thicket Bean, making a comeback! |
Triangulate Orb Weaver |
Winged ant |
Chinch Bug |
Crows |
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| Flea beetle |
Jumping spider (Colonus sylvanus) |
Ladybug beetle larva |
Orchard Spider |
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Durham, NC 10/13/21
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Plume Celosia (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) |
Another Plume Celosia (Celosia argentea var. plumosa) |
Chipping Sparrow |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
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| Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) |
Eastern Phoebe |
Flower fly |
Froghopper |
Green Stink Bug nymph (5th instar) |
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| Green Stink Bug nymph (5th instar) |
Mushrooms (Hypholoma capnoides) |
Marsh Dewflower (Murdannia keizak) |
Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) leaves |
Durham, NC 10/12/21
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Berries on mystery plant |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta reflexa) seedheads |
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| Common Dodder (Cuscuta reflexa) |
White-tailed Deer |
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| White-tailed Deer |
Forest |
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) fruits |
More Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) fruits |
Eastern Phoebe |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
Tall trees |
Web |
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Durham, NC 10/11/21
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| Bee |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Same female Eastern Bluebird |
Same female Eastern Bluebird |
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| Same female Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Northern Mockingbird |
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| Same Northern Mockingbird |
Pale Smartweed |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) fruit |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) |
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| Wool Grass (Scirpus cyperinus) |
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Durham, NC 10/10/21
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| Green Stink Bug nymph (5th instar) |
Ocola Skipper |
Eastern Phoebe |
Song Sparrow |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) |
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| Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Crane fly |
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Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 10/9/21
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| American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Dotted Smartweed (Persicaria punctata) |
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| Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) |
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod (Solidago caesia) |
Gray Catbird |
Same Gray Catbird |
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| Powdered Alligator Flag leaves |
Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) |
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Durham, NC 10/7/21
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| Checkered Skipper |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Juvie female Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
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| Female House Finch |
Male House Finch |
Another male House Finch |
Palm Warbler |
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Durham, NC 10/6/21
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| Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Mystery critter, fast-moving |
House Wren, a migrator |
Jumping spider |
Sesiid moth? |
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| Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Small White Morning Glory |
Spider (Tmarus genus) |
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Durham, NC 10/5/21
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Same Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Same Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Bee |
Crane fly |
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| Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) seedhead |
Flower fly (Spilomyia longicornis) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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| Male House Finch |
Orb weaver |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedheads |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Durham, NC 10/2/21
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| Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Northern Flicker |
Same Northern Flicker |
Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
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| West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
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Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/1/21
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| Great Blue Heron |
Same Great Blue Heron |
Small-leaved White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima) |
Hairy White Oldfield Asters |
Largeflower Mexican Clover (Richardia grandiflora), a surprise because this is normally a Zone 9-11 flower, and this is Zone 8. |
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Reservoir Park Trail, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/1/21
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| Best guess is Hairy Bush Clover (Lespeza hirta). |
Best guess is Hairy Bush Clover (Lespeza hirta). |
False Foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) |
False Foxglove (Aureolaria pectinata) |
Mystery pea |
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| Poorjoe (Hexasepalum teres) |
Smooth Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus nudatus) |
Spatterdock Lily (Nuphar lutea) |
Another Spatterdock Lily (Nuphar lutea) |
Stiff Aster (Ionactis linariifolia) |
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/1/21
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| Maryland Golden Asters (Chrysopsis mariana) |
Maryland Golden Asters (Chrysopsis mariana) |
Narrowleaf Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) |
Pine Warbler |
Sandhills Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
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| Southern Pearly Eye |
Same Southern Pearly Eye |
Tachina Fly |
Twistleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus rigidus) |
Twistleaf White-Topped Aster (Sericocarpus rigidus) |
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| Mystery wildflower |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
Same White-breasted Nuthatch |
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