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Durham, NC 10/29/23
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| Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana). Two experts are sure that it's another species that has never been recorded in this state. When I explained this, they ignored me. |
Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) vine. |
Triangulate Orb Weaver |
Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
The fallen leaf of my little Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) vine. |
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| Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Broken plate with angry messages, perhaps a psychological exercise |
Whirligig mite |
Inchworm |
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| Sleepy Orange |
Same Sleepy Orange |
Inchworm |
Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) |
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Durham, NC 10/28/23
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| Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit |
Same Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit |
Same Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Same umping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Very tiny spider, probably an orb weaver |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
Another Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
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| Little tree in a marshy area |
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Durham, NC 10/26/23
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| Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) |
Another Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) |
Orb weaver (Mangora spiculata) |
Same Orb weaver (Mangora spiculata) |
Same Orb weaver (Mangora spiculata) |
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| Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Same Crab spider (Synema parvulum) |
Leaf with mystery purple spots |
Female Fiery Skipper |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Durham, NC 10/24/23
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) fruits |
Caterpillar |
Yellow Jacket in flight |
Carolina Anole |
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| Male House Finch |
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Durham, NC 10/23/23
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| Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Jumping spider (Attidops youngi) with aphid prey |
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| Same jumping spider (Attidops youngi) with aphid prey |
Mystery fly |
Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia |
Triangulate Orb Weaver |
Vasey Grass (Paspalum urvillei) |
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| Vasey Grass (Paspalum urvillei) |
Vasey Grass (Paspalum urvillei) |
Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) |
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| Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) |
Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) |
Carolina Indigo (Indigofera caroliniana) |
Galls |
Aphid |
Pearl Crescent |
Durham, NC 10/22/23
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| Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica) |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Frost Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
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| Frost Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) with curled up petals |
Hoverfly |
Pond (Woodcroft Stormwater Wetland) |
Swamp |
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| Same swamp |
Same swamp |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 10/19/23
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| Probably Copes' Gray Treefrog, on a pitcher plant |
Red-spotted Purple |
Frog |
Male Fiery Skipper, on a White Pitcher Plant |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 10/17/23
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| Sundew |
Sundew with captured insects |
Camel cricket |
Same camel cricket |
Skipper |
Same skipper |
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| Flower fly with tiny caterpillar |
Common Water Strider |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Carginal |
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Nature Trail, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 10/17/23
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| Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) |
White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia) |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus tomentosus) |
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
Mystery plant |
Durham, NC 10/16/23
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| Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens) |
Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens) |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
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| Frost Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
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| Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens) |
White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia) |
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Durham, NC 10/15/23
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| American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
Mosquito |
More mosquitoes |
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| Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) fruit, the first to turn color |
Smartweed Caterpillar (Acronicta oblinita) |
Spotted Ladythumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Crane fly |
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
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Durham, NC 10/13/23
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| Red-shouldered Hawk |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) |
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Durham, NC 10/12/23
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedhead |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedhead |
Forsythia flowers and leaves |
Pale Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia) |
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| Spider with Two-lined Froghopper prey |
Pearl Crescent |
Flower fly |
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Durham, NC 10/10/23
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| Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead, with a few "needles" missing |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedheads |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Fly on Dog Fennel flower |
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| Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium) |
Fly on American burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
Rough Stink Bug |
Devil's Beggarticks seed |
Fly |
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| Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus) |
Fraternal Potter Wasp (Eumenes fraternus) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Frost Asters (Symphyotrichum pilosum) and Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
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| Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), uncurling its petals (ray flowers) |
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Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), nearly all disk flowers gone to seed |
Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum), with individual flower open |
European Honeybee on Frost Aster |
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| Carpenter bee on Frost Asters |
The edge of our local swamp |
Ichneumon wasp |
Clouds |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/7/23
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| Dajios, a restaurant |
Frogfruits (Phyla nodiflora) |
Largeleaf Pennyworts (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Lantana |
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| Boat |
Piers at sunset |
Jolly Roger restaurant sign |
Gate to pier (and fence in background) |
Piers in Silver Lake |
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| Juvie House Sparrow |
Belted Kingfisher |
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Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/7/23
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| Dune Bluecurls (Trichostema nesophilum) |
Mystery flower |
Eastern Baccharis aka Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia), but difference in appearance from the form seen on the mainland |
Juvie Common Starling |
Dragonfly |
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| One of several similar fish, apparently rejected by whomever caught them. Looks somewhat like a sunfish. |
Great Blue Heron (very distant) |
Singing Northern Mockingbird, at the top of a tree |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/6/23
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| Silver Lake at sunset. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum) |
Possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
Possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
Same, possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
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| Same, possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
Same, possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
Same, possibly a mature Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
Fishing boat in Silver Lake |
Sailboat in Silver Lake |
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| Square-backed Marsh Crab (Armases cinereum), feeding on tiny vegetation underwater |
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Nature Trail, Ocracoke Island, Hyde County, NC 10/6/23
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| Golden Silk Spider |
Dune Bluecurls (Trichostema nesophilum) |
Carolina Anole |
Yellow and Black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) |
Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora) |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/5/23
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| Swan Quarter ferry arriving |
Great Egret |
Brown Pelican |
Brown Pelicans |
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| Salt Marsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) |
Salt Marsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya pentacarpos) |
Lighthouse |
Canada Geese |
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| Beach Goldenrod |
Spotted Bee-balm (Monarda punctata) |
Squareback Marsh Crab |
Squareback Marsh Crab |
Squareback Marsh Crab |
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| Squareback Marsh Crabs |
Perhaps distant storm, seen from Silver Lake |
Gull |
Royal Tern with fish prey |
Coastal Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri) |
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| Salt Marsh Pink (Sabatia stellaris) |
Jolly Roger sign |
Brown Pelicans |
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Springer's Point Nature Preserve, Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/4/23
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| Wildflower |
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) acorns |
Coastal Waterhyssop (Bacopa monnieri) |
Dune Bluecurls (Trichostema nesophilum) flowers |
Another Dune Bluecurls (Trichostema nesophilum) flower |
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| Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
Mourning Dove |
Largeleaf Pennyworts (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Hawk |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/4/23
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| Spotted Bee-balm (Monarda punctata) |
Salt Marsh Pink (Sabatia stellaris) |
Mystery aster |
Mystery aster |
Wharf Roach |
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| Same Wharf Roach |
Green Heron |
Same Green heron |
Sunset |
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Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/3/23
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| Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola) |
Killdeer |
Royal Tern |
Another Royal Tern |
Yet another Royal Tern |
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| Royal Tern |
Northeast part of Ocracoke |
Another part of Ocracoke's northeastern part |
Spotted Bee-balm (Monarda punctata) |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/2/23
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| Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) seedheads |
Rain Lilies (Zephyranthes candida) |
Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
Juvie and adult White Ibises |
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| White Ibises, with one not quite adult |
Nonbreeding Common Starling |
Dune Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris), with spider |
Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola) |
Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola) |
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| Fish mural |
Nonbreeding Common Starling |
Common Starlings bathing |
Fish swimming with tail partially out of the water |
Same fish, processed differently |
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| Several fish (at least six) |
Fish with elaborate wake |
Three fish, one with a wake |
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| Brown Pelican |
Same Brown Pelican |
Willet |
Royal Tern |
Another Royal Tern |
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| Royal Tern |
Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola) |
Spotted Bee-balm (Monarda punctata) |
Pennywort |
Unusual Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Firewheels (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Nonbreeding Laughing Gulls |
One of the many artworks in Ocracoke serving as store signs |
Swan Quarter ferry arriving |
Same ferry |
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| Wind sculpture |
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Ocracoke Beach, Hyde County, NC 10/2/23
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| Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) |
Juvie Sanderling |
Juvie Laughing Gull with a hard, round object |
An adult Willet seemed curious, briefly |
Just before the gull gave up on the object |
Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC 10/1/23
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| Lantana |
Carolina Anole |
Condos and lighthouse, seen from ferry |
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Big Foot Island, Hyde County, NC 10/1/23
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| Double-crested Cormorants |
Double-crested Cormorants and Brown Pelicans |
Double-crested Cormorants and Brown Pelicans |
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| Double-crested Cormorants crowd this part of the island. |
Double-crested Cormorants and Brown Pelicans |
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Swan Quarter, Hyde County, NC 10/1/23
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| Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Fragrant False Garlic (Nothoscordum borbonicum) |
Mystery building, seen from the ferry landing area |
Mystery ferry |
Flowers on the border of the ferry landing area |
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| Mushroom |
Flower fly and Dune Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris) |
Common Buckeye |
Delaware Skipper |
Pink Wood-sorrel (Oxalis debilis) |
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