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September 2010
Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 9/28/10
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| Broad-winged Skipper on marsh fleabane (camphorweed), Pluchea indica. One of two seen together. ID thanks to Harry LeGrand. | Ox beetle (Strategus splendens) | Gulf Fritillary (on an oak tree) | Milkweed Assassin Bug | Milkweed Assassin Bug nymph |
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| Southern Pearly Eye | Four bee flies on an aster, Poecilognathus genus | Wildflower, with bee flies, also Poecilgnathus |
Fort Fisher Basin Trail, New Hanover County, NC 9/28/10
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| Queen, dorsal view | Queen, ventral wing view | Long-legged fly (Hydrophorus genus). It skated briskly on the water surface. | Megachilid bee (note tiny fly on leftmost flower), one of many | Wharf crab |
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| Rose Gentian or Salt Marsh Pink (Sabatia stellaris) | Beach Pennywort flowers | Firewheels | Tievine or Cotton Morning Glory (Ipomoea cordatotriloba) |
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| Trailing Wild Bean in a drainage ditch | These Narrowleaf Bluecurls (Trichostema setaceum) were common on the initial marshy stretch of the Basin Trail. | Bitter Sneezeweed |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 9/27/10
At Lake Park
The heavy rains caused flooding. Despite a pump used to drain water from the lake, much grass was under water.
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| American Toad | Bullfrog | Tricolored Heron | Male Red-winged Blackbird |
At the beach
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| Sanderling | Willet | Male Boat-tailed Grackle in Cabbage Palm at Lake Park | Sanderlings flying |
In an undeveloped field
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| Wild Poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla), one of many in a patch |
Jordan Lake Dam, Moncure, Chatham County, NC 9/20/10
Jordan Lake is on one side of the dam, the Haw River on the other. All of these photos were taken near the edge of the Haw River side of the dam, on the far side from the parking lot, unless otherwise specified.
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| Female Checkered White, dorsal view | Same female Checkered White, ventral view | Male Checkered White, ventral view | Checkered White, with what seems to be a bee in the foreground. It isn't clearly a male or female, might be a faded female. | New metamorph male Checkered White, or with deformed wing | Female Checkered White. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
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| Great Blue Heron on Haw River side of the dam. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk | Snowberry Clearwing Moth, at butterfly garden | Little Yellow, at top of dam | Female Sachem, at butterfly garden | Winter form Sleepy Orange |
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| Turkey Vultures at dam water level gate control area | Common Buckeye, with dark coloring characteristic for later in the season | Black Widow, near parking lot | Redstars |
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| Jordan Lake, seen from the top of the dam | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva | Morning glories (Ipomoea purpurea) | Jordan Lake Dam spillway (and the source of the Haw River). The far side was where the Checkered Whites showed up. |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 9/17/10
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| Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Treehopper (Acutalis tartarea) | Hearts-a-bustin' | Asian Dayflower |
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| Orb weaver | Clouded Skipper | Promethea (Callosamia promethea) Caterpillar, according to Clyde Sorenson. Tulip Tree Silk Moth (Callsamia angulifera) according to Janie Harmon Owens. | Sweet Everlasting |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 9/15/10
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| Common Wood Nymph | Rabbit | Purple False Foxglove | Woolly Bear | Tarnished Plant Bug |
Flat River Impoundment, Wake County, NC 9/14/10
The dominant flower was a yellow aster, the Bidens aristosa, commonly known as Bearded Beggarticks.
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| Great Egrets |
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| Seventeen Great Egrets | Chinese Mantis | Hackberry Emperor (lateral view) | Hackberry Emperor (dorsal view) | Cardinal Flowers |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Monarch | Passionflower: bud, opening flower and leaf | Robber fly | Sleepy Orange | Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Durham, NC, 9/12/10
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| Eastern Comma |
Falls Lake Dam area, Wake County, NC 9/11/10
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| Weevil (Conotrachelus posticatus) | Spider wasp (Psorthaspis mariae). It successfully mimicked a velvet ant in its movements. | Orb weaver (Micrathena mitrata) | Pearl Crescent | Male damselfly, possibly a faded Blue-fronted Dancer |
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| Damselfly, the classic "little brown job." | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Lobelia puberula |
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| Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana) | Hypericum genus? | Gall on oak leaf | Pink Lespedeza |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 9/6/10
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| Gemmed Satyr | Hackberry Emperor in an open field, backlit | Redstar, a member of the morning glory family | Pink Lespedeza branch |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 9/5/10
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| A female black form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail which had seen some action. |
Moses Cone Memorial Park (a Blue Ridge Natural Heritage Area), Watauga County, NC 9/1/10
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| Meadow Fritillary, with damaged forewing, could not fly | Female black form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Julian Price Park (National Park Service), Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 297), Watauga County, NC 9/1/10
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| Price Lake | Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens), a member of the Rubiaceae family. Described on the US Forest Service Partridge Berry Page. ID thanks to Janie Harmon Owens. | Club moss |
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| White-tailed Deer doe | White-tailed Deer doe and fawn |
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