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Durham, NC 9/30/15
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Jumping spider (Phidippus princeps) |
Antmimic jumping spider |
Pearl Crescent |
Leafcutter bee |
Robber fly |
Durham, NC 9/28/15
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus
genus) |
Stink bug |
Jumping spider |
Moth caterpillar |
Arabesque Orb Weaver |
Durham, NC 9/24/15
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Spider with bee prey |
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Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC 9/23/15
This time, this part of the
lake was almost entirely dried up. There was a large puddle on the far
side, where Great Egrets gathered. Apparently while the lake bed was
wetter, some people tried to walk across it in search of the many large
clams there, but it claimed the boots of some.
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| Green
Treefrog, among sedges and Valley Redstem |
Same Green Treefrog |
Cricket frog, on dry lake bed |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Same
Fiery Skipper, on Seedbox |
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Southern Bee Killer (a bee-mimic robber fly) |
Wolf
spider with egg sac |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Butterfly wing,
probably of a Great Purple Hairstreak |
Same wing |
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| Valley Redstem |
Thread-waisted waap |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Purple False Foxglove |
Teneral-to-adult
transitioning male Eastern Pondhawk |
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| Flower
fly (Toxomerus genus) |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Ground beetle larva (Calosoma genus). ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
Eastern Phoebe |
A view
across Jordan Lake, with Great Egrets on the other side. |
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| Deserted boot, from when
the lake bed was wetter |
Another such boot |
Bootprints on the lake bed |
A general view of the lake
bed |
On the other hand, the
nearby pond had more water than usual. |
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| Female
Common Whitetail |
Caterpillar in a nutshell on the lake bed |
Wolf
spider and caterpillar at crack in lake bed |
A
caterpillar on the lake bed, feeding on a tiny plant. |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC
9/17/15
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth |
Jaw of
small animal. Note the rounded tooth surfaces. |
Common Buckeye |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC
9/16/15
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| Southern Pearly Eye |
Same
Southern Pearly Eye before it flew away |
Beetle |
Sanderling |
Mystery plant |
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| Hovering horse fly |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC
9/16/15
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover
County, NC 9/16/15
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| Common Starling |
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Fort Fisher State Recreation
Area, New Hanover County, NC 9/15/15
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| Deer Fly |
Gulf Fritillary |
Queen |
Orb
Weaver (Argiope aurantia) |
The big marsh |
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| Adult gull finds fish, |
shows
it off (or maybe is just telling juvenile it's time for
lessons!) |
Fish gets snatched by
juvenile |
Juvenile struggles to process fish, |
looks
triumphant for a moment. |
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Juvenile gull struggling with fish |
Mating walkingsticks
(Anisomorpha
ferruginea) |
Queen |
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Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover
County, NC 9/15/15
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Possibly a juvenile Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
Same bird |
Common
Starlings, nonbreeding |
Rock Doves |
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Carolina Beach, New Hanover
County, NC 9/15/15
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| Ruddy Turnstone |
Sanderling, running,
during Golden Hour |
Surfers |
Sandwich Tern |
Sunset |
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| Sandwich Tern |
Willet
during Golden Hour |
Willet |
Willet |
Ruddy Turnstone |
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| Male
Boat-tailed Grackle |
Diving Brown Pelican |
Apparently deserted house, with many small birds in the
vegetation |
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Fort Fisher State Recreation
Area (Basin Trail): 9/14/15
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| Phaon Crescent |
Rose
of Plymouth (Sabatia stellaris) |
Golden
Silk Spider with Swallowtail prey wing |
Bee
fly (Exoprosopa fasciata) |
Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver |
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| Grasshopper |
Another grasshopper |
Long-tailed Skipper |
Salt Marsh Skipper |
Robber fly |
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| Fowler's Toad |
White Ibis |
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Durham, NC 9/13/15
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| Male
Fiery Skipper, apparently sleeping |
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North Carolina Botanical
Garden, Orange County, NC 9/9/15
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Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Cardinal Flower |
Common
Buckeye on chive |
Clouded Skipper |
Fledgling Northern Mockingbird |
Orb
weaver (Mangora genus) |
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| Male American Goldfinch |
Pearl Crescent |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
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Durham, NC 9/9/15
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| Fork-tailed Katydid |
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Durham, NC 9/7/15
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Nursery Web Spider |
Black Vulture |
Jumping spider |
Brown Stink Bug |
Mystery larva |
Durham, NC 9/6/15
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Red-banded Hairstreak on goldenrod |
Camouflaged Looper (Synchlora aerata) |
Dog-day Cicada |
Mating
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles on Smartweed |
Green Frog |
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| Teneral Blue Dasher |
Caterpillar
(Synchlora aerata) |
Snout moth |
Durham, NC 9/4/15
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| Great
Blue Heron in Third Fork Creek, seen from bridge |
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Mason Farm Biological
Reserve, Orange County, NC 9/3/15
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| Web |
Another web |
Virginia Hoverfly |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Sleepy Orange |
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| Purple
False Foxglove |
Eastern Box Turtle |
Orb weaver
(Mangora gibberosa) |
Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) |
Pearl Crescent |
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Dragonfly with tiger swallowtail prey |
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Durham, NC 9/3/15
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| Green
Treefrog, during a heavy rain |
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Third Fork Creek Trail,
Durham, NC 9/2/15
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| Appalachian Brown |
Carolina Satyr |
Sleepy Orange |
Male
Zabulon Skipper on Tall Ironweed |
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