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Durham, NC, 9/30/19
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus otiosus) |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Goldenrod |
Aphid exuvia |
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| Rough-leaf Goldenrod |
Leaf of Rough-leaf Goldenrod |
Leaf of Smooth Goldenrod |
Smooth Goldenrod |
Smooth Goldenrod |
Durham, NC 9/29/19
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| Blue Mistflower |
Brown Thrasher |
Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata) |
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) fruits |
Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
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| American Crows |
Little White Morning Glory (purple variety) |
Little White Morning Glory (purple variety) |
Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) fruits |
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| Goldenrod |
Goldenrod |
Goldenrod |
Sign at other end of trail |
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Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC 9/27/19
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| Male Roseate Skimmer |
Same male Roseate Skimmer |
Female Roseate Skimmer |
Same female Roseate Skimmer |
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| Wandering Glider |
Northern Cricket Frog |
European Hornet |
Same European Hornet |
European Hornets |
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| Great Egrets and a Great Blue Heron |
Great Blue Heron and all of the Great Egrets on this spit |
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| View of first lake access from the other end |
View across inlet from mudflats |
View across the mudflats |
Little Yellow |
Long-jawed orb weaver over pond |
Red Admiral |
Durham, NC 9/26/19
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| The first sign, with comments written on it |
The second sign |
Common Groundsel inflorescence |
Common Groundsel |
Green Treefrog |
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| Hairy White Oldfield Aster |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Tall Thoroughwort |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Durham, NC
9/25/19
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| Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Boneset |
Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea) |
Field Cricket |
Goldenrod |
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| Tick-trefoil |
Tick-trefoil flower |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Rough-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago rugosa) |
Another Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Durham, NC 9/24/19
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| Cloudless Sulphur |
Same Cloudless Sulphur |
Tick-trefoil (Desmodium genus) |
Tufted Titmouse |
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Durham, NC 9/22/19
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Blue Skullcap (Scutellaria laterifolia) |
Same Blue Skullcap |
Jumping spider |
Tick-trefoil (Desmodium tortuosum) |
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| Tick-trefoil |
Tick-trefoil |
Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica). ID thanks to Su Kim. |
Close-up of the Smallspike False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) |
Elmleaf Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia) |
Durham, NC 9/21/19
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| Elmleaf Goldenrod (Solidago ulmifolia), only about a foot high |
New York Ironweed (Vernonia novaboracensis) |
Marsh Dewflower (Murdannia keisak) |
Straw-colored Flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) |
Upland Boneset (Eupatorium sessilifolium) |
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| Mystery wildflower |
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Durham, NC 9/20/19
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| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Another species of goldenrod, only one foot tall. Might be Elmleaf Goldenrod. |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit fruits, on collapsed stalk |
Purple False Foxglove |
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| Purple False Foxglove |
Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) |
Sneezeweed |
Maybe Helmetflower buds |
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Durham, NC 9/18/19
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| Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Issid planthopper (Thionia bullata) |
Katydid (Scudderia genus) |
Purple False Foxglove bud |
Purple False Foxglove buds |
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| Maybe helmetflowers |
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Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC 9/18/19
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| Red-spotted Purple |
Shrub |
White Smartweed (Persicaria attenuata) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Straw-colored Flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) |
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| Mystery wildflower |
Mystery wildflower |
American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) |
Carolina Anole |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
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| Mystery aster |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
Fungi |
Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana) |
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| Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) |
Hog Peanut flowers (Amphicarpaea bracteata) |
Other Hog Peanut flowers |
Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea odorata) |
Pale Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia) |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Another Pickerelweed |
Powdered Alligator Flag (Thalia dealbata) |
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Durham, NC 9/17/19
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| Common Groundsel |
Devil's Beggartick |
Flower fly on Carolina Dayflower |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Virginia Buttonweed |
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| Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea). IDs thanks to Su Kim! |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea). IDs thanks to Su Kim! |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea). IDs thanks to Su Kim! |
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Durham, NC 9/14/19
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| Fledgling Gray Catbird |
Green Treefrog |
Pearl Crescent |
Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) with caterpillar prey |
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| Same Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) with caterpillar prey |
Another Ringed Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) |
Swamp Smartweed (Persicaria hydropiperoides) |
Weevil |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
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| Yerba de Tajo (Eclipta prostrata) |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) |
Cardinal Flower |
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| Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel inflorescence (Senecio vulgaris) |
Another Common Groundsel inflorescence (Senecio vulgaris) |
Common Groundsel plant (Senecio vulgaris) |
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| Another Common Groundsel |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa) |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 9/13/19
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| Bronze Frog (Lithobates clamitans clamitans) |
Camel Cricket, trapped in the bathroom |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) |
Clouded Skipper |
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| Angel's Trumpet (Datura genus) |
Artwork |
Horace's Duskywing |
Goldenrod |
Goldenrod |
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| Fledgling Gray Catbird |
Green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
Hearts-a-bustin' |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Another long-jawed orb weaver |
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| Mountain Mist buds |
Orchard Spider |
Salt Marsh Mallow, part of main garden |
Sculpture |
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| Spotted Jewelweed, part of local plant exhibit |
Tall Tick-trefoil (Desmodium glabellum), part of coastal plain exhibit |
Virginia Spiderwort, part of local plant exhibit |
Wild Sensitive Plant, part of coastal plain exhibit |
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| American Beauty-Berry, on a wooded margin of the garden |
Black-eyed Susan, in wildflowers area |
Autumn Crocuses, in Poisonous Plants exhibit |
"Burning Embers" Marigolds |
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Durham, NC 9/12/19
Durham, NC 9/10/19
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| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa). Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Persimmon tree with fruit. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
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Durham, NC 9/9/19
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| Yellow and Black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Common Groundsel inflorescence (Senecio vulgaris) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
Carpenter Bee on Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
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| Devil's Beggartick (Bidens frondosa) |
Marsh Dewflower (Murdannia keisak) |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Same Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Same Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Same Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
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| Paraguayan Purslane (Portulaca amilis) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
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| Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Smartweed |
Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
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| Straw-colored Flatsedge (Cyperus strigosus) |
Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
Thread-waisted wasp |
Yerba de Tajo (Eclipta prostrata) |
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| Common Boneset |
Goldenrod |
Lanceolate Ragweed |
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) seeds |
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| Spotted Jewelweed |
Eastern Bluebird |
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Durham, NC 9/8/19
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Climbing Hempvine |
Eastern Milkpea |
Goldenrod |
Hackberry Emperor Butterfly |
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| Jack-in-the-pulpit leaves and fruits (Arisaema triphyllum) |
Monarch |
Leaves are turning yellow |
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Durham, NC 9/7/19
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| Jack-in-the-pulpit fruits and leaves |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea). IDs thanks to Su Kim! |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Composite map of rainfall from Hurricane Dorian, from Weather Underground |
Durham, NC 9/6/19
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| Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus) |
Jumping spider (Phidippus audax) |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Monarch caterpillar |
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| Planthopper |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Tick trefoil (Desmodium genus) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle, spider victim |
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| Flatid planthopper |
Cloudless Sulphur |
Common Boneset |
Downy Milkpea (Galactia volubilis) |
Eastern Milkpea (Galactia regularis) |
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| Male Fiery Skipper |
Little White Morning Glory |
Eastern Gray Squirrel |
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Durham, NC 9/4/19
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus otiosus) |
Katydid |
Katydid |
Ant-mimic jumping spider |
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| Aphid |
Leaf beetle |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Climbing Hempvine |
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| Climbing Hempvine |
Cricket |
Eastern Milkpea (Galactia regularis) |
Handsome Meadow Katydid and skipper |
Hornworm about to become a pupa |
Durham, NC 9/3/19
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| Aphid |
Climbing Hempvine |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
Katydid nymph on a Cardinal Flower |
Ragweed |
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
Yellow-collared Scape Moth |
Appalachian Brown |
Same Appalachian Brown |
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| Oriental Cockroach |
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) |
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