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Durham, NC 9/30/23
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| Adult and nymph leaf-footed bugs |
Leaf-footed bug nymphs |
Elephant Foot (Elephantopus genus) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle on Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Durham, NC 9/29/23
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| Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Leaf-footed byg nymph |
Chloropid fly |
Same Chloropid fly |
Spider |
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| Green Stink Bug nymph |
Leaf-footed bug nymphs |
American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) flowers |
Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
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| Bugs mating |
Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
Caterpillar |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) |
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| Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Song Sparrow |
Same Song Sparrow |
Durham, NC 9/28/23
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| Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Leaf-footed Bug |
Aphid giving birth |
Same aphid |
Tiny insect on Spotted Jewelweed seedpod |
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| Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) seedpod, with tiny insect |
Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Same Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
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| Thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) mating |
Same thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) mating |
Northern Green Frog, partially immersed in a drainage conduit |
Same Northern Green Frog |
Song Sparrow |
Durham, NC 9/26/23
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| Spider exuvia |
Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus genus) |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) |
Pearl Crescent |
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| Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Raspberry Crown Borer Moth |
Ichnemon wasp (Baryceros texanus) |
Ichnemon wasp (Baryceros texanus) |
Least Skipper |
Durham, NC 9/24/23
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| Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Common Wingstem |
Fly on Garlic Chive |
Green Stink Bug nymph |
Same Green Stink Bug nymph |
:Leafhopper nymph |
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| Leaf-footed Bugs |
Oblong-winged Katydid |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
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| Leaf-footed bug nymphs |
More leaf-footed bug nymphs |
Spider web |
Green Stink Bug nymph |
Soldier fly |
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| Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) forming seedhead |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb |
Jumping spider (Phidippus audax) |
Carpenter Bee |
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| Ant carrying what might be a faded grass blade |
Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) |
Black Saddlebags |
Black Saddlebags |
Black Saddlebags |
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| Ocola Skipper |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedhead |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) flower |
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Durham, NC 9/21/23
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| Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
Orb weaver in a leaf |
European Honeybee on Garlic Chives |
Tiny weevil on Garlic Chives |
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Durham, NC 9/20/23
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| Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Animal skeleton |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flowers |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flowers |
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| Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetles mating |
Mystery grass |
Smallspike False Nettle |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
Dew Flower |
Probably a very young Paraphidippus aurantius |
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| Anomalous pink ironweed flowers |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Woolly Bear (Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillar) |
Fall Webworm Moth caterpillar |
Typical purple ironweed |
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| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Carolina Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Leaf with interesting infestations |
Male Eastern Tailed-Blue |
Yellow Passionflower vine |
Durham, NC 9/19/23
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| Seed bug |
Orb weaver |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) seedhead |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Spider Wasp on Common Wingstem |
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| Green Treefrog |
Same Green Treefrog |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
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| Flying wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) flowers, fruits, and bud |
Pearl Crescent |
Vegetation mimicking a Lesser Angle-winged Katydid |
Male Fiery Skipper |
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| Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
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Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts garden, Raleigh, Wake County, NC 9/16/23
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| Silver Spotted Skipper on Cosmos |
Silver Spotted Skipper on Cosmos |
Silver Spotted Skipper on Cosmos |
Monarch on Cosmos |
Same Monarch on Cosmos |
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| Fiery Skipper on Cosmos |
Courting Fiery Skippers on Cosmos |
Fiery Skipper on Cosmos |
American Lady on Cosmos |
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Durham, NC 9/15/23
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| Eastern Black Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Treehoppers (Entylia carinata): one adult, several nymphs, and one molting, with an attending ant |
Same treehoppers (Entylia carinata): one adult, several nymphs, and one molting, with an attending ant |
Gray Hairstreak on Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosus) |
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| Same treehoppers (Entylia carinata): one adult, several nymphs, and one molting, with an attending ant |
Same treehoppers (Entylia carinata): one adult, several nymphs, and one molting, with an attending ant |
Brown Stink Bug |
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) |
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) |
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| Male Fiery Skipper |
Same male Fiery Skipper |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Same female Eastern Bluebird |
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| Same female Eastern Bluebird |
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Durham, NC 9/10/23
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| Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Male Common Scorpion Fly |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Orb weaver |
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| Yellow-collared Scape Moth |
Same Yellow-collared Scape Moth |
Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum) |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
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| Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) |
Same thread-waisted wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) |
Braconid wasp |
Fiery Skipper |
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| Male orb weaver |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Rice Stink Bug |
Seed shrimp |
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| Eggs in water |
Female juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Same female juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Same Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Red-banded Hairstreak |
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth |
Great Blue Skimmer |
Pearl Crescent |
Dion Skipper |
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| Black-form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Same Black-form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Fiery Skipper |
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Durham, NC 9/6/23
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| Ambush bug nymph on lantana. |
Yellow and Black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Chipping Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 9/5/23
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| American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
Dodder (Cuscuta genus) |
Dodder (Cuscuta genus) |
Tussock moth caterpillar |
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| Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Fall Webworm |
Spider |
Anomalous all-white Hibiscus |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) ripe fruits, with some Smallspike False Nettle in the background |
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| Camphor Pluchea (Pluchea odorata) |
Camphor Pluchea (Pluchea odorata) |
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) |
Inchworm |
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| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
American Burnweed (Erechtites hieraciifolius) |
Mourning Doves |
Hibiscus |
Tickseed |
Durham, NC 9/3/23
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| Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
Dew on leaf |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Pink Fuzzybean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
Panicledleaf ticktrefoil (Desmodium paniculatum) |
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruit |
Anomalous pink ironweed |
Another view of the pink ironweed |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Dodder |
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| Climbing Hempvine |
Crow |
Moon |
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American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0-2) 9/2/23
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| Kudzu Bug |
Same Kudzu Bug |
Seedbox in transition to seedhead |
Seedbox flower |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
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| Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), close-up |
Same ragweed |
Evenin Primrose |
Kudzu flower |
Seedbox seedhead |
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| Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Trifoliate Orange (Citrus trifoliata) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Kudzu flower |
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| Japanese Hops (Humulus japonica) |
Asian Ladybug Beetle |
Passionflower |
Burnweed? |
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| Sunflower |
Web with orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis) |
Kudzu flowers |
Kudzu vine |
Porcelainberry |
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| Trifoliate Orange (Citrus trifoliata) |
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Kudzu |
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| Japanese Hops (Humulus japonica) |
Sunset the previous evening, seen from downtown Durham |
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Durham, NC 9/1/23
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) black fruits. Photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
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