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Boone, Watauga County, NC, and parts south and west

Grandfather Mountain (Avery County, seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Caldwell County), 5964 ft. elev.  Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk

Linn Cove Viaduct, Linville, Madison County, NC.  Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk

View of mountains from Boone's public recreation area, 7/19/22

Boone landscape, seen from in town, 7/18/22

Mountain view, Boone, 6/1/22

Boone Greenway, 6/1/22

Mountain view, Boone, 5/30/22

Moses Cone Memorial Park mansion, seen from lake, 6/29/18

Lake at Moses Cone Memorial Park, 8/14/19, seen from mansion

Boone Greenway gate, 6/19/19

Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/14/24 Climbing Nightshade fruits Chicory flower Golden Alexander Small-flowered Forget-me-not (Myosotis laxa) Joe-Pye-weed   Climbing Nightshade Sparrows Morning glory with bee Chicory   Plant Cabbage White Male Northern Cardinal Common Milkweed Path on Boone Greenway Chicory Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/13/24   Climbing Nightshade Song Sparrow Firefly beetle Silver-spotted Skipper   Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 7/12/24   Dark-eyed Junco with caterpillar and fly prey Field Mint (Mentha canadensis) White Beebalm Common Soapwort Common Milkweed   Southern Harebell Southern Harebell Ants and aphids Yarrow St. John's Wort Shaggy Soldier Hemp Nettle Red Clover Mystery building, seems to have a cross on it Mustard     Chipping Sparrow Woodland Coreopsis Phlox     Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/11/24 Plant with many aphids Sticky Willy Dame's Rocket Cabbage White Yellow Salsify flower and seedheads Mushrooms Thistle Male Red-winged Blackbird Steeplebushes (Spiraea tomentosa) Common Mullein Apple trees Juvie female Red-winged Blackbird Male Red-winged Blackbird Blue Vervain Another Blue Vervain     American Robin Same American Robin Chipping Sparrow     Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/10/24 Indian Pipes   Black-eyed Susan, with apparent green shoots growing out of it Spotted St. John's Wort Imported Willow Leaf Beetle (Plagiodera versicolora) Brown lacewing larva burying its head in pollen Squash Vine Borer moth, a wasp mimic Squash Vine Borer moth, a wasp mimic Sweat bee Leafcutter bee (Megachile genus)         Silver-spotted Skipper         Boone, Watauga County, NC  7/20/22 Arabesque Orb Weaver Common Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Group of Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) plants Cowbane (Cicuta virosa) Mystery dragonfly Carolina Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinianum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) spathe Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) spathe Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Japanese Snowball (Viburnum plicatum) Orange Sulphur Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) Scarlet Bee-balm (Monarda didyma) Juvie House Sparrow Spatterdock Lily (Nuphar lutea) Split-lipped Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis bifida) Steeplebushes (Spiraea tomentosa) Stilt-legged fly (Rainiera antennaepes) Thistle Trees Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus) Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  7/19/22 Bee on Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) Common Buckeye Faded Starry Campion? Canadian Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) Male Eastern Tailed-blue Ferns in rocks Fleabane Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga parviflora) Aster seedhead Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa) Largeflower Coreopsis (Coreopsis grandiflora) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) Southern Harebells (Campanula divaricata) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) St. John's Wort (Hypericum genus) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) White Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Another White Bergamot (Monarda clinopodia) Field Mint (Mentha canadensis)         Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)         Boone, Watauga County, NC  7/19/22 Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Climbing Dogbane (Solanum dulcamara) Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Green lacewing larva Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense)   Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) Song Sparrow   Boone, Watauga County, NC  7/18/22 American Bittern, migrating Another migrating American Bittern Apples Bee fly (Xenox tigrinus) Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) Buttercup Cabbage White       Cairn Chicory  (Cichorium intybus) Cllimbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriatica) Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Golden Tortoise Beetle Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Common Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) Another Common Hemp Nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit) Ironweed (Vernonia genus) Lapsana communis Lapsana communis Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Female Red-winged Blackbird Same Female Red-winged Blackbird     American Robin Scarlet Bee-balm (Monarda didyma) Song Sparrow St. John's Wort (Hypericum genus) St. John's Wort (Hypericum genus) Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) Same Twice-stabbed Stink Bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Thrip collecting pollen inside a morning glory Same thrip, with pollen Thrips interacting Japanese Snowball (Viburnum plicatum) seedheads Orb weaver web Big-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)       Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)       Boone, Watauga County, NC  7/17/22 Silver-spotted Skipper Same Silver-spotted Skipper Sweat bee on a Black-eyed Susan Same sweat bee on a Black-eyed Susan Tachinid fly Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) Eastern Tailed-Blue Elongate springtail Another elongate springtail Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)   European Honeybee Hornet Jumping plant louse On a car           Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica)         Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/1/22 Aphids Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) Cabbage White Chipmunk Same chipmunk Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Fly Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus) Greenway Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) group Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica) Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Mourning Dove American Robin's egg(shell)   American Robin Snapping Turtle Same Snapping Turtle Another Snapping Turtle   Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow White-tailed Deer Wild grape Woolly aphid Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  5/31/22 Cinquefoil (Potentilla genus) Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis), one stem and basal leaves Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis), still not complete! Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis) Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis), with flower fly Probably Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) Probably Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea) Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea) Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea)         Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)         Tanawha Trail (near beginning), Linville, Madison County, NC  5/31/22 Aphid Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) Cinquefoil (Potentilla genus) Lettuceleaf Saxifrage (Micranthes micranthidifolia) Mountain Meadow Rue (Thalictrum clavatum)     Mouse ear chickweed (Cerastium genus) Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) flowers and leaves Same Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) flowers and leaves     Boone, Watauga County, NC  5/31/22 Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Ragwort (Packera genus) Juvie American Robin Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)         Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius)         Boone Gardens, Watauga County, NC  5/30/22 Chipmunk Same chipmunk Common Water Strider Flame Azalea Fungi Boone, Watauga County, NC  5/30/22 Arctium lappa Cedar Waxwing Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) Same Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) Cress Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata) Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata) Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata) Orchard Grass (Dactylis glomerata) Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata) Fly on grass Grass Gray Catbird with insect prey Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) European Honeybee Jumping plant louse Kouza Dogwood Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora), an officially invasive species Ragwort (Packera genus) Male Red-winged Blackbird   Same male Red-winged Blackbird Same male Red-winged Blackbird Rhododendron Juvie American Robin     Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow singing Female Common Starling Common Starling family, with father       A whole Common Starling family? Father Common Starling flying away with food This feeding scene might have taken place first     Attempted mating (behind the adult male)? A thistle-like plant, with an elaborate wing shape Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus) Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus) Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)         Yellow Salsify (Tragopogon dubius)         Julian Price Park, Watauga County, NC  5/29/22     Swallows Tulip Poplar flowers More Tulip Poplar flowers     Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  8/4/21 Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) Southern Harebell or Appalachian Bellflower (Campanula divaricata) Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) Fire Pink (Silene virginica) Might be a Broadtooth Hedgenettle Mosquito Corn Chamomile (Anthemis arvensis), an introduced species. Southern Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) Southern Horse Balm (Collinsonia canadensis) St. John's Wort Starry Campion (Silene stellata) Same Starry Campion (Silene stellata) Lanceleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) White Clover (Trifolium repens), anomalously pink Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/4/21 Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) Bee Boone neighborhood Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) with bumblebees Cabbage White Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Acadian Flycatcher Same Acadian Flycatcher Same Acadian Flycatcher Common Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) Golden Alexander (Zizia genus), maybe, but later than normal if so Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and Silver-spotted Skipper on a butterfly bush Leafcutter bee Monarch Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Moth Potter Wasp Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) American Robin Male Sachem Silver-spotted Skipper Another Silver-spotted Skipper Skipper   Thrip on morning glory White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia) Part of the same White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia) Same wildflower         Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata) Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)       Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/3/21 Ambush bug Aphids Sawtooth Blackberries (Rubus argutus) Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) Crane fly Eastern Tailed-Blue Elongate springtail Fruits Leafcutter bee Tarnished Plant Bug Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/2/21 Anemometer Possibly Cowbane Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail on a Bull Thistle Apples Same apples Arrowleaf Tearthumb Scarlet Bee Balm Bindweed Blowfly on Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)   Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) Bouncing Bet or Common Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) Buttercup Chickweed   Chickweed Closed-up Chicory (Cichorium intybus), early in the morning Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Common Burdock (Arctium minus) Common Mullein Common Wingstem Common Yellow Wood-sorrel Crabapple fruits Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) Dock English Plantain Maybe an Evening Primrose flower Evening Primrose   Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Carolina Horsenettle Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica)       Mint family plant Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida)     Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Red coneflowers, Echinacea hybrids American Robin   American Robin Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) St. John's Wort Brown lacewing larva Brown lacewing larva Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)     Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) Cloudless Sulphur? Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)     Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) Mystery wildflower Yellow Loosestrife Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  8/2/21 Appalachian Bellflower or Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) Appalachian Bellflower or Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) Mystery aster Same mystery aster White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia) Broadtooth Hedgenettle (Stachys latidens) Broadtooth Hedgenettle (Stachys latidens) Cat's Ear Dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata) Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Tickseed   Cutleaf Coneflowers? Fleabane (Erigeron genus) Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata) Another Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata)   Meadow Phlox (Phlox maculata) Monarch Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) Song Sparrow Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe), an officially invasive species. Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) Starry Campion (Silene stellata) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Tall Bellflowers (Campanula americana) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Common Milkweed Mystery tree with fruits White Avens (Geum canadense)     Mystery wildflower Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)     Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/1/21 Ambush bug Aphids Bee Another bee Broad-headed Sharpshooter Same Broad-headed Sharpshooter Ebony bugs on goldenrod Black Swallowtail caterpillar on Queen Anne's Lace Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) Drone Fly Flower fly (Anasimyia grisescens) Flower Fly (Syrphini tribe) Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) More goldenrod Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Brown lacewing larva Brown lacewing larva Mayfly Budding Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)         Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail on Bull Thistle Common Mullein         Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/14/19 Aphid Tiny beetle Tiny bugs mating Tiny bugs on goldenrod Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) flowers Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) fruits Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria) Goldenrod Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinensis) Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)   Locust Borer Spider (Acacesia genus) Orb weaver Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata)   Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  8/14/19 Aphrodite Fritillary and Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Aphrodite Fritillary Hairy Galinsoga (Galinsoga quadriradiata) Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail, Aphrodite Fritillary and a skipper Cabbage White on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) Crescent Dark-eyed Junco Flower fly Forest Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus) Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris) Jack-in-the-Pulpit Aster (Krigia genus) Lake Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum)   Monarch and Peck's Skipper Monarch Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida) Purple Sneezeweed (Helenium flexuosum) Tall Bellflower (Campanula americana)   Black-form female Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Female Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia) White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)         Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata)       Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/13/19 Birdvetch (Vicia cracca) Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) Male White-tailed Deer Same deer Eastern Gamagrass Sign associated with the old power plant at the right Old hydroelectric plant that served the New River Light and Power Company from 1915 to 1924, when it was supplanted by another and partially destroyed by dynamite. Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Mystery plant producing many fruits Goldenrod Goldenrod Groundnut or Potato Bean (Apios americana) Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) Leafcutter bee Halberdleaf Rose Mallow (Hibiscus laevis), not sure if naturalized Morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) Common Mouse-Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) Red Clover American Robin Crimson-eyed Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)   Mystery tree True Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides) Goldenrod Whorled Yellow Loosetrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)   Linn Cove Visitor Center area, Avery County, NC  8/12/19 View Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum) fruits Filmy Angelica (Angelica triquinata) Fleabane (Erigeron genus)   Hangingfly (Hylobittacus apicalis) Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris) Joe-Pye-Weed Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi).  ID thanks to Kyle Kittelberger.   Pink Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii) Mystery plant Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) Roan Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago roanensis) Scaldweed (Cuscuta gronovii) Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma) Scarlet Beebalm Showy Goldenrod (Solidago erecta) Spotted Jewelweed Tall Bellflower Tall Bellflower Female Black-form Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail Umbrella Leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) White Beebalm (Monarda clinopodia)   White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata) Another White Wood Aster Starry Campion seedheads and faded flowers Deepwoods Horsebalm (Collinsonia tuberosa)         Purple Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpureum) Joe-Pye-Weed, with two Silver-spotted Skippers       Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/12/19 Bird's Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) Crab spider Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) Rhododendron Robber Fly (Holcocephala genus).  ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. Small-headed Sunflower (Helianthus microcephalus) Two-lined Froghopper Wild Sweetwilliam (Phlox maculata) Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/11/19 Ambush bug Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis) Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) American Black Elderberry or Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)   Goldenrod Groundnut (Apios americana) Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)   Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail and Silver-spotted Skipper Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/19/19 Apples Public park Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) Female Cabbage White Same Cabbage White   Chicory Chipping Sparrow Cows Male Ebony Jewelwing   Fennel Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) True Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpioides) Gray Catbird Hedgenettle Fledgling House Sparrow Beetle Morning glory Mountain view Boone Greenway gate and entrance Female Red-winged Blackbird Silver-spotted Skipper Smartweed Stickywilly       Stink bug with prey Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)       Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/18/19     Rainbow before an arriving storm Another view of the rainbow A third view     Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  6/18/19 Big leaves Common Sowthistle Crane fly Juvie Dark-eyed Junco Same juvie Dark-eyed Junco   All same Dark-eyed Junco         Same Dark-eyed Junco   Deptford Pink Fire Pink Fleabane Great Spangled Fritillary Same Great Spangled Fritillary Same Great Spangled Fritillary Ground Ivy Heal-all Lake, seen from the house Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) on Oxeye Daisy Queen Anne's Lace Rhododendron maximum Another Rhododendron Silver-spotted Skipper St. John's Wort Venus' Looking Grass Virginia Spiderwort Chickweed       Anomalousy pink Yarrow Yarrow with a crab spider       Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/17/19 Chrysalis Mountain view Common Dogwood. An introduced plant. Common Dogwood flowers. An introduced plant Crown Vetch Mystery dock Fennel Fleabanes Forget-me-nots Grass   Millipede Male Red-winged Blackbird American Robin Spiraea japonica   Ornamental spurge (in garden) Swamp Milkweed Mystery tree (might be an apple) Mystery tree flowers Tree leaves       Web Yarrow       Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/16/19       Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) American Robin       Linn Cove Visitor Center and nature trail 6/16/19 White Clover (Trifolium repens) and Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) near the trail head. Dock Dock flowers Dodder Fleabane with active flowerets Male dance fly (Hybotinae subfamily). Superfamily ID thanks to Bill Dean, subfamily ID thanks to John F. Carr. Fly taking off Another fly This strange fly was running across the parking lot. Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Another Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Flowers of the Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) Ichneumon wasp, seen behind the Visitor Center Orchard spider with prey Plant bug (Lygus genus), seen behind the Visitor Center   Red Clover, seen in woods bordering parking lot Male scorpion fly Umbrellaleaf, with fruits Lady-rue (Thalictrum clavatum)   Tanawha Trail (beginning) 6/16/19 Plant bug Clinton's Lily (Clintonia borealis) Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum) Beetleweed (Galax urceolata) Another Beetleweed (Galax urceolata)       Indian Cucumber-Root blooms Plant bug       Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/2/18 American Lady Megachilid bee Another Megachilid bee Bug Flower longhorn beetle   Fly Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) with faded spathe Red Milkweed Beetle Treehopper (Enchenopa binotata complex) Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)       Two-lined Froghopper Mystery wildflower, probably a mallow family member Spotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)     Boone, NC 7/1/18   Leaf beetle (Brachypnoea genus).  ID thanks to Blaine Mathison. Chicory Spotted Cucumber Beetle Mystery wildflower   Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/30/18 Twelve-spotted Skimmer Widow Skimmer Broad-toothed Hedgenettle (Stachys latidens) Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle Cabbage White   Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) Same flower fly Fly Willow Flycatcher Green Lacewing   Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Moth Plant bug Male Rambur's Forktail Male Red-winged Blackbird   Juvie American Robin Same juvie American Robin Spotted Jewelweed Stilt Bug Tarnished Plant Bug           Treehopper (Entylia carinata)         Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  6/29/18 American Lady Canada Geese Common Milkweed Monarch   Monarch on Red Clover Moth, maybe victim of spider attack Mountain mint Mushrooms Orchard Spider   Orchard Spider Oxeye Daisies Pale Jewelweed Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) Rhododendron   Rhododendron Silver-spotted Skipper St. John's wort Summer Azure Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)   Virginia Spiderwort American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)           Mystery wildflower, maybe Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum)         Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/29/18   Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow Another Song Sparrow, with grasshopper prey Same Song Sparrow   Tanawha Trail, Avery County, NC  6/28/18 Crane fly Fire Pink Hangingflies Hangingfly Hangingfly   Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) Moth (Rupela genus, maybe) Snout moth (Urola nivalis, maybe) Neighbor Moth (Haploa contigua) Male Common Scorpion Fly     Umbrellaleaf Mystery wildflower Same mystery wildflower Yellow Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)   Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/28/18 Bee Chicory Chipping Sparrow Eastern Kingbird Same Eastern Kingbird   Grackle Iris with Japanese Beetle Another iris Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) Leafhopper nymph     Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle Plant bug (Neurocolpus genus) Mushrooms Phlox     Early Queen Anne's Lace blossom Male Red-winged Blackbird Same bird Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow     Summer Azure Strange tree Wild Onion Mystery wildflower   Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/27/18 Chicory Oxeye Daisy Gray Catbird Phlox Song Sparrow           Phlox with unusual pattern         Boone Gardens, Watauga County, NC  6/8/17   Froghopper (Aphrophora saratogensis). ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. Lanternless lightning bug (Lucidota atra) Leafhopper Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta.)     Long-legged fly Moth Southern Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides) Varied Carpet Beetle Weevil       Crab spider Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) Flower longhorn beetle, probably a victim of a recent spider attack     Boone Greenway, Watauga County, NC 6/8/17 Heal-all Eastern Phoebe Song Sparrow Song Sparrow Wildflowers Julian Price Park, Watauga County, NC  6/7/17   Partridgeberry blooms Swimming snake Tadpole Another tadpole     Penstemon Beetle Golden-backed Snipe Fly Leaf beetle Freshly molted planthopper nymph           Millipede         Tanawha Trail, Caldwell County, NC  6/7/17 Mystery beetle Flame Azalia Gray's Lily Another Gray's Lily Plant bug           Female scorpion fly         Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  6/6/17 Chipmunk Crab spider Dark-eyed Junco Female Eastern Tailed-Blue Fly Poison   Jack-in-the-pulpit spathe View of the lake below from the entrance Water lilies in the lake Owlet moth, near the entrance Rustic Borer   Scorpion fly Soldier beetle (Podabrus fayi) St. John's Wort Stink bug Swan     Water lilies Mystery wildflower Assassin bug with prey? Rustic Borer beetle       Cabbage White Caddisfly maybe Moses Cone mansion seen from the far end of the lake Some water lilies up close   Boone, NC  6/6/17 American Goldfinch Singing Gray Catbird Branch of Norwegian Spruce Cones of Norwegian Spruce Oakleaf Hydrangea   Eastern Phoebe Same Eastern Phoebe, singing Same Eastern Phoebe, again singing Male Red-winged Blackbird Same male Red-winged Blackbird   American Robin Female American Robin with nesting material Male American Robin addressing female Mating attempt Vine flowers       Male Ebony Jewelwing Fire Pink Snapping Turtle     Boone, NC  6/5/17 Song Sparrow Another Song Sparrow Song Sparrow Summer Azure Cabbage White     Fledgling American Robin Skipper, maybe a female Sachem Another Song Sparrow Song Sparrow   Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/18/15     Fiery Skipper Orange Sulphur Chicory flowers, one white, of a plant mowed down although some five years ago this plant was allowed to grow, as shown by the June 30, 2010 entry below.     Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, NC  8/17/15 Female Cabbage White Dogbane Beetle Great Spangled Fritillary Leafcutter bee Nodding Onion     Peck's Skipper Another Peck's Skipper Yet another Peck's Skipper Wasp on aster   Tanawha Trail (Milepost 304), NC  8/17/15 Stink bug nymph (actually on the Blue Ridge Parkway nearby) Scorpion fly Planthopper Pink Turtlehead buds Pale Jewelweed   Bumblebee (Bombus vagans or sandersoni) ? Magnolia seedhead Crane fly Scorpion fly   Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/16/15 Ailanthus Webworm Moth American Groundnut Asian Multicolored Ladybug Crab spider on coneflower Ebony bugs on goldenrod Locust Borer Beetle Male orb weaver Silver-spotted Skipper Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and bee on thistle Blowfly Tachinid fly Same tachinid fly Scarlet bee balm Snout moth Tachinid fly Boone Gardens, Watauga County, NC  6/17/15 Great Spangled Fritillary on Common Milkweed Dogbane Beetle Goatsbeard Silver-spotted Skipper on Dogbane Red Milkweed Beetle Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/17/15 Snipe fly (Chrysopilus quadratus) Twelve-spotted Skimmer Summer Azure Yellow Flag Iris Tiny scarab beetle on Oxeye Daisy Blue Ridge Parkway, Watauga County, NC  6/16/15 Robber fly Flower fly Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria) Mountain Laurel Silver-spotted Skipper Tanawha Trail, Watauga County, NC  6/16/15   Gray's Lily flower (Lilium grayi) Crane fly Indian Cucumber Root Galax Linn Cove Viaduct, seen from the Tanawha Trail           Robber fly (Dioctria genus?)         Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/16/15 Male Red-winged Blackbird Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/15/15     Flower fly Robin Wildflower (Spiraea japonica)     Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/14/15     Eastern Garter Snake, wriggled in and out of the grass. On greenway. Great Spangled Fritillary, at the drainage pond Leafhopper, on greenway     Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/28/14 Holly Borer (Synanthedone kathyae) Male Ebony Jewelwing Fly Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) Pines         Common Milkweed         Boone Gardens, Watauga County, NC  6/28/14   Bumblebee and Japanese Beetle on hibiscus Bee on daisy Great Spangled Fritillary on Butterfly Weed Little Glassywing     Meadow Fritillary Plant Bug (Neurocolpus nubilus) Crossline Skipper Water strider   Tanawha Trail, Milepost 304, Avery County, NC  6/27/14 Crab spider on Oxeye Daisy Plant bug (probably Lygus genus) on Oxeye Daisy Fire Pink (Silene virginica) Fly Poison Fungi and moss   Beetleweed (Galax urveolata) Hangingfly (Bittacus pilicornis), Tanawha Trail, Milepost 304, NC, 6/27/14 Same hangingfly Moth Flame Azalea Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/27/14   Fledgling American Robin Song Sparrow Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) Crown Vetch         Four-flower Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora) Mini-garden       Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/26/14   Ambush bug (rear view) Ambush bug (side view) Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle with aphid prey Plant bug   Flowers (Spiraea japonica). ID thanks to Eric Hunt. Forget-Me-Not Tortricid moth hanging from grass flowers American Robin Woolly Aphid   Song Sparrow Same Song Sparrow, come down to investigate me St. John's Wort Tachinid fly   Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/3/12   Green lacewing larva Pipevine Swallowtail Black form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Sleeping bumblebee   Tanawha Trail, Avery County, NC  8/3/12 Pink Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua obliqua) Monkshood Angelica Umbrellaleaf Umbrellaleaf and Red Bergamot         Grandfather Mountain         Tanawha Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway, Avery County, NC  8/2/12 The Tanawha Trail goes 13.5 miles from Julian Price Park in Watauga County to the Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center in Avery County.  See the live map at the end of this section to trace the trail, which parallels the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Price Park. Tanawha Trail description by the National Park Service Blue Ridge Mountains Crab spider, probably Mecaphesa asperata Green Stink Bug nymph Pipevine Swallowtail Another Pipevine Swallowtail   Orchard Spider Orb weaver Pink Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua) Dark-eyed Junco   Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/2/12 Sweat bee (Agapostemon genus) Sweat bee on a mint plant Eastern Tiger Swallowtail? Aprodite Fritillary Tiny crab spider on a small aster         Gray Hairstreak on an aster         View Larger Map Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/1/12 Sweat bee (Agapostemon genus) on aster Hornet on Queen Anne's Lace Male American Goldfinch Crown Vetch Female Sachem Painted Lady Pipevine Swallowtails in competition Trumpet Creeper Weeping Willow Smaller Weeping Willow

Boone (in town), NC  7/8/11

Stonefly on Queen Anne's Lace	Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa

Linn Cove Viaduct Visitors Center (National Park Service) Trail, Avery County  7/8/11

Leaffooted bug nymph	Umbrella Leaf, with fruits	Umbrella leaf fruits	Visitors Center	Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)

Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia magnophylla)	Scarlet Bee-balm

Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC  7/8/11

Mating Dogbane Beetles	Treehopper (Entylia carinata)	Sweat bee (Agapostemon genus)	Black Cohosh (thumbnail got surprise rotation)

Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  7/8/11

Two-lined Plant Bug	From Blue Ridge Parkway

Julian Price Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC  7/7/11

See the live map above to navigate to this park.

Spittlebug (Clastoptera genus)	Ichneumon wasp (3 or 4 mm long)	Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle	Solomon's Seal

Boone Greenway, Watauga County, NC  7/7/11

Green June Beetle, seen on underside of Queen Anne's Lace blossom	Cabbage White	Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma genus, Phasiinae subfamily), on Queen Anne's lace	Potter wasp	Crown Vetch (an introduced plant)

Boone Greenway, Watauga County, NC  7/6/11

Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii, species in doubt).  ID thanks to Harry LeGrand.	Common Mullein	Forget-me-not	Female Sachem	Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

Greenway Trail, Boone, Watauga County, NC  6/30/10

Female Cabbage White, dorsal view	Chicory flowers, including one albino (on Blowing Rock Rd. corner).	Angelica	Phlox

Moth Mullein	Killdeer at rest	Killdeer in flight	Queen Anne's Lace

Cabbage White

Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/6/08

Harvester	Flea beetles mating	Leafhopper	Bee?	Tortoise beetle

 

Striped Lynx spider (Oxyopes salticus), with small green prey	Tarnished Plant Bug on Spotted Jewelweed flower

Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/5/08

Ambush Bug, leaving flower	This is where the Ambush Bug on the left was before.	Another view.	Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta).  Note wing sticking out on the side.

 

Netwinged beetles mating	Mating White-lined Burrower Bugs	Thread-waisted wasp

 

Pearl Crescent	Cuckoo wasp

Blue Ridge Parkway, Caldwell County, NC  8/5/08 (mileposts 296-302)

Picture-winged fly (Callopistromyia annulipes).  ID thanks to Ron M.	Male Scorpion Fly	Tachinid flies	Yellow-and-black Argiope	Mystery stink bug

Boone, Watauga County, NC  8/4/08

Peck's Skipper	Monarch	Aphrodite Fritillary	Great Spangled Fritillary

 

Pipevine Swallowtail (ventral view)	Male Pipevine Swallowtail (dorsal view)	Female black form Easter Tiger Swallowtail	Gray Hairstreak

 

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