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Durham,
NC 5/31/14
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| Inch-long
mantis nymph |
Goldenrod Spider |
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Durham, NC 5/30/14
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| Mantis
nymph on a Coreopsis flower |
Leafhopper |
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Durham,
NC 5/29/14
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| Female
Eastern Tailed-Blue (I caught a glimpse of the dark dorsal side
of the wings) |
Bess Beetle |
Male Eastern Gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
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Durham,
NC 5/28/14
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| Blue Dasher |
Zabulon Skipper |
Field Cricket |
Tussock moth caterpillar |
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Durham,
NC 5/27/14
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| Jumping
spider (probably Synemosyna formica) |
Same
jumping spider |
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Durham,
NC 5/25/14
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| Penstemon |
Turkey Vulture |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing |
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Durham,
NC 5/24/14
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| Red Clover |
Cabbage White
on Bird Vetch |
Rambur's Forktail |
Least Skipper
on a buttercup |
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| Least Skipper |
Leafhopper |
Eastern Gamagrass (female) |
Picture-winged fly (Chaetopsis
genus) |
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| Appalachian Brown |
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Durham,
NC 5/22/14
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| Pearl Crescent |
Pearl
Crescent (dorsal) |
Stink bug
(probably Menecletes insertus) |
Picture-winged fly |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Post-mating damselflies |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Paraphidippus aurantius |
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Durham, NC 5/21/14
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| Picture-winged Fly |
Ladybug larva |
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Durham,
NC 5/20/14
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| Painted Skimmer |
Wolf spider
with hairy forelegs |
Jumping
spider (may be Phidippus audax) |
Click beetle
(Ampedus sanguinipennis). ID thanks to
Blaine Mathison
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Male
spider, either a Linyphidiid or cobweb spider |
Durham,
NC 5/19/14
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Question Mark |
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Durham, NC 5/17/14
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| Female Common Whitetail |
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Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 5/16/14
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| Poppy |
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Durham,
NC 5/14/14
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| Hearts-a-bustin' |
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Flat
River Waterfowl Impoundment, Durham County, NC 5/12/14
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| Viceroy |
Spring
Azure on a buttercup |
Grass |
Pearl Crescent |
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| Hackberry Emperor |
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Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 5/11/14
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| Flower flies |
Diamond-backed Froghopper |
Everlasting Pea |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Mystery fly
(most likely a flower fly) |
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| Long-jawed Orb Weaver |
Running crab spider |
Dwarf spider |
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Mason
Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 5/10/14
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| Flower fly
(Toxomerus genus) on a blackberry flower |
Silvery Checkerspot |
Atamasco Lily |
Small bee fly
(Aldrichia ehrmanii). ID thanks to
Joel Kits
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Peppered
Jumping Spider |
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| Carolina Satyr |
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Durham,
NC 5/9/14
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| Beetle
larva? But it looks like a rove beetle, though it didn't act
like one. |
Orb weaver
(Synema parvulum) |
Cottonwood Seed |
Jumping spider,
might be a very faded Peppered Jumper |
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Durham, NC 5/8/14
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| Jumping spider (Synemosyna
formica) |
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Durham,
NC 5/5/14
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| Wolf spider (Tigrosa georgicola). ID thanks to Laura P. |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Another
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Caterpillar
Hunter beetle with prey, most likely a Fall Cankerworm Moth |
Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Durham, NC 5/4/14
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| Ground Skink (about 1 inch long) |
Leaffooted
bug |
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Durham, NC 5/3/14
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| Caterpillar
Hunter (Calosoma scrutata), with inchworm prey |
Bristly Mallow |
Zebra Swallowtail |
Burdock
Beetle (Leptinotarsa juncta) |
Tiny orb
weaver (Synema parvulum) |
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Peter's Garden, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC 5/1/14
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| Water
strider with orange prey |
Wildflowers |
Orchard Spider |
Nodding Trillium |
Oconee Bells |
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| Bee on fleabane |
Trout |
Bee |
Bee and
other insects on dandelion |
Bee on
forget-me-nots |
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| Bee on geranium |
Wake Robin Trillium |
Wren |
Not
just a fish (trout?), but mating water striders and winged
termite prey |
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North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC 5/1/14
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| American Toad |
Five-lined Skink |
Song Sparrow |
American
Toad in a waterfall-like fountain |
Foxglove |
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