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Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, CA 5/31/19
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| Abbott's Lagoon |
American Vetch (Vicia americana) |
Beach Suncup (Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia) |
Beach Starwort (Stellaria littoralis) |
Bee |
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| Mystery beetle |
Another mystery beetle |
Probably a darkling beetle |
Mating darkling beetles |
Familiar Bluet (Enallagma civile) |
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| Male California Quail |
Candy Flower (Claytonia sibirica) |
Checker Mallow (Sidalcea malvaeflora) |
Another Checker Mallow (Sidalcea malvaeflora) |
Clover (Trifolium microcephalum) |
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| Common Catchfly (Silene gallica) |
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Another Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Yet another Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) |
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| Darkling beetle |
Dense Flowered Platycarpos (Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus) |
Dove's Foot Geranium (Geranium molle) |
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
Field Crescent |
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| Greater Quaking Grass (Briza maxima) |
Another kind of grass |
Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa) |
Leatherwing beetle |
Milkvine |
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| Hedgenettle (Stachys ajugoides) |
Purple Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta) |
Painted Lady |
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) |
Grayleaf Raspberry (Rubus idaeus, subspecies strigosus) fruit |
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| Anomalous raspberry fruit |
Common Raven |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
Redstem Filaree (Erodium cicutarium) |
Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) |
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| Sky Lupine (Lupinus nanus) |
Another Sky Lupine (Lupinus nanus) |
Western Tailed-Blue |
White-crowned Sparrow |
Same White-crowned Sparrow |
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| Another White-crowned Sparrow, running |
Hairy Ceanothus (Ceanothus oliganthus var sorediatus) "Jim Brush" |
Mystery wildflower |
Mystery wildflower |
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) |
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| Thistle |
Sticky Monkey Flowers |
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Larkspur, Marin County, CA 5/30/19
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| Air France airliner |
Air Force plane |
Salsify seedhead |
Elmleaf Blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) |
Male Cabbage White |
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| Canada Goose family |
Canada Goose gosling |
Canada Goose sounding off |
Crow with prey |
Treasureflower (Gazania genus) |
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| Treasureflower (Gazania genus) |
Hydroplane |
Ice plant |
Painted Lady |
Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius) |
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| Salsify (Tragopogon hybridus), a very anomalous sighting |
Wild Radish (Raphanus sativus) |
Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) |
Mystery wildflower |
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San Francisco Airport, CA, 5/30/19
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| Elegant Clarkia (Clarkia unguiculata) |
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Durham, NC 5/28/19
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| Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
Long-legged fly |
Might be an oakworm moth |
Flatid and acanaloniid planthopper nymphs |
Plume moth (Pterophoridae family) |
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| Rice Stink Bug |
Sedge |
Silvery Checkerspot |
Same Silvery Checkerspot |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle larva (Coleomegilla maculata) |
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| Yellow Poplar Weevil (Odontopus calceatus) on American Black Elderberry. ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
Sawfly larvae (and frass!) |
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Durham, NC 5/26/19
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| Molting Northern Cardinal |
Climbing Dogbane flower |
Mulberry fruits |
Raspberry |
Termite after shedding wings |
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| Termite afterwards |
Termite with wings still on, but struggling |
Termite with one set of wings detached |
Termite struggling |
Very much like Climbing Dogbane, but missing the red stripes. |
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| Wheel bug nymph |
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Durham, NC 5/25/19
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| Mature female Hop-hornbeam catkin |
Citrine Forktail |
Lightning bug beetle (Photinus pyralis) |
Mulberry |
Wheel Bug |
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| Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
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Durham, NC 5/24/19
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| Tiny bee on Swamp Rose |
Same bee |
Clematis |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Dark Fishing Spider |
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| Leaffooted bug nymph |
Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Rumex genus |
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| Swamp Rose |
Wheel Bug |
Same Wheel Bug |
Zabulon Skipper |
Durham, NC 5/23/19
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| Bug on Lizard's Tail |
Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis or Trachelospermum difforme: apparently hotly debated) |
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) fruits |
Venus' Looking Glass |
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Durham, NC 5/22/19
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| American Everlasting |
Carolina Wren |
Chipping Sparrow |
Lanceleaf Tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata) |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
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| Fly |
Ground Skink |
Moth |
Raspberry |
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| Sawtooth Blackberry |
Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis or Trachelospermum difforme: apparently hotly debated) |
Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsanthella difformis or Trachelospermum difforme: apparently hotly debated) |
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Durham, NC 5/21/19
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| Flower fly (Spilomyia texana). Species ID thanks to Bill Dean, confirmed by Martin Hauser. |
Same flower fly |
Funnel web spider |
Female Golden-winged Skimmer |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
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| Leafhopper |
Northern Mockingbird, crane fly prey |
Same Northern Mockingbird |
Opilion |
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) |
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| Pickerelweed, with several flies |
Pinklady (Oenothera speciosa) |
Scuttle fly |
Southern Magnolia |
An aphid exuvia and what is probably a funnel web spider exuvia |
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| Fledgling Eastern Bluebird |
Same bird, with inchworm prey |
False Dandelion |
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Durham, NC 5/20/19
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| Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) nymph |
Leatherwing beetle having trouble |
Millipede (Sigmoria aberrans) |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
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Durham, NC 5/19/19
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Broad-bodied leaf beetle (maybe Prasocuris phellandri) |
Female catkin of Eastern Hop-hornbeam |
Female catkin of another Eastern Hop-hornbeam |
American Cockroach |
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| Hooked Buttercup |
Another Hooked Buttercup |
Local marsh |
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) |
Rice Stink Bug |
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| Mating Rice Stink Bugs |
Shining leaf beetle (Lema solani) |
Turkey Vulture |
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Durham, NC 5/18/19
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| Tufted Titmouse |
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Durham, NC 5/17/19
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| Aster (but not a Common Dandelion: it had no leaves) |
Beetle |
Billbug |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Bug |
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| Bulbous Buttercup |
Early Buttercup |
Common Elderberry (Sambuca nigra) flowers |
Coreopsis |
Female Eastern Gamagrass |
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| Male Eastern Gamagrass |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Teneral Great Blue Skimmer |
Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) |
Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) |
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| Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) |
Jumping spider (male Colonus sylvanus) |
Jumping spider (male Colonus sylvanus) |
Jumping spider (female Colonus sylvanus) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
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| Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Male Eastern Pondhawk |
Question Mark |
Sawfly |
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| Mystery spiderling |
Squash Bug |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Warty leaf beetle |
Same warty leaf beetle |
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| Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
Wild Garlic |
Wolf spider with egg sac |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Another male Zabulon Skipper |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 5/15/19
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| Dark flower scarab (Euphoria sepulcralis). ID thanks to T. Hedlund. |
Blue Corporal |
Common Buckeye |
Common Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) |
Powdered Dancer (Argia moesta) |
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| Dark-winged fungus gnat (Odontosciara nigra). ID thanks to Ken Wolgemuth. |
Eastern Comma |
Same Eastern Comma |
Flesh fly |
Golden alexander (Zizia aurea) |
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| Green-and-gold (Chrysogonum virginianum) |
Hangingfly |
Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum) |
Maroon Carolina Milkvine (Matelea carolinensis) |
Milkweed buds |
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| Orchard Spider |
Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare). |
Mystery plant |
Another mystery plant |
Small's Ragwort (Packera anonyma) |
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| Robber fly (Laphria canis) with picture-winged fly prey |
Spring Azure |
Sweat bee |
Same sweat bee |
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| Variegated Fritillary |
Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea) |
Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis) |
Blue Wild Indigo |
Wild onion |
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| Wild onion |
Mystery wildflower, might be a Venus' Looking Glass |
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Durham, NC 5/13/19
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| Warty leaf beetle |
American Hornbeam fruits |
Aquatic snail |
Picture-winged fly |
Female catkin, Hop- Hornbeam |
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| Fowler's Toad |
Another Fowler's Toad |
Carolina Cranesbill |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Tiny mating beetles |
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Same Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Drainage conduit life |
More drainage conduit life |
Yet more drainage conduit life |
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Durham, NC 5/12/19
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| Marsh fly |
Penstemon |
Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle grasping leaf |
Venus' Looking Glass |
Wasp |
Flatid planthopper nymph |
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| Aphid |
Flower longhorn beetle |
Jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
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Durham, NC 5/10/19
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| Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass |
Caterpillar |
Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Flea beetle (Capraita obsidiana). ID thanks to John Rosenfeld. |
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| Fly? |
Grass |
Hawkweed |
Female Hop-hornbeam catkin |
March fly |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing beetle with wing problem |
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| Common Rush (Juncus effusus) |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetles mating |
White Clover, with individual flowers showing |
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Durham, NC 5/9/19
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| Partridgeberry flowers, among many |
Partridgeberry fruit, the first in that area |
Pearl Crescent |
Transitional male Eastern Pondhawk |
Question Mark |
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| Same Question Mark |
Red Tip flowers |
Six-spotted Fishing Spider |
Same spider |
Another Six-spotted Fishing Spider |
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| Southern Blue Flag iris, at edge of small swamp |
Flowers of the same Southern Blue Flag iris |
Aquatic snails |
Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel |
Deerberry flower |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
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| Frank's Sedge |
Hawkweed |
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Durham, NC 5/8/19
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| American Lady |
Same American Lady |
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) |
Fly |
Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
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| Question Mark |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden (nature trail), Orange County, NC 5/6/19
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| Fighting ants |
Common Buckeye |
Columbine |
Creek |
Male Ebony Jewelwing |
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| Golden Alexander |
Grass |
Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) |
Hearts-a-bustin' |
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| Twinflagged Jumping Spider (Anasaitis canosa) |
Same Twinflagged Jumping Spider (Anasaitis canosa) |
Lichen Moth (Lycomorpha pholus) |
Orchard Spider |
Pearl Crescent |
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| Mystery plant |
Pyralid moth (Desmia maculalus) |
Red-spotted Purple |
Rice Stink Bug |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
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| Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa) |
Web |
Fourleaf Yam (Dioscorea quarternata) or Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
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| Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea) |
Venus' Pride (Houstonia purpurea) |
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Durham, NC, 5/5/19
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| Antmimic Jumping Spider |
Hairy fungus beetle (Litargus tetraspilotus). ID thanks to John Schneider |
Eastern Gamagrass |
Mystery grass |
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| Jumping spider |
Leech |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
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Durham, NC 5/3/19
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| Tiny beetle |
Box turtle |
Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel |
Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Jumping spider (probably Eris militaris) |
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| Jumping spider (male Pelegrina proterva) |
Lauxaniid fly |
Leafhopper |
Low Hop Clover |
Thrip |
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| Warty leaf beetle |
Yellow wood-sorrel |
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Durham, NC 5/2/19
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| Globular springtail (Sminthurus mercenbergae) |
Leafhopper |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Painted Turtle |
Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris radicata) |
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| Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel |
Carolina Cranesbill |
Dwarf spider |
Yellow wood-sorrel |
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Durham, NC 5/1/19
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| Bursting Heart, or Hearts-a-Bustin' |
Ichneumon wasp |
Mapleleaf Viburnum |
Orchard Spider |
Purple Bedstraw |
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| Red-spotted Purple |
Azure Bluet |
Bess Beetle or Horned Passalus |
Cuckoo bee (Nomada genus) |
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) |
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Southern Blue Flag Iris |
Azalea |
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