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Durham, NC 11/28/22
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| Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia var. sororia) |
Fishing spider? |
Harvestman |
Running crab spider (Tmarus genus) |
Mystery spider |
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| Same mystery spider |
Weevil (Lechriops oculatus) |
Weevil (Lechriops oculatus) |
Wolf spider |
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Durham, NC 11/27/22
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| Female Eastern Bluebird |
Flooded land |
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Durham, NC 11/23/22
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| Frost Aster (Symphyotricum pilosum) |
Bowl and Doily Spider |
Same Bowl and Doily Spider |
Same Bowl and Doily Spider |
Brown Stink Bug |
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| Bushy Bluestem (Andropogon glomeratus) |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Geranium (Geranium carolinianus) |
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) |
Same Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) |
Same Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) |
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| Dwarf spider |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
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| Frost Aster (Symphyotricum pilosum) seedheads |
Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Oaks getting started |
More new oaks putting down roots |
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| American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) |
Pine Warbler |
Same Pine Warbler |
Plane |
Running crab spider |
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| Southwestern Airlines airliner |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedheads, partially opened |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedheads, mostly fully opened |
Spanish Needles (Bidens bipinnata) seedheads, partially opened |
Dwarf spider |
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| Tufted Titmouse |
Cribellate orbweaver (Hyptiotes cavatus) |
Parasitoid wasp |
Wolf spider |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Basin Trail, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/16/22
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| Beach Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) |
Wandering Glider |
Gret Egret |
Goldenrod |
View of the marsh from the boardwalk |
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| Clams and mussels |
Osprey aircaft in airplane mode |
Small plane |
Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia) |
New York Aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii). ID thanks to Harry LeGrand. |
Battle Acre, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/16/22
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| Atlantic Ocean |
Common Buckeye |
Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Another Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
Another Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Gulf Fritillary |
Gulf Fritillary on Monarch |
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) |
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Carolina Beach, near the lake, New Hanover County, NC 11/16/22
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| Snowy Egret |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Rose of Plymouth (Sabatia stellaris) |
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Battery Buchanan, Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 11/16/22
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| Male Boat-tailed Grackle |
Palm Warbler |
Same Palm Warbker |
Another Palm Warbler |
Another Palm Warbler |
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| Another Palm Warbler |
Perennial Saltmarsh Aster (Symphyotrichum tenuifolium) |
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Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC 11/15/22
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| Largeflower Tickseed (Coreopsis grandiflora) with tiny inchworm |
Hooded Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia minor) leaves |
Meadow beauty seedheads |
Orange Milkwort (Polygala lutea) |
Orange Milkwort (Polygala lutea) |
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| Orange Milkworts (Polygala lutea) |
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) flower |
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) flower |
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) leaves |
Another Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) leaves |
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| Dwarf Sundew (Drosera brevifolia) |
Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) |
Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) |
Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) |
White Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia leucophylla) leaves |
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| Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) flower |
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) bud, partially eaten |
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) leaf |
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Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 11/14/22
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| Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis) seedhead |
Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis) |
Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis) |
Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis) |
Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis), faded |
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| Carolina Silkgrass ( Pityopsis aspera var. adenolepis) |
Sandhill Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
Sandhill Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) |
Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) |
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| Pond |
Mystery wildflower, very tiny |
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Carolina Beach Lake (Carolina Beach), New Hanover County, NC 11/13/22
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| Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) |
Fleabane |
Lanceleaf Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata) |
Goldenrod |
Goldenrod |
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| Killdeer |
Killdeers |
Rapid raptor |
Sabal palm fruits |
Sea Myrtle (Baccharis halimifolia) |
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| Mystery wildflowers (faded) |
White Ibis in drainage canal |
Same White Ibis in drainage canal |
Part of a large group of White Ibises by the lake |
Same group of White Ibises |
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| Same group of White Ibises |
Same group of White Ibises |
Original White Ibis in drainage canal |
White Ibises by the lake |
Beach Pennyworts (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) in a special section protected from mowing |
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| Wild Poinsettia or Fine-on-the-Mountain (Euphorbia heterophylla) |
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Jordan Lake Dam, Chatham County, NC 11/8/22
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| Common Buckeyes |
Common Buckeye |
Common Buckeye |
Cooling tower of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in New Hill |
Dwarf Dandelion |
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| Flower fly (Syrphus rectus) |
Frontier Airlines airliner |
Haw River |
Jordan Lake, seen from the top of the dam |
Jordan Lake, seen from the top of the dam |
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| Jordan Lake, seen from the top of the dam |
Pearl Crescent |
Another Pearl Crescent, on New England Asters in the Visitor Center garden |
Interacting Pearl Crescents, on New England Asters in the Visitor Center garden |
Redstars (Ipomoea coccinea) |
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| Redstars (Ipomoea coccinea) |
Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) |
Thread-waisted wasp on Bitter Sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) |
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Durham, NC 11/7/22
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| Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Wren |
A small section of a lichen-covered log |
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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Durham, NC 11/6/22
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Brown lacewing (Micromus genus) |
Carolina Anole |
Durham, NC 11/4/22
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| Brown lacewing larva with aphid prey |
Female Downy Woodpecker pecking a hole to create a nest |
Green lacewing |
Anomalous Japanese Spindle Tree fruits |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Parasitoid wasp |
Whirligig mite |
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| Woolly Aphid |
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Durham, NC 11/1/22
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| Male Eastern Bluebird |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Globular springtail (Bourletiella arvalis), and what might be a tardigrade |
Same globular springtail (Bourletiella arvalis), |
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