Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/24/18
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| American Bird Grasshopper | Autumn Meadowhawk | Male Fiery Skipper | Hermit Thrush | Sandhill Chaffhead (Carphephorus bellidifolius) |
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| Whirligig beetle in action | Unripe Sparkleberries or Farkleberries (Vaccinium arboreum) | Ripe Sparkleberries or Farkleberries (Vaccinium arboreum) | Mystery wildflowers |
Southern Pines, Moore County, NC 10/24/18
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| Red Star (Ipomoea coccinea) | Eastern Gray Squirrel eating a pine cone | Same squirrel |
Durham, NC 10/23/18
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| Female Eastern Bluebird, preening | Same female Eastern Bluebird, preening | Another female Eastern Bluebird | Same female Eastern Bluebird | Same female Eastern Bluebird |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 10/17/18
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| Part of the side of a mountain | Part of a cloud made of ice crystals, illustrating its prismatic effects | Same cloud |
Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center, Caldwell County, NC 10/15/18
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| Mystery Seeds | Stink bug | Mystery wildflowers | Tiny aster | Bottle Gentian (Gentiana andrewsii) flowers, which never open and resemble buds. |
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| Dark-winged fungus gnats mating | Flies mating | Same mating flies |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 10/15/18
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| In town and parts beyond | Double-crested Cormorant | House on a distant mountain | Lavender | Song Sparrow |
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| White Heath Aster, maybe | Common Buckeye | Chicory (Cichorium intybus) | Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria), planted on greenway | Blowflies on goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
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| Blowflies on goldenrod (Solidago genus) | Horse | Climbing Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) | Virgin's Bower seedheads |
Durham, NC 10/12/18
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) | Same antmimic jumping spider | Antmimic jumping spider running over a mite. | Aphid | Crablike Spined Orb Weaver |
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| Green Lynx Spider | Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) | Jumping spider (male Hentzia palmarum) | Jumping spider (Pellegrina proterva) | Two jumping spiders (male Pellegrina proterva and female Hentzia palmarum) engaged in a brief encounter |
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| Mite and approaching antmimic jumping spider | Mite |