Durham, NC 9/30/18
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| Ambush bug | Tiny bug | Tarnished Plant Bug nymph and ambush bug | Another Tarnished Plant Bug nymph | Same Tarnished Plant Bug nymph |
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| Bumblebee on Pickerelweed | Large native mosquito, the Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata), apparently brought by Hurricane Florence | Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata) | Gallinipper (Psorophora ciliata) | Tarnished Plant Bug |
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| Tarnished Plant Bug | White Heath Asters |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County 9/25/18 NC
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| Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea) | Same Ailanthus Webworm Moth | American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) | Aquatic flowers |
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| Redbud Bruchid (Gibbobruchus mimus) on goldenrod. Species ID thanks to Skip Blanchard, tribe ID by John Rosenfeld. | Clouded Skipper | Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedpod | Another Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seedpod, opened | Jack-in-the-pulpit seedhead |
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| Another Jack-in-the-pulpit seedhead | Loosestrife | Mushroom | Mushroom | Fungus |
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| Mushroom | Mushroom | Mushroom | Mushroom | Mushroom |
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| Mushroom | Mushrooms | Mushrooms | Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Spotted Bee-balm (Monarda punctata) |
Durham, NC 9/22/18
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| Tiny jumping spider | Tiny parasitoid wasp | Spider web | Wolf spider carrying young | Antmimic jumping spider |
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| Antmimic jumping spider | Tiny beetle | Dayflower (Commelina genus) | Bug nymph? | Maybe Marsh Dew Flower (Murdannia keisak), a member of the Commelinaceae family. Considered invasive in 46 states. Durham, NC, 9/22/18 |
Durham, NC 9/21/18
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| Monarch chrysalis | Probably a plant bug, on a goldenrod flower | Same bug | Stink bug nymph | Carolina Wren |
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| Mite | Wasp |
Durham, NC 9/20/18
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| Moth | Chickweed Geometer (Haematopis grataria). ID thanks to John Stanard. | Eastern Gray Squirrel with apparent tumor | Wasp | Mating Wheel Bugs |
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| Same mating Wheel Bugs | Same mating Wheel Bugs |
Durham, NC 9/17/18
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| Appalachian Brown | Blowfly | Common Buckeye | Common Buckeye | Common Buckeye |
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| Clouded Skipper | Flooded field | Flooded trail | Flower fly on goldenrod |
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| Great Egret at the Woodcroft Stormwater Wetland | Same Great Egret | American Black Duck | Pearl Crescent |
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| Third Fork Creek emptying into field |
Durham, NC 9/11/18
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| Hackberry Emperor | Another Hackberry Emperor | Another Hackberry Emperor | A fourth Hackberry Emperor | Monarch |
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| Thread-waisted wasp | Wolf Spider with egg sac |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 9/6/18
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| Monkshood | Micrathena mitrata | American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) | Water strider | Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird. | Another Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Another Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird. |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 9/4/18
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| Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Same hummingbird | Jack-in-the-Pulpit seedhead (seen on the woodland trail) | Long-jawed orb weaver | Obedient Plant |
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| Orb weaver with beetle prey | Another orb weaver | Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus). ID thanks to Cliff Ivy. | Thread-waisted wasp |
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| Brown Thrasher | Juvie Brown Thrasher | Adult Brown Thrasher | Adult Brown Thrasher feeding offspring |
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| Carolina Chickadee | Hoverfly in flight | Another Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Yet another juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Another juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird visiting Cardinal Flower |
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| Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Cardinal Flower | Hovering juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird |