Durham, NC 8/30/13
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| Male Argiope genus spider. ID thanks to Lynette Elliott. | Micrathena sagitatta | Unusual pink ironweed | Coral Honeysuckle | Five-lined Skink |
Durham, NC 8/29/13
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| Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Lantana | Orchard Spider | Young Eastern Bluebird | Stink bug | Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Durham, NC 8/27/13
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| Dewdrop spider (Argyrodes genus) with orb weaver prey. Species may be elevatus. | Dewdrop spider (Argyrodes genus) attacking orb weaver prey |
Durham, NC 8/26/13
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) on grass, seen at the marsh | Argiope aurantia spider | That spider's prey, a dragonfly, most likely a Great Blue Skimmer | Wrapping up the dragonfly, which took three seconds at most. |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 8/25/13
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| Black form Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), a poisonous plant | Luna Moth (Actias luna) | Nursery Web Spider | Orb weaver (Mangora genus) |
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| Passionflower | Passionflowers | Passionfruit | Spurred Butterfly Pea | Male Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans). ID thanks to Bill Myers. He cautioned me that it was a tentative ID. |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 8/23/13
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| Redheaded Bush Cricket (Phyllopalpus pulchellus) | Beetle | Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver | Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
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| Robber fly with prey. It landed on my shirt. | Swarthy Skipper | Smooth Flower Spider with wasp prey | Triangulate Orb Weaver |
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| Weevil on goldenrod | Male Zabulon Skipper |
Pea flowers | Grass |
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| Carolina Satyr | Another Carolina Satyr | Chinese Lespedeza | Pearl Crescent |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 8/21/13
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| Redheaded Ash Borer (Neoclytus acuminatus) | Orb weaver (Araneus bivittatus) |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 8/20/13
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| Carolina Satyr | Two Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on Swamp Milkweed, next to a rosebush | Groundnut | Question Mark |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper | Pea plant | Mating Carolina Satyrs | Ambush bug attacking a moth |
Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment, Durham County, NC 8/16/13
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| American Snout | Question Mark | Red-banded Hairstreak | Picture-winged fly (Tritoxa flexa) | Sachem |
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| Owlet moth (Spragueia leo) | Hackberry Emperor | Passionflower | Passionflower |
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| Red Admiral | Trailing Wild Bean | Pearl Crescent | Sleepy Orange |
Durham, NC 8/15/13
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| Stink bug | Leaffooted bug |
Durham, NC 8/14/13
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| Firefly beetle (Photuris genus) | Eastern Tailed Blue | Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Durham, NC 8/12/13
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| Planthopper Parasite Moth (Fulgoraecia exigua) caterpillar that fell out of a tree | Orb weaver (Mangora placida), a little different from the usual. |
Durham, NC 8/10/13
These appeared mostly in my local marsh.
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| Rambur's Forktail | Soldier fly (Microchrysa polita) | Flower fly (Anasimyia grisescens). Revised (updated) ID thanks to Evan Dankowicz. Synonym: (Lejops chrysostomus); old ID thanks to Martin Hauser. |
Male Citrine Forktail | Least Skipper |
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| Leafhopper (Exitianus exitiosus) | Peppered Jumping Spider | Male Slaty Skimmer, Third Fork Creek Trail | Spicebush Swallowtail, Third Fork Creek Trail | Assassin bug (Zelus genus) |
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| Green Lynx Spider | Brown Stink Bug on smartweed | Little Glassywing |
Durham, NC 8/8/13
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| Teneral Great Blue Skimmer | Male Fiery Skipper | Eastern Phoebe | Teneral Widow Skimmer |
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| Female House Sparrow |
Durham, NC 8/7/13
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| Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Female and male American Goldfinches |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 8/6/13
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| Recent metamorph (Copes?) Gray Treefrog, a little less than an inch long | A mantid exuvia (cast-off exoskeleton) |
Durham, NC 8/5/13
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| Hentz Orb Weaver (Neoscona crucifera) | Yellow-collared Scape Moth | Looks like a hybrid Southern Leopard Frog and a Green Frog, showed up far from water, unlike typical Green Frogs |
Durham, NC 8/4/13
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| THE green roof in our neighborhood (Chapel Hill Tire Co.) | American Lady |
Durham, NC 8/3/13
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| Rabid Wolf Spider (I think!) |
Durham, NC 8/1/13
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on ironweed | American Goldfinch on sunflower |