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August 2026

Durham, NC 8/26/26 Maize Calligrapher (Toxomerus politus) Same Maize Calligrapher (Toxomerus politus) Mystery larva, probably a beetle Larger Elm Leaf Beetle adult Larger Elm Leaf Beetle larva Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with caterpillar prey Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with caterpillar prey Larger Elm Leaf Beetle larva Picture-winged fly (Delphinia picta) Downy Woodpecker feather Rice Stink Bug Common Boneset Smallspike False Nettle flowers Smallspike False Nettle flowers Smallspike False Nettle flowers Fleabane Durham, NC 8/24/26 Cardinal Jumping Spider (Phidippus cardinalis)         Two-lined Froghopper, floating in drainage conduit   Common Buckeye Blue Dasher Juvie Eastern Bluebird Female Eastern Forktail         Same female Eastern Forktail Another juvie Eastern Bluebird       Durham, NC 8/22/26 Anchor Bug nymph Spined Assassin Bug     Smallspike False Nettle Magnolia Green Jumping Spider Swamp Agrimony     Maize Calligrapher (Toxomerus politus) Purple Top Vervain       Orb weaver Carolina Dayflower       Durham, NC 8/21/26 Long-legged fly Marbled Orb Weaver, with click beetle prey Southern Magnolia flower Seedbox flower American Beautyberry flowers       Wolf spider Rattlesnakeweed       Durham, NC 8/20/26   Dodder, blooming Seedbox Jumpseed Ironweed   Rose of Sharon Another Rose of Sharon, with a bumblebee visitor Grass (Panicum species) Same grass (Panicum species) Woolgrass Durham, NC 8/13/26     Angel Wing Begonia         Durham, NC 8/7/26 Male Red-bellied Woodpecker         Ambush bug nymph Green Lynx Spider Blue Dasher Citrus Flatid Planthopper Spotted Jewelweed Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/2/26 Hoverfly Song Sparrow Song Sparrow Song Sparrow Sweat bee         Thread-waisted wasp         Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/1/26 View of Boone Greenway Common Milkweed Creek going through the greenway Mini-garden Spider web     Whorled Yellow Loosestrife Same Whorled Yellow Loosestrife Climbing Nightshade fruits and leaves     Dew-laden seed Queen Anne's Lace (immature flowers) Forget-me-not Forget-me-not Forget-me-not   Wild Parship Chicory Cosmos, cultivated flowers Biennial Gaura       Boone recreational area Hollow Joe Pye Weed Morning glory

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