Durham, NC 12/30/12
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| Tiny male orb weaver (Araneus miniatus) |
Durham, NC 12/28/12
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| Twenty-three Black Vultures |
Durham, NC 12/25/12
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| Fall Cankerworm Moth, one of many |
Durham, NC 12/19/12
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| Flea beetle (Dibolia genus) |
Durham, NC 12/18/12
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| Aphids interacting | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Aphid molting | Crab spider (Tmarus genus) | False Black Widow spiderling |
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| Leaffooted Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) | Spirobolid millipede | Aphid |
Durham, NC 12/16/12
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| Turkey Vulture | A neighborhood cat |
Durham, NC 12/14/12
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| Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata), the dark variety | Marsh fly, a composite of three images via focus stacking |
Durham, NC 12/13/12
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| A Brown Snake I found lying coiled up on the trail. It quickly became lively when I picked it up. | Another view of the Brown Snake | Barred Owl |
Durham, NC 12/11/12
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| Two Eastern Gray Squirrels | They started out in a large oak tree, | But started looking for greener pastures: | Next to the birdfeeder was more romantic. | There's just no accounting for tastes, I guess! |
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| Then there were some promising moves, | but the squirrels couldn't help noticing me, even though I was a dark room on the other side of a door with a distorted glass plate. | They starting preening like crazy, hoping to discourage me (like birds), which makes no sense to me. | But there were a few hopeful moments before the one squirrel took off. |
Durham, NC 12/7/12
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| Fly | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle, with aphid wing | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa, somewhat the worse for wear | Bowl-and-doily Spider | False Black Widow spiderling |
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| Jumping spider | Aphid | Another aphid | Fly |
Carolina Beach State Park, New Hanover County, NC 12/4/12
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| Eastern Buckmoth (Hemileuca maia), forewing showing | Eastern Buckmoth (Hemileuca maia), hind wing showing | Buck moth (Hemileuca maia), with an apparent wing development problem. It may be a fresh metamorph, but the wings did not seem to be wet. | Turkey Oaks | A small Turkey Oak |
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| This sign's placement (on the bank of the Cape Fear River) gives some indication of sand movement, perhaps largely as a result of Hurricane Sandy in late October. |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/3/12
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| Shield-backed Pineseed Bug | Gulf Fritillary | Mating bees on a Firewheel | An unusual Firewheel | A cedar tree |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/3/12
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| Sanderling | Ruddy Turnstone | Double-crested Cormorants migrating south |
Fort Fisher State Recreation Area, New Hanover County, NC 12/2/12
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| Unidentified Sparrow, probably a Song Sparrow | Song Sparrow | Ring-billed Gulls | Spider wasp |
Carolina Lake, Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/2/12
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| Female and male Lesser Scaups | Marsh grass and reflections | Ring-billed Gull | Male Long-tailed Duck in breeding plumage |
Carolina Beach, New Hanover County, NC 12/2/12
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| Rosebush with hips | Common Starlings | More Common Starlings | House Sparrows |
Durham, NC 12/1/12
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| Multi-colored Asian Ladybug Beetle | Stink bug (probably Euschistus genus) | Young raccoon that came to visit the birdfeeders late at night | Young raccooms leaving the birdfeeder area |