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July 2010
Durham, NC 7/31/10
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| Fourteen-spotted Leaf Beetle (a Casebearer beetle, Cryptocephalus guttulatus), about 4 mm long | Red Admiral (ventral wing view) |
Durham, NC 7/30/10
After a long drought, we had a day of rain and two brief thunderstorms, the latter taking place the previous night.
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| Female Eastern Amberwing, in a swamp | Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus) on a cattail leaf | Male Great Blue Skimmer, over a large water pipe | Immature Great Blue Skimmer, on the edge of a power line cut |
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| Least Skipper, in a marsh | Slaty Skimmer, in a power line cut near a swamp | Leafcutter bee (Megachile genus) | Pearl Crescent |
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| Robber fly | Aphid (about 1 mm long) |
Durham, NC 7/27/10
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| Oncemarried Underwing (Catocala unijuga), unable to fly. |
Durham, NC 7/25/10
These photos were taken at night.
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| Leafhopper (Osbornellus limosus) | Thread-legged bug (Empicoris rubromaculatus). This insect quivered while walking, which some stick insects do. |
Durham, NC 7/23/10
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| Male gall midge (Porricondylinae subfamily, Cecidomyiidae family), about 2 mm long | May beetle (Phyllophaga genus) |
Durham, NC 7/21/10
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| Deep-yellow Euchlaena (Euchlaena amoenaria) | Leafhopper (Gyponana cacumina) |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 7/18/10
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| Blue Dasher in obelisk position on lotus. This angle says it's pretty hot, but not maximally so. | Clubtail | Scaly Cricket | Common Wood Nymph, hiding behind a leaf | Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Sweet Pepperbush | Stokes' Aster | Stemless Ironweed | Lotus | Hercules' Club |
Durham, NC 7/16/10
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| Harris' Three Spot (Harrisimemna trisignata, Acronictinae subfamily), an owlet moth, i.e., Harrisimemna trisignata. ID by Lori Gilbert Owenby and Maury J. Heiman, independently. |
Durham, NC 7/15/10
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| Fulgorid Planthopper (Alphina glauca), about half an inch long. Photo taken at night. ID thanks to John and Jane Balaban. |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 7/12/10
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| Red Admiral | Appalachian Brown | Hackberry Emperor | Paper wasp (great camouflage) |
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| St. Andrew's Cross | Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha serripes) | Leaf-cutter bees (Megachile genus). They were motionless on dead flowers; one eventually flew away. My guess is that the one was trying to figure out what was wrong with the other. |
Durham, NC 7/11/10
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| Longhorn beetle (probably a Rustic Borer) captured by a spider. Photo taken at night. |
American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC 7/8/10
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| Assassin Bug (Pselliopus cinctus) with prey |
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| Brown Stink Bug |
Durham, NC 7/7/10
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| Green Lacewing and Funnel Web Spider. Photo taken at night. |
Durham, NC 7/5/10
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| Leafhopper (Osbornellus genus). Photo taken at night. |
Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 7/2/10
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| Fire Pink. Even though it looks red with the naked eye, this flower photographs pink in intense light. | Sawfly larva, curled up on this chilly morning | Cuckoo Bee on Common Milkweed | Marsh Fly (Euthycera arctuata) | Stiletto Fly (Spiriverpa genus), Therevidae family |
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| The lake, with hundreds of water lilies | An island in the lake | Bee balm | The lake, seen from the house |
Boone Greenway Trail, Watauga County, NC 7/2/10
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| Forget-me-not flowers | Cabbage White | St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) | Whitefly (about 1 mm long) | Jumping spider (about 1 mm long), actually seen in town |
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| Angelica | Blowfly on Queen Anne's Lace | Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) and some grasses |
Boone (in town), Watauga County, NC 7/2/10
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| Lined June Beetle (Polyphylla comes, Melolonthinae subfamily), about an inch long. It hissed loudly as I put it in the bushes. It was hiding its antennae. | Same Lined June Beetle, closeup |
Linn Cove Viaduct Visitors Center area, Avery County, NC 7/1/10
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| Umbrella-leaf (Diphylleia cymosa) | Moss | Leafhopper (Graphocephalus) | Squawroot (Conopholis americana), past blooming. Yes, this is just the infloresence!State-listed in NH, NY and RI. | Bee fly |
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| Stonefly (Agnetina genus) | Bee-balm (Monarda fistulosa?) | Flower spider | Locust Leafminer beetle | Eastern Tailed Blue on legume family member |
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| Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) | Pale Jewelweed | Orange Sulphur (somewhat foreshortened) | Fire Pink |
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