June 2011
A highlight of this month was a Road Scholars program at the Mountain Lake Conservancy in Giles County, Virginia. The photos shown below that were taken from 6/12/11 through 6/16/11 were in connection with this program, mostly involving organized hikes along the Appalachian Trail in Giles and Roanoke counties.
Durham, NC 6/30/11
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| Billbug | Leaffooted bug nymph | Striped Lynx Spider | Mating flies on a cattail leaf |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 6/27/11
What's blooming at the NC Botanical Garden about now
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| Naked Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum) flowers, seen on woodland trail (not part of official exhibit). | Female Sachem | Male Sachem | Watershield (Brasenia schreberi) |
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| Rattlesnake Master | Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia magnophylla) | Golden-seal | Eastern Sensitive-Brier |
Durham, NC 6/26/11 (local marsh)
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| Buffalo Treehopper | Jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) | Leafhopper | Moth |
Pennys' Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 6/25/11
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| Early-instar stink bug nymphs | Close-up of two of the stink bug nymphs | Pipevine Swallowtail | Eastern Box Turtle | Tiny weevil on individual Butterfly Weed flower | Flower longhorn beetle (Typocerus deceptus?) |
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| Damsel bug (Nabis genus) | Tumbling flower beetle on Queen Anne's Lace | Meadow katydid (Conocephalus genus) on Queen Anne's Lace | Male Halloween Pennant | Ebony Bug and sweat bee on Queen Anne's Lace |
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| Smooth Coneflower | Common St. John's Wort | Deptford Pink | Carolina Wild Petunia |
Durham, NC 6/23/11
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| White-tailed Deer |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 6/18/11
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| Appalachian Brown, very faded |
War Spur Loop, Giles County, VA 6/16/11
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| Io Moth | Cucumber Root flower and bud | Common Scorpionfly | Whorled Yellow Loosestrife |
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| Locust Leafminer Beetle |
Wind Rock, Giles County, VA 6/16/11
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| Four-lined Plant Bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus) | Noctuid moth (Maliattha synochitis) | Common Sawfly family member (Tenthredo genus, Tenthredinidae family). ID thanks to Dave Smith. |
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| Purple-flowering Raspberry | Sweet Cicely | Flame Azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum) |
McAfee's Knob, Roanoke County, VA 6/15/11
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| The view from the summit of McAfee's Knob, a composite of several photos. |
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| Banded Hairstreak | Netwing beetle | Ground spider (Cesonia bilineata) | Stink bug (Cosmopepla lintneriana) | Leafhopper (Gyponana genus) nymph |
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| Silvery Nailwort or Silverling (Paronychia agyrocoma), seen on ledge at the knob summit, about 2 inches high. Its Virginia conservation status is S4. This report done for the USDA Forest Service gives further information. Thanks to Su Kim for the ID of this wildflower. | Striped Wintergreen | Great Fritillary | Tiger moth (Haploa genus) | Twirler moth (Anacampsis agrimoniella), of the Gelechiidae family, about 3 mm long |
Dismal Falls, Giles County, VA 6/14/11
Dismal Creek is a western tributary of the French Broad River.
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| Eastern Least Clubtail (Stylogomphus albistylus), a recent metamorph. ID thanks to Don Holt of Johnson City, TN and to Giff Beaton, who replied independently. | Red-spotted Purple | Red-spotted Purple | Shore bug | Snipe fly (Rhagio hirtus). Actually seen near a major road at the beginning of the trail. Species ID not certain. |
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| The falls | A cedar tree | Flower fly (Syrphus genus) | Carolina Rose | Wolf spiderling, maybe (about 2 mm long) |
Bear Cliffs Trail and Bald Knob, Giles County, VA 6/13/11
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| Appalachian Azure | Great Spangled Fritillary | Flame Azalea | Fly Poison | Squawroot (oops, the thumbnail is on its side) |
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| Longhorned Fairy Moth. You can see one unusually long antenna. | Mountain Laurel | Robber fly | Galax. Only one of the characteristically round leaves is visible in this picture. | Leaf beetle (Chrysolina genus) |
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| Buprestid beetle (Chrysobothris genus) | Tachinid fly (Phasia genus) | Treehopper (Ophiderma salamandra). | Flower fly (Teuchocnemis lituratus). ID thanks to Martin Hauser. |
Mountain Lake Hotel, Giles County, VA 6/13/11
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| Chipping Sparrow | Common Shore Tiger Beetle | American Robin | Fire Pink | Mosses |
Mountain Lake Hotel, Giles County, VA 6/12/11
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| Deptford Pink | Blue-eyed Grass | Hotel, from a distance | Lake mudflats |
Highway 52, NC 6/12/11
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| This shows how Pilot Mountain probably got its name! |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 6/11/11
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| Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) blossoms | Ant mimic spider (Castianeira longipalpa) | Spider wasp | Oblong-winged Katydid |
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| Dun Skipper. This may not be obvious, but this skipper has a golden head. | Ground beetle larva (Chlaenius genus). ID thanks to Curt Harden. | Same larva | Megachilid bee |
Durham, NC 6/9/11
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| Wolf spider | Tarnished Plant Bug | Six-spotted Fishing Spider | Spined Assassin Bug, dorsal view | Stranded Common Water Strider |
Third Fork Creek Trail,Durham, NC 6/9/11
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| Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnatha versicolor) | Megachilid bee (Megachile xylocopoides, family Megachilidae) | Spotted Ladybug Beetle, Durham, NC, 6/9/11 |
Durham, NC 6/8/11
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| Bess Beetle | Japanese Beetle | Swarthy Skipper (Nastra lherminier) |
Third Fork Creek Trail,Durham, NC 6/6/11
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| Ground Sac Spider (Castianeira longipalpa) | Wolf spider | White-tailed Deer |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 6/6/11
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| Flower longhorn beetles on a Carolina Rose | Male Widow Skimmer | Issid planthopper | Megachilid bee | Pearl Crescent |
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| Weevil | Dragonfly nymph exuvia | Grass flowers | Eastern Box Turtle |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 6/5/11
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| Picture-winged fly | Flower longhorn beetle | Trumpet Creeper |
American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC 6/4/11
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| Queen Anne's Lace | Silktree |
Flat River Impoundment, Durham County, NC 6/3/11
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| Dogbane Beetle | Male Eastern Amberwing | Hackberry Emperor | Colorado Potato Beetle | Male Spangled Skimmer |
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| Aphid and exuvia. White material on the aphid may be unremoved part of exuvia. | Backswimmer | Toad Bug, seems to have growths on its back: they do seem to help with camouflage. |
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| Broad-headed bug | Adult male Eastern Pondhawk | Male Eastern Pondhawk transitioning from recent metamorph (green) to adult (blue except for the head) | Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea) | Moth caterpillar |
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| Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina) | Yellowbelly Slider. ID thanks to Brian Bockhahn. | Same Yellowbelly Slider |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 6/2/11
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| Jumping Bristletail (Archaeognatha order). Photo taken at night. It wasn't really jumping, but that's how they distinguish it from insects that are members of two other orders but still called "bristletails." | Three-lined Ant Mimic Spider | Dragonfly (nymph) exuvia | Pink-striped Oakworm Moth (Anisota virginiensis) |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 6/1/11
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| Wolf Spider | Crab Spider | Carolina Roses |
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