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Durham, NC 5/31/15
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| Leafhopper
(Graphocephala coccinea) |
Tarnished
Plant Bug nymph sipping nectar from a Black-eyed Susan flower |
Large Milkweed Bug |
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Durham, NC 5/30/15
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| Jumping
spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Jumping spider (Maevia
inclemens) |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Leafhopper
and velvet mite |
Weevil |
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| Leafhopper |
Running crab spider |
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Durham, NC 5/29/15
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| Monarch
Caterpillar eating Common Milkweed leaf |
Large
dandelion seedhead |
Teneral
male Common Whitetail |
Yellow Nutsedge Moth (Diploschizia impigritella), Durham, NC, 5/29/15. ID thanks to Aaron Hunt. |
Weevil |
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| Rabbit |
Common
Buckeye |
Orchard
Spider |
Crab spider |
Tarnished
Plant Bug nymph |
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| Eastern Tailed Blue |
Male
Eastern Bluebird |
Male
Long-jawed Orb Weaver |
Lacewing larva |
Weevil (Lixus concavus) |
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| Crab spider with prey |
Woolly aphid |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Tachinid fly? |
Aphid |
Durham, NC 5/28/15
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| Juvie Hairy Woodpecker |
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Durham, NC 5/27/15
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| Appalachian
Brown, one of two that I saw |
Male Common Whitetail |
Damselfly |
Moth |
Paper wasp |
Durham, NC 5/26/15
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| Silver-spotted Skipper |
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Mason Farm Biological
Reserve, Orange County, NC 5/24/15
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| Skimmer |
American Lady |
Checkered skipper |
Green
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Crab spider |
Durham, NC 5/23/15
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| Monarch
caterpillar on Common Milkweed |
Smooth
Flower Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) |
Jumping
spider (Maevia inclemens) |
Tarnished
Plant Bug on Daisy Fleabane |
Question Mark |
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| Spined
Assassin Bug nymph |
Same nymph,
with aphid prey |
Same nymph
and aphid |
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Flat River Waterfowl
Impoundment, Durham County, 5/22/15
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| Mourning Cloak |
Juniper
Hairstreak |
Crab spider
with Tarnished Plant Bug prey and flies |
American Lady |
Rhopalid plant bug |
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| Crown Vetch |
Flower fly
(Orthonevra nitida) |
Fowler's Toad |
Great
Spangled Fritillary |
Same Great
Spangled Fritillary |
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| Toad bug |
Toad bug |
Tumbling
flower beetle |
Tarnished
Plant Bugs |
Viceroy |
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| Scarab beetle |
Billbug |
Rabbit's
Foot Clover (Trifolium arvense) |
Wasp
(Scolia nobilitata) |
Moth |
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| Zebra Swallowtail |
A vanishing
species in this area: the officially "invasive" Oxeye Daisy. |
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Prairie Ridge Ecostation,
Raleigh, Wake County, NC 5/20/15
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| Female
Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver |
Male
Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver |
Variegated Fritillary |
Clay-colored Leaf Beetle
(Anomoea
laticlavia) |
Pennsylvania leatherwing |
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North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Wake
County, NC 5/20/15
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| Bee, maybe
Ceratina genus |
Grasshopper
nymph and bee on Oxeye Daisy |
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Raulson Arboretum, Raleigh, Wake County, NC
5/20/15
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| Cabbage White |
Mystery flowers |
Dragonfly nymph exuvia |
Same exuvia |
Prickly
Pear flower |
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Durham, NC 5/19/15
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| Jumping
spider (male Paraphidippus aurantius) |
First-instar stink bug nymphs
and eggs |
Picture-winged fly |
Bug nymph
on a Daisy Fleabane flower |
Yellowbelly Slider |
Occoneechee Mountain Natural
Area, Orange County, NC 5/18/15
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| Mountain Laurel |
Male Blue Corporal |
Male Calico Pennant |
Lauxaniid fly |
Spring Azures |
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| Little Glassywing |
Question Mark |
Another
Question Mark |
Robber fly |
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Durham, NC 5/17/15
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| Kuwana's
Ladybug Beetle (Chilocorus kuwanae) |
Same
Kuwana's Ladybug Beetle |
Inch-long
mantid nymph with cricket prey |
Jumping
spider (maybe male Hentzia palmarum) |
Slug |
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| Mantid with
cricket prey |
Fly |
Firefly
beetle (Photinus genus) |
Virginia
Creeper Sphinx moth (Darapsa myron) |
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Sandy Creek Park, Durham, NC
5/16/15
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| Orchard Spider |
Little
carpenter bee (Ceratina genus, Zadontomerus subgenus). ID thanks
to
John S. Ascher.
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Durham, NC 5/15/15
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| Antmimic
spider (Castianeira longipalpa) |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Same Ebony
Jewelwing |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Male midge,
apparently damaged |
Durham, NC 5/14/15
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| Tarnished Plant Bug |
Ladybug
beetle (Cycloneda genus) |
Leatherwing beetle |
Moth |
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Durham, NC 5/13/15
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| American Snout |
Leafhopper |
Crab spider |
Scorpion fly |
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Durham, NC 5/12/15
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| Mating
weevils, Lixus concavus |
Stink bug nymph |
Coreopsis |
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Abbotts Lagoon, Port Reyes
National Seashore, Marin County, CA 5/10/15
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White-Crowned Sparrow singing |
Another
White-Crowned Sparrow foraging |
Same
White-Crowned Sparrow |
White Pelican |
Blooming Ice Plant |
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| Male
California Quail |
Great Egret |
Tiny beetle on sand |
Mating
beetles on a California Poppy. Because of a bug in Expression
Web, the link to the large picture is broken. |
A fly on a
California Poppy |
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| Dung fly (Scathophaga
genus) |
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Mt. Diablo State Park, Clayton, Contra Costa County, CA 5/8/15
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| Spotted
Cucumber Beetle |
Butterfly
Mariposa Lily (Calochortus venustus) |
Another
Butterfly Mariposa Lily (Calochortus venustus) |
Buprestid beetle |
California Ringlet |
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| Northern Checkerspot |
Umber Skipper (Poanes melana) |
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John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez, Contra Costa County, CA
5/8/15
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| Western Fence Lizard |
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Lake Lagunitas, Marin County, CA 5/7/15
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| Acorn Woodpecker flying |
Acorn
Woodpeckers |
A
chickadee, or something like it |
Raven |
Larkspur (Delphinium genus) |
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| Stonecrop |
Sunflowers |
Sticky Monkey-flowers (Diplacus aurantiacus) |
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Durham, NC 5/5/15
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| Ground Skink |
Mourning Cloak caterpillar |
Wolf spider,
Schizocosa genus |
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| Beetle |
Tiny spider
(Antmimic family?) |
Jumping
spider (Phidippus habronattus) |
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Durham, NC 5/4/15
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| Red-banded
Hairstreak |
Bee fly |
Spiderlings |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Same
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Durham, NC 5/2/15
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| Female
Eastern Bluebird |
Female
Brown-headed Cowbird |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
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