September 2011
North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC 9/30/11
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| Mother and baby giraffes, showing affection | Bobcat | Grizzly Bear | American Alligator |
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| Broad-nose weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis?), in picnic area (bordering on lake) | Spreadwing | Leafcutter bee | Obedient Plant | Pond, next to the picnic area |
American Tobacco Trail (Miles 0-2), Durham, NC 9/29/11
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| Funnel web spider, with part of web on bush. A sight often overlooked. | Kudzu flower | Nursery Web Spider | Purple morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea), pink variety | Purple morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) |
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| Purslane | Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/28/11
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| Green Treefrog, escaping from the downpour the previous night |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Orange County, NC 9/27/11
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| Water strider (Trepobates genus) | Pink Turtlehead | River Oats (Chasmanthium/ Uniola latifolia) | Green Anole |
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| Hearts-a-bustin' |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/26/11
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| Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (not on trail) | Flower Bumble Beetle | Carpenter Bee on Marsh Fleabane | Courting Pearl Crescents | Mating Pearl Crescents |
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| Velvet ant (Pseudomethoca simillima) #1. investigating the object on the left. | Velvet ant (Pseudomethoca simillima) #2 | Jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) | Ground beetle (Scarites genus) | Argiope aurantia |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/25/11
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| Hentzia genus Jumping Spider, maybe | Star-bellied Orb Weaver | Chinese Witchhazel (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Burgundy'), actually seen in a cultivated garden. This species was introduced from Japan in 1989. |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/22/11
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| Painted Turtle, discovered on the trail and removed to a grassy area | Assassin bug (Zelus genus) | There's a big orb weaver web in there, but you'll have to click on the thumbnail to see it. |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/21/11
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| Tree Stink Bug | Big jumping spider | Small spider | Rhyparochromic (true) bug, which looked very much like an ant when scurrying over this sidewalk. About 3 mm long. | Caterpillar on ironweed |
Durham, NC 9/20/11
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| Green Stink Bug | Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus) | White-tailed Deer |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/19/11
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| Appalachian Brown | Red-humped Caterpillar (Schizura concinna) |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 9/19/11
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| Crab spider (Misumenoides formosipes) assuming yellow color and attacking a bumblebee. | Ambush Bug, which (as typical), was spotted mimicking a wilted flower. | Carolina Satyr (dorsal view) | Gemmed Satyr | Pearl Crescent |
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| Porcelainberry vine (blue and purple fruits only) | Rosepink (Sabatia angularis). A spider has connected two petals with its silk. | Carolina Satyr (ventral view of wing) | Ailanthus Webworm Moth | Appalachian Brown |
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| Cuckoo bee (Triepeolus genus, Nomadinae subfamily). Tip of the tongue is visible. | Same Cuckoo bee. | Common Buckeye caterpillar |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/18/11
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| Purple False Foxglove | Moth fly (Psychoda genus) | Jumping spider (female Hentz Longjawed Jumper) | Pearl Crescent |
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| Broad-nosed weevil (Naupactus genus) | Spirobolid millipede |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/15/11
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| Appalachian Brown | Another Appalachian Brown, in a different light | Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginica) | Swamp/Marsh Dewflowers (Murdannia keisak), seen in swampy areas |
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| Hairy Milk Pea flowers | Jumping spider |
Durham, NC 9/14/11
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| Green Treefrog |
Durham, NC 9/13/11
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| Trailing Wild Bean (Strophostyles helvola), with the different flower colors (due to age) characteristic of this species | Big-eyed Bug (Geocoris uliginosus), about 3 mm long | Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) |
Durham, NC 9/12/11
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| White-tailed Deer family | Orange Holomelina Moth |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 9/10/11
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| Passionflower | The other two passionflowers in this field, the one on the left going to seed | Partially opened passionflower in another field (adjacent to Shadowfax Stables) |
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| Big orb weaver web, about a foot across | Mangora genus spider, very tiny | Thistle flower | Pea flower, may be Hairy Milk Pea |
American Tobacco Trail, Durham, NC 9/8/11
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| Spider wasp (Psorthaspis genus) | Virgin's Bower | Silktree, one of the last blooms | Trumpet Creeper | Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
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| Two-lined Froghopper | Pokeweed, having dropped all but one fruit |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/7/11
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| This trail was flooded after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene came through. |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/5/11
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| Green June Beetle | Long-legged fly | Leaffooted bug nymph | Robber fly |
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| Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort (Eupatorium hyssopifolium) | Hairy Milk Pea (Galactia volubilis) | Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) |
Third Fork Creek Trail, Durham, NC 9/4/11
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| Snowberry Clearwing Moth | Forked-tail Bush Katydid | Tiny jumping spider, 1 mm long, taken at the Third Fork Creek Trail | Cardinal Flower, taken at the Third Fork Creek Trail |
Jordan Lake Dam area, Chatham County, NC 9/3/11
As usual, this was a prime spot for seeing vultures and morning glories. Despite the obvious impact of harsh summer weather, several species managed to survive.
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| Black Vulture | Common Buckeye | Snowberry Clearwing Moth on Lantana at the Visitors Center | Checkered skipper | Sleepy Orange |
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| Pearl Crescent | Sachem | Turkey Vulture | Dancer | Chinese Goose |
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| Small beetle visiting a flower on a sneezeweed blossom | Another little beetle on the way to the underside of the sneezeweed flower's petals | Virgin's Bower, near the woodland nature trail | Purslane, in the picnicking area | American Beauty Berry, in the woods between the picnicking area and the dam |
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| Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) | Redstars (Ipomoea coccinea) | Little whitish morning glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) | Morning glories. White ones are likely to be Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium, an introduced species). Pink ones may be a variety of Ipomoea purpurea. |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 9/2/11
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| Appalachian Brown | Silvery Checkerspot | Blooming Kudzu | Redstar | Karl among asters |
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