Durham, NC 9/30/16
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| Barred Owl (Strix varia) | Monarch caterpillar | Another Monarch caterpillar | Clouded skipper on Ironweed | Barred Owl |
Durham, NC 9/29/16
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| Female Northern Cardinal | Clouded Skipper | Jumping spider | Leafcutter bee | Another leafcutter bee |
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| Viceroy | Same Viceroy | Yellow-collared Scape Moth | Moth on goldenrod |
Durham, NC 9/28/16
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| Chalcid wasp (Brasema genus, Eupelmidae family) on a cattail leaf | Cattail Caterpillar Moth (Acronicta insularis) | Green Treefrog | Another Green Treefrog | Green Treefrog |
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| Northern Mockingbird | Nursery web spider on Common Boneset | Pearl Crescents | Seed | Tachinid fly (Trichopoda genus) on smartweed |
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| Variegated Fritillary on Pickerelweed | Ocola Skipper |
Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC 9/26/16
The most surprising discovery was a group of water scavenger beetles, apparently trapped by viscous water and some large debris, in the stream leading from the lake in the direction of the pond. A recent rain had brought this water, but the remaining mud apparently restricted their movement, causing them to get stuck on their backs and clustering around a fallen branch.
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| Cloudless Sulphurs | Cloudless Sulphur on Purple False Foxglove | Fritillary wing | Red-spotted Purple | Whitemouth Dayflower |
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| Water scavenger beetles in the stream, getting turned over | Water scavenger beetles, close-up of those turned over | Water scavenger beetles, some turned over | Water scavenger beetle in the lake, moving smoothly |
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| Fungi | Another type of fungi | Purple False Foxglove | Where the lake meets the stream leading toward the pond | Another view of the stream |
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| Toad bug #1 | Toad bug #2 | Toad bug #3 | Long-jawed orb weaver | Least Skipper |
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| Cloudless Sulphur | Great Egret | Jumping spider |
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| Wolf spider | Another wolf spider |
Durham, NC 9/23/16
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| American Toad | Gray Hairstreak | Plant bug (Neurocolpus genus) | Downy Woodpecker | Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Spotted Cucumber Beetle | Stink bug | Water striders | Orb weaver (Neoscona genus) | Mite |
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| Downy Woodpecker | Snout-nosed Weevil |
Durham, NC 9/22/16
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| Another Green Treefrog | Female Eastern Bluebird | Same female Eastern Bluebird | Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Jordan Lake, Chatham County, NC 9/18/16
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| Walnut Lace Bug (Corythucha juglandis), not at the lake, but nearby | Rove beetle larva | Toad bug | Water scavenger beetle larva and worm | Water scavenger beetle larva with prey |
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| Wolf spider with spiderlings | Mystery fly | Fly with prey | Not sure... | Water scavenger beetle larva (note mandibles) with worm. |
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| Crambid moth | Tiny caterpillar eating a tinier plant | Bug nymph | Same bug nymph | Tiny bug on skinny grass |
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| Ground beetle larva | Another rove beetle larva with butterfly wing | Probably a water scavenger beetle; the dorsal stripes are obscured by mud. | Same aquatic beetle | Same aquatic beetle |
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| The same water scavenger beetle larva mentioned above | Gemmed Satyr | Male Eastern Amberwing |
Durham, NC 9/18/16
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| Green Treefrog |
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC 9/16/16
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| Juvie Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Same juvie ruby-throated Hummingbird | Same juvie ruby-throated Hummingbird | Same juvie ruby-throated Hummingbird | Same juvie ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Cloudless Sulphur | Horace's Duskywing | Pearl Crescent | Goldenseal | Treehopper (Acutalis tartarea) |
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| Rhopalid bug (Harmostes fraterculus) | Large Orb weaver (Neoscona genus) | Same large orb weaver (Neoscona genus) | Tiny orb weaver | Orchard Spider |
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| Pselliopus cinctus assassin bug attacking ladybug beetle | Same Pselliopus cinctus |
Durham, NC 9/14/16
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| Common Green Darner in flight | Common Buckeye | Sleepy Orange | Flower fly (Ocyptamus genus) hovering. ID thanks to Bill Dean. | Green Treefrog |
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| Same flower fly as above (Ocyptamus genus) hovering | Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) | Teneral female Common Whitetail | Northern Cricket Frog | Mystery fly |
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| Honeybee on smartweed | Pearl Crescent | Rambur's Forktail | Silver-spotted Skipper | Red-banded Hairstreak |
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| Two-lined Froghopper | Wasp | Dew-laden web |
Durham, NC 9/13/16
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| Mating Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles | Drone Fly on Pennsylvania Smartweed | Common Buckeye | Dew-laden down | Leaffooted bug nymph on smartweed |
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| Blue Dasher with bent abdomen | Northern Cricket Frog | Conehead bush cricket (Conocephalus genus) | Leafhopper | Male Eastern Pondhawk |
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| Rabbit | Silver-spotted Skipper and carpenter bee | Virginia Hoverfly | Dew-laded spider web | Green Treefrog |
Prairie Ridge Ecostation, Raleigh, Wake County, NC 9/10/16
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| American Bird Grasshopper | Common Buckeye | Carolina Saddlebags | Mystery fruit | Gulf Fritillary |
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| Monarch | Another Monarch | Sleepy Orange | Sleepy Orange (dorsal view) | Variegated Fritillary |
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| Variegated Fritillary | Wasp (Scolia dubia) | White Morning Glories | Pinkish White Morning Glory |
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| Moon | Sunset |
Durham, NC 9/9/16
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| Orchard Spider, perhaps pregnant female | Another Orchard Spider | Rice Stink Bug | Ambush bug on Common Boneset | Eastern Tailed-blue |
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| Spotted Cucumber Beetle | Red-headed Bush Cricket | Pearl Crescent | Katydid | Aphid |
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| Tiny jumping spider (young Phidippus aurantius?) | Same jumping spider | White Morning Glory | Mystery wildflower (tiny) |
Durham, NC 9/8/16
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| Appalachian Brown | (Copes?) Gray Treefrog | Jumping spider (Phidippus genus) in "nest" in field | Jumping spider | Crab spider |
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| Female Bowl-and-doily Spider | Female Bowl-and-doily Spider | Male Bowl-and-doily Spider | Caterpillar | Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
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| Fork-tailed Katydid | Black-bordered Lemon Moth | Rice Stink Bug | Same Rice Stink Bug | Same Rice Stink Bug |
Durham, NC 9/7/16
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| Common Buckeye on Pickerelweed leaf | Same Common Buckeye, which moved to the grass | Green Treefrog |
Durham, NC 9/6/16
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| Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Red-spotted Purple | Green Treefrog | Northern Cricket Frog | Dogday Cicada, which fell in the street but eventually flew away |
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| Southern Pine Sphinx moth caterpillar (Lapara coniferarum) | Eggs and a recently hatched larva | Ocola Skipper | Wasp | Northern Cricket Frog |
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| Mating Fiery Skippers | Snowberry Clearwing Moth headed toward Pickerelweed | Same Snowberry Clearwing Moth |
Durham, NC 9/5/16
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| Pearl Crescent | Same Pearl Crescent | Same Pearl Crescent | Male Fiery Skipper |
Durham, NC 9/4/16
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| Red Admiral |
Durham, NC 9/3/16
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| Appalachian Brown | Sleepy Orange | Jumping spider (Phidippus genus) | Tiny green beetle | Silver-spotted Skipper |
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| Red-headed Bush Cricket | Male Fiery Skipper | Flowering Dodder |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | American Goldfinch | Maybe a Crossline Skipper | Common Buckeye |
Durham, NC 9/1/16
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| Giant water bug (Belostoma genus) | Horse flies seeking sap on a Loblolly Pine | Same horse flies | Toad bug | Same Toad Bug illustrating camouflage |
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| Water strider (Trepobates genus) | Same water strider | Red-spotted Purple | Same Red-spotted Purple | Little Yellow |
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| Northern Cricket Frog | Another Northern Cricket Frog | Least Skipper on Seedbox | Blue Dasher | Male Eastern Amberwing |
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| Orb weaver (Micrathena gracilis) | Another Micrathena gracilis | Same Micrathena gracilis | Tiny ground beetle | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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| Female Great Blue Skimmer |