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Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve is a Triangle Land
Conservancy land composed of land around New Hope Creek. It is
relatively near the Korstian Division of Duke Forest, which shows similar
wildlife patterns.
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| Sugar Hackberry (close-up of bark) |
Fern frond, 3/31/07 |
11/27/07
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| Spirobolid
Millipede |
Bess Beetle |
Possibly a fishing spider |
11/3/07
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| Crane fly
(subfamily Tipulinae) |
Centipede |
Beetle grub
(probably a scarab beetle) |
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9/27/07
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| Scorpion fly |
Female Fiery Skipper,
unusually dark, though more wing pattern variation occurs in
the fall. |
Three views of a female Marbled Orb
Weaver. Note that in the third picture the
spider is
peeking around its leg to see the photographer. |
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8/31/07
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| Asiatic Oak Weevils in courtship mode,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, 8/31/07. See more
beetles. |
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| Woolly Alder Aphids (Prociphilus
tessellatus) gathered in huge
numbers on a tree branch at Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC on 8/31/07. When disturbed, they waved their abdomens,
with this white material stuck to them, up and down. |
Female Zabulon Skipper
at Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC on 8/31/07 |
Black-form female Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC on 8/31/07. See the
Butterfly Index. |
Tussock moth caterpillar, Johnston
Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC on 8/31/07 |
Jumping spider, Johnston Mill
Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC on 8/31/07 |
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County,
NC 6/16/07
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| Shining leaf chafer, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Firefly beetle (possibly Lucidota atra), Johnston Mill
Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Click beetle (Dalopius genus), Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Green Bottle Fly,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Lauxaniid fly, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 6/16/07 |
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| Velvet mite, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Ichneumonid wasp, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 6/16/07 |
Mystery spider, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 6/16/07 |
5/31/07
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Comb-footed spider (Theridion pictipes), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC,
5/31/07. ID thanks to
John and Jane Balaban. |
Northern Pearly Eye,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/31/07. See
other nymphs and satyrs or go to the
Butterfly Index. |
Even more Leaffooted Bug
nymphs! Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/31/07. See more
True Bugs. |
Tumbling Flower Beetle,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/31/07 |
Xylophagid Fly,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/31/07 |
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| Ebony Jewelwing,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/31/07 |
5/11/07
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| Great Spangled Fritillary,
Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
Ashy Clubtail,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
Possibly a
Deer Fly, Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
Rove Beetle,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
Darkling Beetle, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
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| Syrphid Fly (Temnostoma balyras), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 5/11/07 |
12/24/06
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| Pileated Woodpecker,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 12/24/06 |
11/10/06
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| Jumping spider, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange
County, NC, 11/10/06 |
Stink bug (Menecletes insertus), Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 11/10/06 |
9/30/06
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| Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 9/30/06. This
picture was taken on a cool morning when the dew was still on this
spider's web. |
Carolina
Mantis,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 9/30/06 |
9/9/06
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| Spiny Orb Weaver (Micrathena gracilis), Johnston
Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 9/9/06 |
Mangora genus orb weaver, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 9/9/06 |
Cross Spider, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 9/9/06 |
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
and Flower
Longhorn Beetle, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC,
9/9/06. |
Mating
digger wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata),
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 9/9/06. They're
a common species, but have no common name. Very strange! |
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| Neoscona genus orb weaver, Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 9/9/06 |
8/18/06
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| Arrow-shaped Micrathena
(Micrathena sagittata),
Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 8/18/06 |
Cricket, Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 8/18/06 |
Spider (Mangora genus?), Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 8/18/06 |
Spider, Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 8/18/06 |
7/15/06
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| Horse Fly
(Tabanus genus),
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 7/15/06. This
fly was missing most of its left wing and was buzzing around aimlessly
on the ground at the time. |
Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene
carolina), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 7/15/06 |
This large wolf spider was carrying a bunch of
spiderlings on her abdomen at Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 7/15/06. |
Flower Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus velutinus, subfamily
Lepturinae), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 7/15/06 |
Flower Longhorn Beetle (Typocerus velutinus, subfamily
Lepturinae), Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 7/15/06 |
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| Tulip Tree Beauty,
Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC, 7/15/06. Camouflage was not so
perfect here. |
Leafhopper exuviae. Johnston
Mill Nature Preserve, 7/15/06 |
American House Spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum)
attacking a Marbled Orb Weaver, Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, 7/15/06 |
7/1/06
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| Crane Fly, Johnston Mill Nature
Preserve, Orange County, NC |
Yellow-jacket Hover Fly
(Milesia
virginiensis), Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 7/1/06.
Note the flat abdomen, a characteristic peculiar to syrphid flies. |
Brachonid wasp, Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC,
7/1/06 |
Funnel web spider, Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 7/1/06 |
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| Orchard
spider, Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC,
7/1/06 |
Lightning bug beetle, Johnston Mill, Orange
County, NC, 7/1/06 |
Stilt-legged fly,
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC, 7/1/06 |
Ladybug beetle larva |
6/10/06
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| Ichneumonid wasp. See more members of the
Hymenoptera order. |
Oriental Cockroach eating (very poisonous) Amanita
mushroom. |
Wheel Bug Nymph. |
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| Hackberry Emperor. See more
Emperors and some Snouts. |
Maybe a hornet. Very large, over an inch long. |
Green Stink Bug |
Lauxaniid flies: mating pair and a possible interloper.
See more flies. |
5/20/06
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| Mystery moth: The head is on the left and has two long,
thin antennae. It was about 4 mm long. See more
moths. |
Another mystery critter trying to puzzle me! See
more mystery critters. |
Beetle. |
Great Spangled Fritillary. See other
Heliconians. |
Another Great Spangled Fritillary |
4/13/06
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| Harvester
(Feniseca tarquinius), Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 4/13/06
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A view of another Harvester in which backlighting shows
the pattern on the dorsal side of the wings. |
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| Snapping Turtle,
Johnston Mill
Nature Preserve,
Orange County, NC, 4/13/06. |
8/25/05
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| Gray Hairstreak,
Johnston's Mill, Orange County, NC, 8/25/05. |
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