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) |
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. | ||||
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 |
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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 |
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| Silvery Checkerspot. See more checkerspots. |
4/13/06
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| Harvester (Feniseca tarquinius), Johnston Mill, Orange County, NC, 4/13/06 | 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. |