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Durham, NC 5/10/08
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| Warty Leaf Beetle | Very well-fed Wheel Bug nymph | Treehopper (entylia carinata) | Jumping spider |
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| Solitary bee (about 4 mm long) | Female Damselfly | Young Fowler's Toad (about 12 mm long) | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Bowl and Doily Spider |
Durham, NC 5/9/08
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| Springtail | Springtail | Silverfish | Ischyrus quadripunctatus, a type of pleasing fungus beetle (Erotylidae family) | Green Lacewing |
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| Crab spider |
Durham, NC 5/8/08
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| Beetle | Mating beetles | Probably Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa (note spiny discarded larval skin at top) | Stink bug nymph (Menecletes insertus) | Jumping spider (2 or 3 mm long) |
Durham, NC 5/7/08
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| Eastern Tailed Blue | Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle | Flower Longhorn Beetle | Ants tending aphids |
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| Viceroy | Flea beetle. Maybe their name has something to do with the fact that they can jump about 3 feet when pursued! | Male Citrine Forktail |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 5/6/08
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| Leaf Beetle, about 2 mm long | Leafhopper nymph | Another leafhopper nymph | Scorpionfly | Spider |
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| Ladybug beetle larva molting | Mirid bug adult (Lopidea genus) | Mirid bug nymph (Lopidea genus) | Click beetle (Elaterinae subfamily) | Orchard Spider, probably overexposed |
Durham, NC 5/5/08
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| Ichneumonid Wasp | Flower fly | Pearl Crescent |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 5/4/08
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| Eastern Box Turtle, up close and at a distance | |||||||||
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| This Question Mark has the white "question mark" on its hind wing, only rotated 90° to the right. | Same Question Mark | Silvery Checkerspot | Variegated Fritillary | Red Admiral |
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| Red-spotted Purple | Common Buckeye, with a few pieces missing | Skimmer dragonfly in flight | Casebearer leaf beetle, possibly an Oulema cornutus | Young adult Blue Dasher |
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| Lace bug | Harvestman |
Durham, NC 5/1/08
Lots of small animals will crawl up from the soil onto a watering can lying on its side. But you can see the usual interesting critters out in the (soccer) field.
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| Maybe a book louse (aka bark louse), was less than 1 mm long. | Springtail (about 1 mm long) with an even smaller hexapod. | Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle pupa. The black material in front (right) is the discarded larval skin. | Mystery moth caterpillar |
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