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Boone,Watauga County, NC, and parts south and west
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| Grandfather Mountain (Avery County, seen from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Caldwell County), 5964 ft. elev. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk | Linn Cove Viaduct. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/3/12
Tanawha Trail, Avery County, NC 8/3/12
Tanawha Trail and Blue Ridge Parkway, Avery County, NC 8/2/12 The Tanawha Trail goes 13.5 miles from Julian Price Park in Watauga County to the Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center in Avery County. See the live map at the end of this section to trace the trail, which parallels the Blue Ridge Parkway, from Price Park. Tanawha Trail description by the National Park Service
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/2/12
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/1/12
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Boone (in town), NC 7/8/11
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| Stonefly on Queen Anne's Lace | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle pupa |
Linn Cove Viaduct Visitors Center (National Park Service) Trail, Avery County 7/8/11
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| Leaffooted bug nymph | Umbrella Leaf, with fruits | Umbrella leaf fruits | Visitors Center | Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
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| Bigleaf Magnolia (Magnolia magnophylla) | Scarlet Bee-balm |
Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC 7/8/11
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| Mating Dogbane Beetles | Treehopper (Entylia carinata) | Sweat bee (Agapostemon genus) | Black Cohosh (thumbnail got surprise rotation) |
Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC
7/8/11
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| Two-lined Plant Bug | From Blue Ridge Parkway |
Julian Price Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 7/7/11
See the live map above to navigate to this park.
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| Spittlebug (Clastoptera genus) | Ichneumon wasp (3 or 4 mm long) | Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Solomon's Seal |
Boone Greenway, Watauga County, NC 7/7/11
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| Green June Beetle, seen on underside of Queen Anne's Lace blossom | Cabbage White | Tachinid fly (Gymnosoma genus, Phasiinae subfamily), on Queen Anne's lace | Potter wasp | Crown Vetch (an introduced plant) |
Boone Greenway, Watauga County, NC 7/6/11
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| Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii, species in doubt). ID thanks to Harry LeGrand. | Common Mullein | Forget-me-not | Female Sachem | Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/6/08
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| Harvester | Flea beetles mating | Leafhopper | Bee? | Tortoise beetle |
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| Striped Lynx spider (Oxyopes salticus), with small green prey | Tarnished Plant Bug on Spotted Jewelweed flower |
Daniel Boone Gardens, Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/5/08
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| Ambush Bug, leaving flower | This is where the Ambush Bug on the left was before. | Another view. | Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta). Note wing sticking out on the side. |
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| Netwinged beetles mating | Mating White-lined Burrower Bugs | Thread-waisted wasp |
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| Pearl Crescent | Cuckoo wasp |
Blue Ridge Parkway, Caldwell County, NC 8/5/08 (mileposts 296-302)
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| Picture-winged fly (Callopistromyia annulipes). ID thanks to Ron M. | Male Scorpion Fly | Tachinid flies | Yellow-and-black Argiope | Mystery stink bug |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/4/08
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| Peck's Skipper | Monarch | Aphrodite Fritillary | Great Spangled Fritillary |
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| Pipevine Swallowtail (ventral view) | Male Pipevine Swallowtail (dorsal view) | Female black form Easter Tiger Swallowtail | Gray Hairstreak |
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