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Durham, NC 4/29/08
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| Leaffooted Bug |
Durham, NC 4/27/08 (wee hours)
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| Oak Timberworm (Arrhenodes minutus), a type of straight-snouted weevil . It was about 18 mm long. ID thanks to John and Jane Balaban. See more information at the Forest Pests Oak Timberworm Page. Eric Eaton identified it as male, i.e., pincers rather than long weevily snout. | This beetle was about 5 mm long. | ||
Durham, NC 4/25/08
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| Brown Stink Bug (note: this thumbnail was rotated 90° by the software, not by me!) | Rice Stink Bug | Crab Spider (Xysticus genus. Note: this thumbnail was rotated 90° by the software, not by me!) | White-lined Burrower Bug |
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| Carpenter Ant with aphids (note: this thumbnail was rotated 90° by the software, not by me!) |
Durham, NC 4/24/08
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| Metallic Wood Borer (Chalcophora virginiensis). There were several of these large beetles flying around, and one landed on me when I finished photographing it. | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | Billbugs, mating. The lesser of the two weevils is the male. |
Durham, NC 4/23/08
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| Blister Beetle (Lytta aenea) | Flat bug, probably Aradus genus (see Aradus photo, Cedar Creek Natural History Area website. Thanks to John R. Maxwell for family ID. | Snail | Bowl and Doily Spider |
Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC 4/18/08
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| Eastern Tailed Blue | Pearl Crescent | Pearl Crescent, quite difference in appearance | Probably male Juvenal's Duskywing |
Durham, NC 4/17/08
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| Longhorn beetle (Phymatodes amoenus) | Mystery insect: very tiny |
Durham, NC 4/18/08
Some winged termites came out of the ground to mate. The females shed their wings one by one so that males could access them.
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| Winged termites about to mate | The termites were emerging from underground here. | This termite has shed one wing. Doing so took some effort, involving quite a bit of wiggling around on the ground. |
Durham, NC 4/16/08
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| White-tailed Deer | Eastern Tailed Blue |
Durham, NC 4/13/08
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| Hummingbird Clearwing Moth | Mallard family | Male Mallard |
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| Slider | Painted Turtle |
Durham, NC 4/12/08
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| Menecles insertus stink bug nymph |
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve, Durham County, NC 4/11/08
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| Female Falcate Orangetip | Male and female Falcate Orangetips, engaged in courtship ritual |
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| Two Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetles | Probably a Juvenal's Duskywing | Field Cricket | |||
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, NC 4/10/08
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| This Ashy Clubtail, which has a deformed hind wing, closed its wings like a butterfly. | ||||||
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| Maybe a blister beetle | Assassin bug of unknown genus and species | Large Bee Fly | Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Durham, NC 4/9/08
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| Mystery ground beetle | Northern Cricket Frog |
Durham, NC 4/8/08
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| Lightning bug beetle | Short-tailed ichneumon wasp |
Durham, NC 4/2/08
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle | Inchworm |
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