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Durham, NC 4/29/20
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Female Zabulon Skipper |
Ant |
Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata) |
Bristly Mallow (Valerianella radiata) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium caroliniana) |
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Common Cinquefoil (Potentilla simplex) |
Crab spider (Xysticus genus) |
Forest Tent Caterpillar |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
Grass |
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Eastern Gammagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides) |
Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
Another Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
Jumping spider |
Leaf beetle (Paria quadrinotata) |
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Leafhopper (Jikradia coelidia) |
Pearl Crescent |
Velvet ant (Pseudomethoca simillima) |
Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris) |
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Wolf spider |
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Durham, NC 4/28/20
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Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) |
Hearts-a-bustin bud unfolding |
Hearts-a-bustin flower (Euonymus americanus) |
Hornet |
Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) |
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Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) fruit |
Oak leaf |
Persian Speedwell (Veronica persica) |
Southern Blue Flag (Iris virginica) |
Venus' Looking Glass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
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Woodcroft Fairies |
Azalea |
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Durham, NC 4/27/20
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Carolina Satyr |
Sawtooth Blackberry (Rubus argutus) |
Awl-fruited Sedge (Carex stipata) |
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) buds |
Gray Everlasting (Gamochaeta coarctata) |
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Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Jumping spider |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Purple tridens (Tridens flavus) |
Wasp (maybe Scolia bicincta) |
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Weedy Dwarf Dandelion |
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Durham, NC 4/26/20
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Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) |
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) |
Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) |
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Hornet |
Leaf-footed bug |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
White Clover (Trifolium repens) |
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Sample of litter tossed in the Third Fork Creek |
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Durham, NC 4/24/20
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American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) |
Beaked Cornsalad (Valerianella radiata) |
Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) |
Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) |
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Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) |
Female Eastern Tailed-blue |
Thread-waisted wasp and fungus gnat |
Same fungus gnat |
Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) with midge |
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Little Quaking Grass (Briza minor) |
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) seedpod |
Jumping spider, probably young Paraphidippus aurantius |
Least Skipper |
Lightning bug beetle |
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Pearl Crescent |
Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) |
Purpletop tridens (Tridens flavus) |
River Birch (Betula nigra) female catkin |
Shield-backed bug, with reflections of the sky, woods, as well as my hat and camera |
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Stink bug (Banasa dimiata) |
Thread-waisted wasp |
Warty leaf beetle (Neochlamisus bebbianae) |
Weedy Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia caespitosa) |
Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) |
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Tree Stink Bug |
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Durham, NC 4/23/20
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Poppy, propped up by a walking stick. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk |
Same Poppy |
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American Tobacco Trail (Miles 3-6), Durham, NC 4/22/20
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Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Buds of an unidentified plant |
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) |
Hawkweed (Hieracium genus) |
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Hawkweed |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) |
Field Madder (Sherardia arvensis) |
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Common Sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) |
Velvetgrass, called Yorkshire Fog in the U.K. (Holcus lanatus). An introduced plant. |
European Field Pansy (Viola arvensis). ID thanks to Janie Harmon Owens. An introduced plant. |
Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) |
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Red-spotted Purple |
Zabulon Skipper |
Sawtooth Blackberry |
Hawkweed |
Group of Lyre-leaved Sages (Salvia lyrata) |
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Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) |
Mustard |
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Durham, NC 4/21/20
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Mystery aster |
Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) bud |
Stiff Marsh Bedstraw (Galium tinctorium) |
Click beetle |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
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Mesh web weaver spider (Dictynidae family) |
Mesh web weaver spider (Dictynidae family). Family ID thanks to Chad Heins. Maybe Dictyna calcarata. |
Long-legged fly |
March fly, Bibio |
Eastern Phoebe |
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Eurytomidae family wasp |
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Durham, NC 4/20/20
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Seven-spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) |
Same Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) |
Tatarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica) |
Another Tatarian Honeysuckle |
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American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) bracts |
Assassin bug |
Beetle |
Sawtooth Blackberry (Rubus argutus) |
Blackjack Oak |
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Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinium) |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Fleabane |
Frank's Sedge (Carex frankii) |
Golden-backed Snipe Fly |
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Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) |
Leafhopper (Exitianus exitiosis) |
Little Brown Jug flower (Hexastylis arifolia) |
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Little Brown Jug leaf |
Little Brown Jug flower and leaves |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnia indica) |
Oak leaf |
Maple-leaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) |
Durham, NC 4/14/20
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Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) |
Stream Cruiser |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Very young Goldenrod Spider |
Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
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Jumping spider (Peligrina proterva) |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) |
Pearl Crescent |
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Durham, NC 4/13/20
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Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinium) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinium) |
Chairmaker's Rush |
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) |
Forest Tent Caterpillar, which appeared in a creek and swam to shore |
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
Moth |
Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus) |
Southern Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginica) |
Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
Durham, NC 4/12/20
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Checkered skipper |
Meadow Hawkweed |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
Common Mouse Ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum) |
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora). An introduced plant |
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Post Oak (Quercus stellata) |
River Birch (Betula nigra) female catkins |
River Birch (Betula nigra) female and male catkins |
Sawtooth Blackberry (Rubus argutus) |
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Mystery wildflowers |
Mystery wildflowers |
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Durham, NC Easter Sunday, 4/11/20
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Artwork seen on our walking path, done by Samantha Everette |
Karl standing next to the artwork |
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) |
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) |
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) |
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Hearts-a-bustin' buds |
American Hornbeam bracts |
Male Brown-headed Cowbird |
Female and male Brown-headed Cowbirds |
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Durham, NC 4/10/20
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Bee fly |
Meadow Hawkweed |
Post Oak? |
Same Post Oak? |
Purple Dead Nettle |
Durham, NC 4/9/20
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Bronze Jumper (Eris militaris), with Orchard Spider prey |
Same Bronze Jumper (Eris militaris), with Orchard Spider prey more visible |
Same Bronze Jumper, dorsal view |
Low Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre) |
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Pearl Crescent (ventral view) |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Red Admiral |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
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Red-banded Hairstreak |
Scarab beetle |
Silvery Checkerspot |
Same Silvery Checkerspot (dorsal view) |
Stickywilly (Galium aparine) |
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Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting (Gamochaeta purpurea) |
Warty Spurge (Euphorbium spathulatum) flowers. The male in the middle has pink flowers; the two females has yellow flowers. |
Woodcroft Fairies |
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Black scavenger fly (Sepsis punctum). Family ID thanks to John F. Carr. Genus ID confirmed by Owen Lonsdale. |
Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) |
Same Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) |
Bulbous Buttercups (Ranunculus bulbosus) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinium) |
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Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) |
Chipping Sparrow |
Same Chipping Sparrow |
Another Chipping Sparrow |
Cornsalad |
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Crane fly |
Northern Cricket Frog |
Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata) |
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Durham, NC 4/7/20
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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) |
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) |
Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
Another Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia sororia) |
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Flower fly |
Grass |
Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) |
Hooked Buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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Same jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Orb weaver with aphid prey and a mite |
Same orb weaver with aphid prey and a mite (Whirligig Mite (Anystis baccarum) |
Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) male flower and two female ones |
Same Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
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Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
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Durham, NC 4/6/20
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Tufted Titmouse |
Hawkweed |
Mystery insects |
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Durham, NC 4/5/20
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Ants with moth prey |
Barklouse on a bract |
Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) |
Northern Cricket Frog |
Fraser's "Red Tip" Photinia |
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) flower |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Longhorn beetle (Xylotrechus schaefferi) |
Same onghorn beetle (Xylotrechus schaefferi) |
Spider |
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Two-lined Leatherwing Beetle |
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Durham, NC 4/4/20
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Male Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Spined Assassin Bug |
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Crane fly |
Orchard Spider |
Little Periwinkle (Vinca minor) |
Fraser's ("Red Tip") Photinia (Photinia x fraseri) |
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Ground Spider (Drassyllus genus) |
Spined Assassin Bug |
Wildflower |
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) |
Yellow Jacket |
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) |
Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum) |
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Durham, NC 4/3/20
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Big Periwinkle (Vinca major), with six petals |
American Robin |
Thorny vine with buds and one flower |
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White Clover |
Aphids in a Warty Spurge |
Crane flies flying over a pond |
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Flower fly |
Moth |
Allegheny Hawkweed (Hieracium paniculatum) |
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Durham, NC 4/2/20
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Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica) |
Female Blue Corporal (Ladona deplanata) |
Bowl-and-doily Spider (Frontinella communis) |
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Common Baskettail |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
Same male Eastern Bluebird |
Orchard Spider |
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) flowers |
Yellow Poplar Weevil |
Same Yellow Poplar Weevil |
Same Yellow Poplar Weevil |
Mating crane flies |
Durham, NC 4/1/20
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Beaked Cornsalad |
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) |
Same Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) |
Box Elder seed pods |
Bracts on American Hornbeam |
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Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) |
Leaves and catkins of unknown tree |
Leaves and catkins of another unknown tree |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) |
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Fungi |
Catkins and leaves of Blackjack Oak |
Female catkin of River Birch (Betula nigra) |
Male catkin of River Birch (Betula nigra) |
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) flowers |
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American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) with bracts |
American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) with bracts |
Warty Spurge (Euphorbia spathulata) |
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