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Durham, NC 8/29/25
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| Scarlet Rosemallow |
Another Scarlet Rosemallow |
Another Scarlet Rosemallow |
Scarlet Rosemallow bud opening |
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| Teneral male Eastern Pondhawk |
Spotted Jewelweed seedhead, popped |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
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American Tobacco Trail (miles 0-1.25), Durham, NC 8/27/25
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| Purple Passionflower |
Purple Passionflower |
Paraguayan Purslane (Portulaca amilis), close up |
Paraguayan Purslane (Portulaca amilis) |
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| Downtown Durham: south edge |
Variegated Fritillary |
Variegated Fritillary |
Variegated Fritillary |
Japanese Hop (Humulus japonicus) |
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| American Burnweed |
Common Wingstem |
Kudzu flower |
Yellow Sweet Clover |
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| Kudzu flower |
Female Eastern Towhee |
Asiatic Dayflower |
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Durham, NC 8/23/25
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| Teneral Gray/Copes' Gray Treefrog |
Same Teneral Gray/Copes' Gray Treefrog |
Scarlet Rosemallow |
Green Lynx Spider on goldenrod |
Diamondback Froghopper |
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| Injured Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Marsh Fleabane or Camphorweed (Pluchea camphorata) |
Marsh Fleabane or Camphorweed (Pluchea camphorata) |
Mite on plastic watering can |
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| Fork-tailed Katydid |
Female Fiery Skipper |
Differential Grasshopper |
Diamondback Froghopper |
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| Bitter Sneezeweed |
Female Eastern Pondhawk |
Carpenter Bees on goldenrod |
Sleepy Orange |
Juvie Eastern Bluebird |
Durham, NC 8/22/25
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| Pink Fuzzy Bean (Strophostyles umbellata) |
Rose of Sharon |
Dodder |
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Durham, NC 8/20/25
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| Southern Magnolia |
Seedbox seedhead |
Seedbox flower |
Oakworm |
Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle with prey, maybe a beetle larva |
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| Labyrinth Orb Weaver |
Same Labyrinth Orb Weaver |
Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead |
American Groundnut |
Same American Groundnut |
Another American Groundnut |
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| Another American Groundnut |
Fungi |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
Devils' Beggarticks |
Creeping Cucumber tendril |
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| Creeping Cucumber fruit and flower |
Creeping Cucumber flowers and leaf |
Brown and Orange Predatory Stink Bug |
Bowl and Doily Spider |
Asiatic Dayflower |
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| Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
Another Asian Multi-colored Lady Beetle |
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Durham, NC 8/13/26
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| Juvie Willow Flycatcher |
Early-instar Green Stink Bug nymph |
Same early-instar Green Stink Bug nymph |
Spotted Jewelweed seedhead, popped |
Same potted Jewelweed seedhead, popped |
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| Leaf-footed bug |
Green Treefrog |
Same Green Treefrog |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Double-banded Scoliid Wasp |
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| Creeping Cucumber flower |
Cardinal Flower |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Black Stink Bug (Proxys punctulatus) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/10/25
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| Dames' Rocket |
Steeplebush |
Spotted Jewelweed |
Spatterdock Lily |
Song Sparrow |
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| Song Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
Scarlet Beebalm |
Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
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| Red Milkweed Beetle |
Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Pink Muhly Grass |
Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) fruits |
Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) fruiting structure |
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| Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) leaves |
Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) fruits and leaf |
Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) showing thorns |
Paniculate Hawkweed |
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| Pale Jewelweed flower |
Mealy bug |
Large Milkweed Bug nymph |
Large Milkweed Bug adult, newly molted, with exuvia |
Jumpseed |
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| Male American Goldfinch |
Smaller Forget-me-not (Myosotis laxa) |
Climbing Nightshade |
Chicory |
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Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center, Watauga County, NC 8/9/25
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| White Wood Asters |
White Beebalm |
White Avens |
Scarlet Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea) |
Pink Turtlehead. Photo by Karl David Gottschalk. |
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| Dodder on plant |
Dodder on another plant |
Dodder |
Appalachian Joe Pye Weed |
Angelica |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/9/25
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| Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Thistle with bumblebee and Spotted Cucumber Beetle |
Thistle |
Tall Bellflower |
Steeplebush |
Spider web on hotel window |
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| Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Swamp Rosemallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) |
Same Mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata) |
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| Pale Jewelweed |
Pale Jewelweed closeup |
Hollow-stem Joe Pye Weed |
Grass spider (Agelenopsis genus) |
Male American Goldfinch |
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| Fringed Loosestrife |
Hoverfly |
Sweet Fennel |
Same Sweet Fennel |
Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla), seen growing alone in a big field |
Bubble |
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| Climbing Nightshade fruits |
Climbing Nightshade flowers |
Climbing Nighshade flowers and green fruits |
Black Walnut |
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Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 8/8/25
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| Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
Same Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
Same Southern Harebell (Campanula divaricata) |
Rhododendron flower |
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| Yarrow |
Wolf spider (Pardosa genus) with egg sac |
Virginia Spiderwort |
Thinleaf Sunflower |
Tall Bellflower |
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| St. John's wort |
Splitlip Hempnettle (Galeopsis bifida) |
Pale Jewelweed |
Mustard |
Beebalm seedheads |
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Hog Peanut flowers and leaves |
Hog Peanut flowers |
More Hog Peanut flowers |
Splitlip Hempnettle (Galeopsis bifida) |
Fleabane |
Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/8/25
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| Silver-spotted Skippers |
Same Silver-spotted Skippers |
Bee |
Female House Sparrow |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/7/25
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| Spotted Jewelweed |
American Groundnut |
Smaller Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis laxa) |
Dames' Rocket |
Spotted Ladysthumb |
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| Asiatic Dayflower |
Chicory |
Another Chicory |
Common Milkweed |
Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) |
Common Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) |
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| Common Mullein |
Common Soapwort |
Another Common Soapwort |
Yet another Common Soapwort |
Common Wingstem |
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| Dames' Rocket |
Dew-laden spider web |
Another spider web |
Dew on plants |
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| Mile-a-minute Vine (Persicaria perfoliata), with dew |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 8/6/25
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| Wild Parsnip |
Virgin's Bower |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Panicled Hawkweed |
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| Least Skipper |
Fly |
Female Eastern Tailed-blue |
Common Burdock leaves |
Common Burdock flowers |
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| Entire Common Burdock plant |
Bumblebee on Black-eyed Susan |
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Durham, NC 8/4/25
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| Female Eastern Amberwing |
Green Lynx Spider with Potter Wasp prey |
Creeping Cucumber fruit |
Another Creeping Cucumber fruit |
Large Milkweed Bug |
Wolf spider, maybe |
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| Wolf spider with egg sac |
Wasp on goldenrod |
Elongate springtail |
Scarlet Rosemallow with Carpenter Bee |
Another Scarlet Rosemallow |
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| Leaf-footed bug (Acanthocephala genus) egg |
Male Great Blue Skimmer |
Goldenrod |
Creeping Cucumber fruit and flower |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Aquatic snails |
Durham, NC 8/1/25
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| Parasitic mite (Pergamasus genus) |
Same parasitic mite (Pergamasus genus) |
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