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Durham, NC 6/28/19
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| Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, without "tail," and also in an unnatural environment. I wonder if there's a connection! |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph, with "tail" |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Female Hop-hornbeam catkin |
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| Purple-Node Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium purpurum) |
Lauxaniid fly |
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Durham, NC 6/23/19
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| Assassin bug |
Blue Dasher |
Bug eggs, visited by a parasitoid wasp (Trissolcus genus). |
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| Bumblebee |
Chipping Sparrow |
Female Brown-headed Cowbird |
Dogbane Beetle |
Green June Beetle |
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| Green Stink Bug |
My local marsh |
Parasitoid wasp (Trissolcus genus). ID thanks to Ross Hill. |
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| Parasitoid wasp (Trissolcus genus). ID thanks to Ross Hill. |
Same wasp. |
Same wasp |
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| Rabbit |
Sawfly |
Shining leaf beetle (Lema solani) |
Warty leaf beetle |
Same warty leaf beetle |
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| West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Same wildflower |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 6/19/19
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| Apples |
ASU campus |
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) |
Female Cabbage White |
Same Cabbage White |
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| Chicory |
Chipping Sparrow |
Cows |
Male Ebony Jewelwing |
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| Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) |
True Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpioides) |
Gray Catbird |
Boone Greenway gate |
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Broad-toothed Hedgenettle
(Stachys latidens), Boone, Watauga County, NC, |
Fledgling House Sparrow |
Beetle |
Morning glory |
Mountain view |
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| Boone Greenway gate and entrance |
Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Smartweed |
Stickywilly |
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| Stink bug with prey |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 6/18/19
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| Rainbow before an arriving storm |
Another view of the rainbow |
A third view |
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Moses Cone Memorial Park, Watauga County, NC 6/18/19
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| Big leaves |
Common Sowthistle |
Crane fly |
Juvie Dark-eyed Junco |
Same juvie Dark-eyed Junco |
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| Same Dark-eyed Junco |
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Deptford Pink |
Fire Pink |
Fleabane |
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| Great Spangled Fritillary |
Same Great Spangled Fritillary |
Same Great Spangled Fritillary |
Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
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| Lake, seen from the house |
Flower fly (Toxomerus genus) on Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
Queen Anne's Lace |
Rhododendron maximum |
Another Rhododendron |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper |
St. John's Wort |
Venus' Looking Grass (Triodanis perfoliata) |
Virginia Spiderwort |
Chickweed |
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| Anomalousy pink Yarrow |
Yarrow with a crab spider |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 6/17/19
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| Chrysalis |
Mountain view |
Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea). An introduced plant. |
Common Dogwood flowers. An introduced plant |
Crown Vetch (Securigera varia) |
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| Mystery dock |
Fennel |
Fleabanes |
Forget-me-nots |
Grass |
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| Millipede |
Male Red-winged Blackbird |
American Robin |
Japanese Meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica) |
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| Ornamental spurge (in garden) |
Swamp Milkweed |
Apple tree |
American Basswood (Tilia americana) |
Tree leaves |
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| Web |
Yarrow |
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Boone, Watauga County, NC 6/16/19
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| Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) |
American Robin |
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Linn Cove Visitor Center and nature trail, Linville, Madison County, NC 6/16/19
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| White Clover (Trifolium repens) and Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) near the trail head. |
Dock |
Dock flowers |
Dodder |
Fleabane with active flowerets |
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| Male dance fly (Hybotinae subfamily). Superfamily ID thanks to Bill Dean, subfamily ID thanks to John F. Carr. |
Fly taking off |
Another fly |
This strange fly was running across the parking lot. |
Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) |
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| Another Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) |
Flowers of the Green False Hellebore (Veratrum viride) |
Ichneumon wasp, seen behind the Visitor Center |
Orchard spider with prey |
Plant bug (Lygus genus), seen behind the Visitor Center |
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| Red Clover, seen in woods bordering parking lot |
Male scorpion fly |
Umbrellaleaf, with fruits |
Mystery flower, unfolding its petals |
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Tanawha Trail (beginning), Linville, Madison County, NC 6/16/19
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| Plant bug (Neocapsus leviscutatus-real). ID thanks to Vassily Belov. |
Clinton's Lily |
Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum) |
Beetleweed (Galax urceolata) |
Another Beetleweed (Galax urceolata) |
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| Indian Cucumber-Root blooms |
Plant bug |
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Durham, NC 6/15/19
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Japanese Mazus (Mazus pumilus) |
Lauxaniid fly |
Leafhopper |
Rice Stink Bug |
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| Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
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Durham, NC 6/13/19
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| Accident aftermath |
Beetle |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Ghost spider (Hibana genus) |
Warty Leaf Beetle |
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| Red Sorrel |
Wild Garlic |
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Durham, NC 6/12/19
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| Early Buttercups |
Dayflower |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Flower fly with Spotted Jewelweed |
Robber fly |
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| Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
Maybe Water Hemlock, with early leaves? |
Firefly (Photinus pyralis) |
Same firefly (Photinus pyralis) |
Durham, NC 6/11/19
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| Acanaloniid planthopper nymph |
Eastern Box Turtle |
Brown Stink Bug (Euschistus servus) |
Dusky ladybug beetle |
Flatid planthopper nymph |
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| Froghopper |
Lauxaniid fly |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
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| Flatid planthopper nymph (Siphanta acuta) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Same Red-headed Bush Cricket nymphj |
Spined Soldier Bug nymph, with beak out |
Two-lined Froghopper |
Durham, NC 6/10/19
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| Juvie male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) |
Duskywing |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
First-year Red-shouldered Hawk calling |
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| Same first-year Red-shouldered Hawk |
American Robin |
Slaty Skimmer |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Common Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) |
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Durham, NC 6/9/19
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| Ambush bug |
Locust Leafminer Beetle |
Billbug |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Pachygronthid bug nymphs (Oedancala genus, species most likely dorsalis) |
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| Bumblebee |
Common Milkweed |
Fleabane |
Green lacewing larva |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
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| Katydid nymph (Scudderia genus) |
Another katydid nymph (Scudderia genus) |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Lizard's Tails |
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| Lizard's Tails. Photo by Karl D. Gottschalk. |
Pachygronthid bugs (Oedancala genus, mostly likely dorsalis species) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Scoliid Wasp |
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| Sharpshooter nymph (Oncometopioa orbona) |
Tachinid fly |
Treehopper (Acutalis tartarea) |
Water Hemlock (Cicuta genus) |
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Larkspur, Marin County, CA 6/3/19
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| Desert Five Spot (Eremalche rotundifolia) |
Mystery wildflower, maybe Clarkia genus |
California Poppies |
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Larkspur, Marin County, CA 6/2/19
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| Mating Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetles |
Bird-of-Paradise |
Male Cabbage White |
Calla Lilies |
Painted Lady |
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| Western Tiger Swallowtail |
Wild Radish |
Geranium? |
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Corte Madera Ecological Reserve, Marin County, CA 6/2/19
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| Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) |
Sweet Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) |
Mystery wildflower |
Same mystery wildflower |
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San Francisco, CA 6/1/19
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| Cormorant |
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Larkspur, Marin County, CA 6/1/19
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| Flycatcher? |
Calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) |
Double-crested Cormorant |
Stiletto Fly (Thereva comata). ID thanks to Bob Biagi. |
Pea family plant: very common, might be Summer Lupine (Lupinus formosus) |
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| Probably a California Poppy that has lost several petals |
Redstem Filaree (Erodium cicutarium) |
Salsify (Tragopogon genus) seedhead |
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