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Durham, NC 6/30/23
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| Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) |
White-tailed Deer stag |
Same White-tailed Deer stag |
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus). This was removed a few days later under mysterious circumstances. |
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Durham, NC 6/28/23
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| Green June Beetle |
Long-jawed orb weaver |
Annual Blue-eyed Grass |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), opening |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
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| Carolina Dayflower (Commelina caroliniana) |
White-lined Burrowing Bug |
Another White-lined Burrowing Bug |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph |
Deertongue (Dichanthelium clandestinum ) |
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| Aphids |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Broad-headed Sharpshooter |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Creeping Eryngo (Eryngium prostratum) |
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| Bee on Creeping Eryngo (Eryngium prostratum) |
Creeping Eryngo (Eryngium prostratum) |
Hoverfly on Japanese Sindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) |
Seed shrimp |
Yellow Passionflower vine (Passiflora lutea) |
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| Heal All (Prunella vulgaris) |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent, on Deertongue |
Heal All (Prunella vulgaris) |
Female Eastern Pondhawk |
Durham, NC 6/26/23
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| Male Northern Cardinal |
Male Citrine Forktail |
Hoverfly (Toxomerus marginatus) |
Golden Digger Wasp |
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| European Honeybee |
Rice Stink Bug |
Spider exuvia |
Same spider exuvia |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Virginia Water Horehound or Virginia Bugleweed (Lycopus virginicus) |
Durham, NC 6/24/23
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) |
Grasshopper nymph |
Teneral Blue Dasher |
Purple Martin in flight |
Female Purple Martin |
Durham, NC 6/23/23
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| Mason Wasp |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Male Eastern Pondhawk |
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| Female jumping spider (Phidippus clarus) with prey |
Tachina fly |
Wasp-mimic fly |
Green June Beetle |
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Durham, NC 6/18/23
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| Anchor Stink Bug nymph |
Winged ant |
Blue Dasher |
Bumblebee |
Click beetle |
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| Cosmos sulfureous |
Dogwood Borer |
Dusky ladybug beetle |
Firefly beetle |
Helmetflower (Scutellaria integrifolia) |
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| Hispid Buttercup |
Mystery hopper, looks almost like a treehopper |
Same hopper |
Longhorn beetle |
Another longhorn beetle on Common Milkweed |
Moth |
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| River Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) |
Tachina Fly |
Tarnished Plant Bug on Common Milkweed |
Weevils on Annual Fleabane |
White Clover (Trifolium repens) |
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| Woolly Aphid |
Cixiid planthopper |
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Durham, NC 6/15/23
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| Small carpenter bee (Ceratina genus, Zadontomerus subgenus). |
Tiny beetle |
Carpet beetle |
Delta Flower Beetle |
Same Delta Flower Beetle |
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| Same Delta Flower Beetle |
Dogwood Borer |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |
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| Scudder's bush katydid (Scudderia furcata) |
Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) with prey on Queen Anne's Lace |
Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) with prey on Queen Anne's Lace |
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| Spider |
Tumbling flower beetle |
Same tumbling flower beetle |
Weevil |
Weevil on fleabane |
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| White-lined Burrower Bug |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Small carpenter bee and Japanese Beetle |
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Durham, NC 6/12/23
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva |
Bristly Mallows (Modiola caroliniana) |
Bristly Mallow (Modiola caroliniana) |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) |
Damselfly on Sawtooth Blackberry fruit |
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| Deertongue |
Eastern Black Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Eggs? Dung? |
Everlasting (Gamochaeta genus) |
Feather |
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| Long-legged fly |
Japanese Spindle Tree (Euonymus japonicus) |
Jumping spider (Marpissa formosa) |
Jumping spider (Marpissa formosa) |
Large Milkweed Bug |
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| Eastern Mole |
Moth |
Peppergrass or Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium densiflorum) |
Eastern Wood Pewee |
Same Eastern Wood Pewee |
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| Same Eastern Wood Pewee |
Same Eastern Wood Pewee |
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) |
Female Red-winged Blackbird |
Same female Red-winged Blackbird |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) |
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| Spider |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Stink bug (Mormidea genus) nymph |
Stink bug (Mormidea genus) nymph |
Stink bug (Mormidea genus) nymph |
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| Wasp |
Broad-shouldered Water Strider |
Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea) |
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Durham, NC 6/9/23
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| Chipping Sparrow |
Dogbane Beetle |
Another Dogbane Beetle |
Dogbane Beetles |
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth caterpillars (Saucrobotys futilalis) |
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| Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth caterpillars (Saucrobotys futilalis) |
Carolina False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) |
European Honeybee |
Carolina Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
Johnsongrass Sharpshooter (Homalodisca insolita) |
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| Moth |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Two-lined Froghopper |
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Durham, NC 6/8/23
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle with deformed wing |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Basilica Spider |
Hairy fungus beetle (Litargus tetraspilotus), Durham, NC, |
Hairy fungus beetle (Litargus tetraspilotus), Durham, NC, |
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Caterpillar |
Chipping Sparrow |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) buds |
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) flowers |
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| Golden Beaksedge (Rhyncospora corymbosa) |
Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris) |
Inchworm |
Jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
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| Jumping spider (Phidippus aurantius), showing how the green areas develop |
Jumping spider (Phidippus putnami) |
Scudder's Bush Katydid nymph (Scudderia furcata) |
Same Scudder's Bush Katydid nymph (Scudderia furcata) |
Larger Elm Leaf Beetle |
Same Larger Elm Leaf Beetle |
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| Leafhopper (Scaphoideus genus) |
Mayfly, caught in spider web |
Orchard Spider |
Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta) |
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| Same Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta) |
Same Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta) |
Same Picture-winged Fly (Delphinia picta) |
Young crab spider |
Crab spider |
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| White Avens (Geum canadense) |
White Clover (Trifolium repens) |
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Durham, NC 6/6/23
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| Cobweb spider (Anelosimus studiosus) |
Black Rat Snake, looking strange. Lisa Gottschalk tells me this is normal snake behavior under some conditions, meant to confuse would-be predators. |
Black Rat Snake, after some investigation. It eventually left at a normal speed. |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) |
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| Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) |
Cosmet Moth (Cosmopterix lespedezae) |
Mystery grass |
Teneral Great Blue Skimmer |
Green Six-spotted Tiger Beetle |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Speedwell |
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| Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis) |
Jumping spider, maybe Attidops youngi. |
Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius). The green areas are just starting to appear. |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
Geometrid moth (Scopula genus) |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
Male Zabulon Skipper |
Durham, NC 6/5/23
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| Aphids |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Carolina Crane's-bill (Geranium caroliniana) seedheads. Seeds newly visible after their capsules have opened. |
Carolina Crane's-bill (Geranium caroliniana) seedheads. The seeds are now elevated. |
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| Climbing Dogbane (Thyrsthanella difformis) |
Common Sow Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) |
Clustered Dock (Rumex conglomeratus) |
Fish |
Long-legged Fly |
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| Hoverfly (Toxomerus marginatus) |
Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvaticus) |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Another Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Lizards' Tails (Saururus cernuus) |
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| Small Milkweed Bug |
Parlin's Pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii) |
Pecans, maybe. Definitely a hickory species, most likely Big-bug Hickory (Carya tomentosa) |
Peppergrass or Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum) |
Post Oak (Quercus stellata) acorn |
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| Smooth Cat's Ear (Hypochaeris glabra) |
Wasp |
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Durham, NC 6/2/23
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| Antlike flower beetle (Malporus formicarius) |
Blue Dasher |
Cixiid planthopper |
Dogbane Beetle |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
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| Grasshopper nymph |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Male Magnolia Green jumping spider |
Same Magnolia Green Jumping Spider |
Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense) |
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| Peppergrass or Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum) |
Planthopper |
Question Mark |
Red Admiral |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
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| Water Hemlock (Cicuta virosa) |
White Avens (Geum canadense) |
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