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June 2025

Durham, NC 6/29/25

Potter's Wasp Spotted Lady Beetle Buttercup with katydid Ambush bug nymph, starting to get pigment Dew on leaf

Durham, NC 6/28/25

   
Ambush bug nymph Male Blue Dasher Millipede Male Northern Cardinal    

 
Another male Northern Cardinal Ambush bug nymph Carolina Desert-chicory Citrus Flatid Planthopper  

Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) Mummy wasp (Aleiodes genus) Leaf-footed bug nymph Eryngo Eastern Bluebird

 
Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus) Sedge (Rhonchospora hirsuta) Wild Sensitive-pea (Chamaecrista nictitans)  

 
Spider with egg case Spotted Jewelweed leaf with dew St. John's wort More St. John's wort  

Durham, NC 6/26/25

   
Virginia Spiderwort Virginia Buttonweed Spotted Jewelweed    

   
Sawfly larva Rose of Sharon flowers Rose of Sharon flower    

Potter's Wasp Polished Lady Beetle Japanese Spindle Tree flowers Grass Galls

Flatid planthopper Common Woolgrass Climbing Hempvine Blowfly Asian Multi-Colored Lady Beetle

 
Ambush bug nymph another ambush bug and three mystery insects Meadow Garlic, faded  

Durham, NC 6/20/25

Scarlet Beebalm Peaches Spring Ladies' Tresses, fallen after storm American Groundnut (Apios americana) Oxeye Daisies

Durham, NC 6/17/25

 
Drone Fly Hoverfly (Meromacrus acutus) Spring Ladies' Tresses  

Durham, NC 6/16/25

Two-lined Froghopper Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Spring Ladies' Tresses Spotted Lady Beetle Spotted Jewelweed

 
Smallspike False Nettle Praying Mantis nymph Mating leafhoppers (Graphocephala versuta) Herbwilliam  

Grasshopper Caterpillar Carolina Wild Petunia Carolina Dayflower Mating leafhoppers (Graphocephala versuta)

Durham, NC 6/14/25

Acanaloniid planthopper nymph Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles, mating Spring Ladies' Tresses Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes)

Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes)

   
Tachinid fly (Archytas metallicus) Tumbling flower beetle Mystery insect Praying Mantis nymph    

Durham, NC 6/12/25

Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) Spring Ladies' Tresses Same Spring Ladies' Tresses

       
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles        

Durham, NC 6/11/25

Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes)

 
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle mating pair Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle Blowfly Another Blowfly Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis)  

   
Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis)    

Durham, NC 6/10/25

 
Rose Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Flower fly Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead  

Durham, NC 6/9/25

 
Japanese Spindle Tree flowers, with ant        

Durham, NC 6/8/25

Scarlet Beebalm, in a local community garden Peach tree Another part of the peach tree Turtle, swimming fast Mountain Mint, in the garden

     
Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead Airliner      

Durham, NC 6/6/25

Trumpet Creeper House Sparrow Sow Thistle flower Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) Same Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis). ID thanks to Ralph Preston.

   
Fungus and pillbugs Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) Purple Coneflower    

Durham, NC 6/2/25

Tumbling flower beetle Tachinid fly Common Eastern Physocephala (Physocephala tibialis) Female House Finch Same female House Finch

 

     
Eastern Bluebird pair Male Eastern Bluebird      

 

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