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Durham, NC 6/29/25
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| Potter's Wasp |
Spotted Lady Beetle |
Buttercup with katydid |
Ambush bug nymph, starting to get pigment |
Dew on leaf |
Durham, NC 6/28/25
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| Ambush bug nymph |
Male Blue Dasher |
Millipede |
Male Northern Cardinal |
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| Another male Northern Cardinal |
Ambush bug nymph |
Carolina Desert-chicory |
Citrus Flatid Planthopper |
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| Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) |
Mummy wasp (Aleiodes genus) |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Eryngo |
Eastern Bluebird |
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| Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) |
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus) |
Sedge (Rhonchospora hirsuta) |
Wild Sensitive-pea (Chamaecrista nictitans) |
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| Spider with egg case |
Spotted Jewelweed leaf with dew |
St. John's wort |
More St. John's wort |
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Durham, NC 6/26/25
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| Virginia Spiderwort |
Virginia Buttonweed |
Spotted Jewelweed |
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| Sawfly larva |
Rose of Sharon flowers |
Rose of Sharon flower |
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| Potter's Wasp |
Polished Lady Beetle |
Japanese Spindle Tree flowers |
Grass |
Galls |
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| Flatid planthopper |
Common Woolgrass |
Climbing Hempvine |
Blowfly |
Asian Multi-Colored Lady Beetle |
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| Ambush bug nymph |
another ambush bug and three mystery insects |
Meadow Garlic, faded |
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Durham, NC 6/20/25
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| Scarlet Beebalm |
Peaches |
Spring Ladies' Tresses, fallen after storm |
American Groundnut (Apios americana) |
Oxeye Daisies |
Durham, NC 6/17/25
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| Drone Fly |
Hoverfly (Meromacrus acutus) |
Spring Ladies' Tresses |
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Durham, NC 6/16/25
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Spring Ladies' Tresses |
Spotted Lady Beetle |
Spotted Jewelweed |
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| Smallspike False Nettle |
Praying Mantis nymph |
Mating leafhoppers (Graphocephala versuta) |
Herbwilliam |
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| Grasshopper |
Caterpillar |
Carolina Wild Petunia |
Carolina Dayflower |
Mating leafhoppers (Graphocephala versuta) |
Durham, NC 6/14/25
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| Acanaloniid planthopper nymph |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles, mating |
Spring Ladies' Tresses |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
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| Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
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| Tachinid fly (Archytas metallicus) |
Tumbling flower beetle |
Mystery insect |
Praying Mantis nymph |
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Durham, NC 6/12/25
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| Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) |
Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) |
Hoverfly (Ocyptamus genus) |
Spring Ladies' Tresses |
Same Spring Ladies' Tresses |
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| Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetles |
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Durham, NC 6/11/25
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| Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) |
Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) |
Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) |
Same Tachinid fly (Belvosia genus) |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
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| Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle mating pair |
Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle |
Blowfly |
Another Blowfly |
Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) |
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| Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) |
Spring Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) |
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Durham, NC 6/10/25
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| Rose |
Tachina Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) |
Flower fly |
Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead |
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Durham, NC 6/9/25
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| Japanese Spindle Tree flowers, with ant |
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Durham, NC 6/8/25
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| Scarlet Beebalm, in a local community garden |
Peach tree |
Another part of the peach tree |
Turtle, swimming fast |
Mountain Mint, in the garden |
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| Hearts-a-bustin' seedhead |
Airliner |
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Durham, NC 6/6/25
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| Trumpet Creeper |
House Sparrow |
Sow Thistle flower |
Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis) |
Same Ladies' Tresses (Spiranthes vernalis). ID thanks to Ralph Preston. |
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| Fungus and pillbugs |
Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) |
Purple Coneflower |
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Durham, NC 6/2/25
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| Tumbling flower beetle |
Tachinid fly |
Common Eastern Physocephala (Physocephala tibialis) |
Female House Finch |
Same female House Finch |
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| Eastern Bluebird pair |
Male Eastern Bluebird |
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