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Durham, NC 9/30/20
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| Leaf beetle (Calligrapha bidenticola) |
Chiles |
Cloudless Sulphur |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower and leaf |
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Another Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
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| Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seeds |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) seeds from another bush |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) |
Fork-tailed Katydid on Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
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| Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Mystery wildflower |
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Durham, NC 9/29/20
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| Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Same antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Antmimic jumping spider (Peckhamia americana) |
Same Antmimic jumping spider (Peckhamia americana) |
Female Downy Woodpecker |
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| Mystery insect, probably a nymph or larva |
Probably a Tall Tick-trefoil |
Prostrate Spurge |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Thicket Bean, recovering with a new leaf |
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| White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar (Orgyia leucostigma) |
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Durham, NC 9/28/20
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| American Snout |
Antmimic jumping spider (Synemosyna formica) |
Tachinid fly |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
Fork-tailed Katydid |
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| Maybe Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula) flower |
Maybe Downy Lobelia (Lobelia puberula), whole plant |
Marbled Salamander, seen during a heavy rain. Copyright © 2020 by Peter Reintjes |
Rabid Wolf Spider with egg sac |
Thicket Bean, with new leaf after having lost all of them |
Durham, NC 9/27/20
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| Appalachian Brown |
Ailanthus Webworm Moth |
Yellow-and-black garden spider |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle, at the end of its life |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
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| Beet Webworm Moth |
Another Beet Webworm Moth |
Mystery aster, resembling a Southwestern Bidens species |
Common Buckeye |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
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| Clouded Plant Bug |
Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel (Oxalis stricta) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruit, faded |
Cuckoo wasp |
Dog Fennel blooms |
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| Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Hairy White Oldfield Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum) |
Grasshopper |
Gray Hairstreak |
Jumping spider (Hentzia palmarum) |
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| Leafcutter bee |
Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Leafhopper (probably Graphocephala versuta), freshly molted |
The exuvia of the leafhopper on the left |
Orb weaver |
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| Partridgeberry |
Pearl Crescent |
Pearl Crescent |
Sleepy Orange |
Smartweed Caterpillar with exuvia |
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| Mystery spider |
Same mystery spider |
Spotted Cucumber Beetle |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) flower, with aphid |
Spotted Jewelweed flowers (Impatiens capensis) |
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| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) seedheads |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Thread-waisted wasp |
Tumbling Flower Beetle |
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| Two-lined Froghopper |
Mystery plant, maybe Virginia Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana) |
Another mystery plant |
Winged ant |
Mystery |
Durham, NC 9/26/20
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Long-legged fly |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
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Durham, NC 9/24/20
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Polished Ladybug Beetles, mating |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
Scuttle fly |
Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
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| Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Clouded Skipper |
Crab spider with fly prey |
Fly caught by spider |
Redtop (Tridens flavus) |
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| Same Redtop (Tridens flavus) |
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Durham, NC 9/23/20
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| Carolina Wren |
Same Carolina Wren |
Mystery grass |
Japanese Mazus, with dew |
Malaysian False Pimpernel |
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| Parasitoid wasp (Gelis genus). Winglessness is apparently related to the time of year, when such wasps stay on the ground. ID thanks to John Rosenfeld. |
Another parasitoid wasp |
Rove beetle (Platydracus genus) |
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Durham, NC 9/22/20
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| Yellow-and-Black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Yellow Woolly Bear? |
Mystery caterpillar, probably a color atypical for its species |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Another Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
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| Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
Pearl Crescents |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) |
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| Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa), which has the identifying "fringe of hairs at the top of the ochrea" from https://alchetron.com/Persicaria-maculosa by Girish Mahajan. |
Stink bug nymph |
Viceroy |
Same Viceroy |
White-marked Tussock Moth caterpillar |
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| Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar |
Another Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar |
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Durham, NC 9/21/20
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| Common Buckeye |
Same Common Buckeye |
Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum), Durham, NC, 9/21/20 |
Mystery wildflower |
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| Yellow Woolly Bear (Spilosoma virginica) |
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Durham, NC 9/20/20
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| Pink Muhly Grass |
Smartweed Caterpillar (Acronicta oblinita) |
White Nuthatch |
Yellow-necked Caterpillars (Datana ministra) on Blackjack Oak leaves |
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Durham, NC 9/19/20
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| Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Same Daring Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
Pine Sphinx caterpillar |
Leaf beetle (Paria quadrinotata) |
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| Yellow Woolly Bear caterpillar (Spilosoma virginica) |
Climbing Hempvine (Mikania scandens) |
Yellow-and-black Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
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| Possibly a leafcutter bee |
Same bee |
Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) |
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
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| Carolina Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Clouded Plant Bug |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle eggs |
Mystery fly |
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| Another mystery fly |
Honeybee on Common Wingstem |
Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria) |
Marsh Fleabane (Pluchea odorata), faded |
Northern Mockingbird |
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| Pearl Crescent |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Lone Pickerelweed among Swamp Smartweed |
Smartweed Caterpillar (Acronicta oblinita) |
Another Smartweed Caterpillar (Acronicta oblinita) |
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| Spotted Ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) |
Close-up of Southern Crabgrass (Digitaria ciliaris) |
Virgin's Bower seedhead (Clematis virginiana) |
Yellow-necked Caterpillars (Datana ministra) on the branch of a Blackjack Oak. |
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Durham, NC 9/18/20
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| Web of spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina) |
Sleepy Orange |
Thread-waisted wasp |
Ichneumon wasp |
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| Wild grapes |
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Durham, NC 9/16/20
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| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Bowl-and-Doily Spider |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) and Little Whitish Morning Glory |
Leafy Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flower |
Leafy Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) flower and leaves |
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| Leafy Elephant's Foot plant |
Another Leafy Elephant's Foot plant |
Handsome Meadow Katydid |
Jumping spider (juvie female Colonus sylvanus) |
Tiny jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) |
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| Monarch Caterpillar |
Mystery object, maybe spider prey |
Running crab spider with the mystery prey |
Red-spotted Purple |
Wasp (Scolia nobilitata) |
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| Smooth Crabgrass |
Spider wasp |
Tall Tick-trefoil flower and pea pod |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) with developing petals |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) plant |
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| Chalcid wasp |
Same Chalciid wasp |
Yellow Collared Scape Moth |
Yellow Poplar Weevil |
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Durham, NC 9/15/20
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| Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata) |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Faded Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruit |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa), showing how emerging petals turn green and peel back. |
Female Eastern Bluebird |
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| Late-blooming goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) fruit, with damage |
Ripe Hearts-a-bustin (Euonymus americanus) fruit with seeds |
Moth |
Mushrooms |
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| Arabesque Orb Weaver |
Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) |
Annual Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) |
Eastern Gray Squirrel |
Tarnished Plant Bug |
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| Yellow Woolly Bear (Spilosoma virginica) |
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Durham, NC 9/13/20
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| Arrow-shaped Micrathena (Micrathena sagittata) |
Caterpillar |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) infloresence |
Another Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) inflorescence |
Tall Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
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| Elephant's Foot leaves |
False Dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata) seedhead |
European Honeybee aiming tongue at leaf, not afraid of photographer |
Same honeybee |
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| Same honeybee |
Insect-like object |
Male midge |
Southern Crabgrass seed |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
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| Triangulate Orb Weaver |
Appalachian Brown |
Goldenrod, just starting to bloom |
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) fruits |
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Durham, NC 9/12/20
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| Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Same Brown Thrasher |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) flowers |
Common Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium) |
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| Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa), showing the appearance of petals that are later discarded. |
Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa), showing fading of a potential petal. It might have evolved to discard its petals in favor of these petal-like leaves. |
Gall |
Male American Goldfinch |
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| Same male American Goldfinch |
Hearts-a-bustin' |
Honeybee on Common Wingstem |
Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) flower |
Another Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) flower (upside down) |
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| Another Malaysian False Pimpernel (Lindernia crustacea) flower |
Two-lined Froghopper |
Arrowleaf Tearthumb (Persicaria sagittata), in swamp |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
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| Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) |
Common Buckeye on Pickerelweed |
Beefsteak Plants (Perilla frutescens) |
Common Wingstems (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Female Fiery Skipper |
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| Mushrooms |
More mushrooms |
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Durham, NC 9/10/20
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| White-banded Crab Spider |
Leafy Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Leafy Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus carolinianus) |
Yellow Woolly Bear Caterpillar |
Crab spider |
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| Tall Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
Honeybee on Tall Ironweed |
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| Pink Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) flowers |
Purple Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) flowers |
Jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Another jumping spider (Eris militaris) |
Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) with prey |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia genus) |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina) |
Nursery Web Spider |
Same Nursery Web Spider |
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| Tiny mystery spider |
Mystery spider |
Spider wasp |
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) |
Bearded Beggarticks (Bidens aristosa) |
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| Sycamore Tussock Moth (Halysidota harrisii) caterpillar |
Long-tailed Skipper |
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Durham, NC 9/8/20
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| Clouded Plant Bug (Neurocolpus nubilus) |
Appalachian Brown |
Another Appalachian Brown |
A third Appalachian Brown |
A fourth Appalachian Brown |
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| Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) |
Threelobe Beggarticks (Bidens tripartita), with yellow petals emerging |
Eastern Gama Grass |
More Eastern Gama Grass |
Eastern Daisy Fleabane |
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| Early-blooming goldenrod (Solidago genus) |
Tall Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent |
Same Pearl Crescent, backlit |
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| Seedbox |
Thicket Bean |
Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
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Durham, NC 9/6/20
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| Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Giant Ironweed |
Same male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Giant Ironweed |
Tussock moth caterpillar |
Virginia Dayflower (Commelina virginiana) |
Appalachian Brown |
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| Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Tall Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
Another Tall Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium glabellum) |
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| Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Same Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Froghopper |
Goldenrod (Solidago genus), with buds |
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| Handsome Meadow Katydid |
Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) |
Little fruit fly on Rose of Sharon |
Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
Another Little White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) |
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| Pandora Sphinx caterpillar |
Amberique-Bean, maybe. Usually they're pink, but this one is different. |
Same Amberique-Bean |
Ragweed? |
Short-winged Meadow Katydid |
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| Mystery spider |
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Durham, NC 9/5/20
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| Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) with buds |
Another Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens) with flowers |
Ants tending aphids |
Caterpillar (probably a member of the Geometridae family) |
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris) |
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| Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) bloom with (apparently temporary) yellow petals |
Fly |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Common or West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Tiny orb weaver |
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| Snout moth |
Mystery spider |
Same mystery spider |
Spined Soldier Bug |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
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| Leaf-footed bug nymph |
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Durham, NC 9/4/20
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| Mating thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) |
Same mating thread-waisted wasps (Eremnophila aureonotata) |
Thread-waisted wasp (Eremnophila aureonotata) |
Garden spider (Argiope aurantia) |
Cattail Caterpillar Moth (Acronicta insularis) |
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| Male Citrine Forktail |
Clouded Skipper |
Drone Fly |
Mystery eggs |
Fork-tailed Katydid |
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| Black-bordered Lemon Moth |
Common or West Indian Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Teneral Eastern Pondhawk |
Male Rambur's Forktail |
Rough Stink Bug |
Durham, NC 9/3/20
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| Ambush bug |
Arrow-shaped Micrathena |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Assassin bug (Zelus luridus) |
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| Jumping spider (Hentzia mitrata) with fly prey |
Jumping spider |
Same jumping spider |
Long-spurred Meadow Katydid |
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| Orb weaver web |
Wild Sensitive Plant |
Mystery wildflower |
Yellow Poplar Weevil |
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Durham, NC 9/2/20
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| Swamp Agrimony (Agrimonia parviflora) |
Appalachian Brown |
Black-eyed Susan |
Cardinal Flower |
Goldenrod Crab Spider |
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| Teneral (Copes?) Gray Treefrog |
Same teneral (Copes?) Gray Treefrog |
Marsh Dewflower (Murdannia keisak) |
Oakworm caterpillar |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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| Same Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Mystery wildflower |
Red-banded Hairstreak |
Same Red-banded Hairstreak |
Same Red-banded Hairstreak |
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