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Durham, NC 7/31/20
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| Swamp Milkweed Beetles |
Ambush bug nymph |
Same ambush bug nymph |
Same ambush bug nymph |
American Black Elderberry |
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| Brazilian Verbena |
Tiny bug on Horseweed bud |
Common Wingstem |
Female Great Blue Skimmer |
American Hophornbeam |
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| Carolina Horsenettle fruits |
Horseweed seedhead |
Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Switchgrass |
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| Red Oak leaves |
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Durham, NC 7/30/20
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| Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina) |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Joe-Pye-Weed |
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Durham, NC 7/28/20
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| Ambush bug nymph |
Arabesque Orb Weaver |
Same Arabesque Orb Weaver |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Jumping spider |
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| Sand wasp (Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus) facing toward nest |
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Durham, NC 7/27/20
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| Male Great Blue Skimmer |
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Durham, NC 7/26/20
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| Sharpwing Monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus) |
Marbled Orb Weaver |
False Crocus Geometer Moth (Xanthotype urticaria) |
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Durham, NC 7/25/20
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| Goldenrod |
Ambush bug nymph |
Juvie Brown Thrasher |
Same juvie Brown Thrasher |
Same juvie Brown Thrasher |
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| Creeping Cucumber Fruit and leaf |
Another Creeping Cucumber fruit, with a mystery animal's bite taken out of it |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
Female Fiery Skipper |
Male Fiery Skipper |
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| Horseweed |
Silktree seedpods |
Virginia Spiderwort |
Yerba de tajo |
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Durham, NC 7/22/20
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| Joe-Pye-Weed |
American Bladdernut ( Staphylea trifolia) fruits, with fused calyx (epicalyx) |
More American Bladdernut ( Staphylea trifolia) fruits |
More American Bladdernut ( Staphylea trifolia) fruits. ID thanks to Christa Ruehs, who recognized the European species. |
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| Cicada Killer |
Common Nightshade (Solanum ptychanthum) |
Field Cricket |
Fly |
Tachinid fly |
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| Glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
Another glassy-winged Sharpshooter |
My local Durham marsh |
Swamp Smartweed (Persicaria hyperpeperoides) |
Common Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia) |
Durham, NC 7/20/20
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| Ambush bug nymph |
Checkered beetle (Enoclerus rosmarus) |
Male Fiery Skipper |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) |
Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) |
Durham, NC 7/19/20
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| Leafhopper nymph |
Planthopper (Rhynchomitra microrhina) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Spirobolid millipede |
Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
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| Blue Dasher |
Juvie Northern Cardinal |
Male Northern Cardinal |
Same male Northern Cardinal |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
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| Ebony Bug |
Probably leaf-footed bug eggs |
Green lacewing larva |
Katydid nymph |
Goldenrod |
Durham, NC 7/17/20
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| Appalachian Brown |
Another Appalachian Brown |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
Female Great Blue Skimmer |
Eupatorium Borer Moth (Carmenta bassiformis), Durham, NC, 7/17/20. ID thanks to William H. Taft. |
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| Hollow-stem Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium fistulosum) buds and flowers |
Another Hollow-stem Joe Pye Weed buds |
New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) |
St. Andrews' Cross, with bee and barklouse |
Another St. Andrews' Cross, with bee |
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| Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) |
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Durham, NC 7/16/20
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| Striped Lynx Spider |
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Joe Pye Weed |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) |
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| Female Great Blue Skimmer |
Broad-shouldered Sharpshooter (Oncometopia orbona) |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruits |
Mystery fruit tree, probably an introduced species |
Lauxaniid fly |
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| Blooming sedge |
Mystery wasp |
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Durham, NC 7/15/20
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| Long-legged fly with blood-filled Gallinipper prey |
Mystery moth |
Hentz Orb Weaver (Neoscona crucifera) |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Sedge in bloom |
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| Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) fruits |
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) inflorescence |
Faded Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) inflorescence |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) fruit |
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Durham, NC 7/14/20
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| Asian Multi-colored Ladybug |
Billbug |
Boxelder samaras |
Carolina Petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis) |
Flat-footed fly |
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| Fly |
Froghopper |
Gallinipper |
American Hophornbeam |
Joe Pye Weed |
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| Leaf-footed bug nymph |
Lights out front |
Hentz Orb Weaver |
Derbid planthopper (Mysidia mississippiensis) |
Planthopper parasite moth caterpillar |
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| Teneral Eastern Pondhawk |
Common St. John's Wort |
Web |
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Swamp Milkweed Beetle |
Durham, NC 7/13/20
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| Spreading False Foxglove (Aureolaria patula) |
Swamp Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) |
Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) |
Mosquito larva |
Tadpole (front view) |
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| Gray Catbird |
Cryptocephalid beetle larva |
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Durham, NC 7/12/20
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| Black-eyed Susan: two views |
Leafhopper (Sibovia occatoria) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket |
Trumpet Creeper bud |
Basilica Spider |
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| Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) |
Egg mass |
False Dandelion (Hypochaeris radicata) |
Sepal of a Black-eyed Susan |
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Durham, NC 7/11/20
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| Ambush bug nymph |
Aphid |
Mating Cocklebur Weevils |
Same ating Cocklebur Weevils |
Creeping Cucumber fruit |
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| Creeping Cucumber leaf and flower |
Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
More Common Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) |
Elongate springtails |
Katydid nymph |
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| Glassy-winged Sharpshooter nymph |
Ragweed Leaf Beetle (Zygogramma suturalis) |
Seed |
Violet Dancer |
Mystery white stuff |
Durham, NC 7/10/20
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| Lace bug |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) |
Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Acanaloniid planthopper nymph |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle larva and aphid |
Durham, NC 7/9/20
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| Tiny leaf beetle |
Another tiny leaf beetle |
Broad-nosed weevil |
Buffalo Treehopper |
Green Lynx Spider |
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| Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Spotted Jewelweed |
Spotted Ladybug Beetle |
Striped Lynx Spider |
Ambush bug nymph |
Durham, NC 7/8/20
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
Same Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
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| Same Smooth Crabgrass (Digitaria ischaemum) |
Katydid nymph |
Least Skipper |
Long-legged fly |
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| Pennsylvania Smartweed (Persicaria pensylvanica) |
Virginia Buttonweed (Diodia virginiana) |
Ambush bug nymph |
Asian Multi-colored Ladybug Beetle |
Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) |
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| Click beetle |
Crayfish hole |
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Durham, NC 7/7/20
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| Brown Stink Bug |
Ground Skink |
Common St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) |
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Durham, NC 7/6/20
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| Blue form Citrine Forktail female |
Froghopper (Clastroptera genus) |
Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
Herbwilliam (Ptilimnium capillaceum) |
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| Leafhopper (Graphocephala versuta) |
Mantis exuvia |
Flat-footed fly (Melanderomyia genus, Platypezidae family) |
Pennsylvania Smartweed |
Smartweed |
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| Treehopper (Entylia carinata) |
Trangulate Orb Weaver |
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Durham, NC 7/4/20
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) leaves, flower, and fruit |
Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower and fruit |
Another Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower and fruit |
Another Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) flower and fruit |
Eastern Tailed-blue |
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| Fiddle Dock |
Field Madder |
American Hophornbeam (Ostrya americana) |
Mock Strawberry (Duchesna indica) |
Weevil |
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| Ambush bug nymph |
Bowl-and-doily Spider |
Mystery bush |
Same mystery bush fruit and leaves |
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| Chloropid fly |
Crabgrass |
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Durham, NC 7/3/20
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| Cocklebur Weevil |
Female Common Whitetail |
Another type of crabgrass |
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| Creeping Cucumber (Melothria pendula) |
Double Ditchlily, maybe a variety of Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva). |
Gray Everlasting |
Green Lynx Spider |
Katydid nymph |
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| Six-spotted Shining Leaf Beetle |
Pennsylvania Smartweed (Polygonum pensylvanica) |
Assassin bug |
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Durham, NC 7/2/20
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| Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron anuus) seedhead |
Hearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) fruit |
Planthopper nymph |
Polished Ladybug Beetle (Cycloneda munda) with aphid prey |
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| Red-headed Bush Cricket nymph |
Brown Stink Bug |
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) inflorescence |
Aphids |
Crabgrass (Digitaria genus) |
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| Cryptocephalid beetle larva |
Another cryptocephalid beetle larva |
Dusky Ladybug Beetle |
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Durham, NC 7/1/20
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| Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) |
Crabgrass |
Gladiolus (ours) |
Jumping spider |
Pearl Crescent |
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| Early-instar Tarnished Plant Bug nymph |
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