Latitude: 36.2184765
Longitude: -78.835284
Elevation: -10000 meters / -32808 feet
Barometric Pressure 2951KPa

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Happy cicada Wing Wednesday by cotinis, This male cicada came flying into a shrub next to a trail and started to make its buzzy song very lo
Happy cicada Wing Wednesday by cotinis
Conehead for WW by cotinis, Swift Conehead - Neoconocephalus velox (female, length 62 mm overall, ~45 mm to apparent tip of abdo
Conehead for WW by cotinis
Hopper having a snack-2 by cotinis, Melanoplus scudderi - Scudder's Short-wing Grasshopper (which may be a species group). I think this
Hopper having a snack-2 by cotinis
Happy Bomber Fly Friday! by cotinis, This large bee fly was found in close association with a colony of alkali bees (Halictidae), Nomia n
Happy Bomber Fly Friday! by cotinis
Horton Grove - Meadow by sentient_beard, Opened in 2012, Horton Grove Nature Preserve is Triangle Land Conservancy’s largest public preserve.
Horton Grove - Meadow by sentient_beard
désarmé (2013) by dvsmith, La Maupin (MM# <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/2642652" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">2642652</
désarmé (2013) by dvsmith
Wild eye by cotinis, Closer shot of a female Ululodes quadripunctatus, showing the divided eye, characteristic of this ge
Wild eye by cotinis
A Bee's Eye View of a World of Flowers by snapdragginphoto, Mutualism … that’s a scientific term for the relationship between two dissimilar organisms that bene
A Bee's Eye View of a World of Flowers by snapdragginphoto
Risen by snapdragginphoto, This is a cereus spiralis cactus from my garden. It flowers with a stunning bloom, but it only bloom
Risen by snapdragginphoto
Owfly by cotinis, One from my archives, taken with my original digital SLR, a  Canon 10D. I am much better at careful
Owfly by cotinis
I am a twig! by cotinis, Male owlfly in cryptic pose. Captured at same site as female posted earlier and posed. Males have th
I am a twig! by cotinis
Blush by snapdragginphoto, Photography-in place… that’s what it’s come to lately, so the landscapes are just a tad tighter than
Blush by snapdragginphoto
Farmscape by dvsmith, Fuji Superia 400
EOS Elan IIe (I think; looks like a Tamron 28-80 f/3.5-5.6 lens)
Scanned with a Nik
Farmscape by dvsmith
Arisaema Sikokianum by snapdragginphoto, Also known as Japanese jack-in-the-pulpit, this flower has become a standout in my gardens. I decide
Arisaema Sikokianum by snapdragginphoto
5 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.49 by bobistraveling, nature durham hortongrove
5 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.49 by bobistraveling
BRF-antennae by cotinis, This BRF (Big Robber Fly) is:
Red-footed cannibal fly - Promachus rufipes (female)
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BRF-antennae by cotinis
Happy robber fly Friday by cotinis, This colorful robber fly was found fluttering against a wall near a lighted building on a summer mor
Happy robber fly Friday by cotinis
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis, This spider apparently got into my car while I was parked under a tree with the windows cracked. It
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis
Found resting by cotinis, This lovely moth was found several years ago on a field trip to the Flat River area north of Durham
Found resting by cotinis
Chilled sleepy oranges by cotinis, I believe somebody netted these butterflies for closer examination and they just hung out on peoples
Chilled sleepy oranges by cotinis
Happy Velvet Arachtober 21st by cotinis, Found on a woodland trail and captured for some photos.
True velvet mite - Trombidiidae species
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Happy Velvet Arachtober 21st by cotinis
Wings so blue for Wing Wednesday by cotinis, I found this pretty wasp in Durham, NC taking nectar on Hoary Mountain-mint, Pycnanthemum incanum, o
Wings so blue for Wing Wednesday by cotinis
Rather rare fly by cotinis, I have seen this fly but once, some years ago. Larvae are slug-like and live in ant nests, where the
Rather rare fly by cotinis
HFDF 3 May 2019 by cotinis, A syrphid fly - Palpada vinetorum (male, I think)
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HFDF 3 May 2019 by cotinis
Currents by Jeff NC, Butner/Neuse Game Lands

IR-converted Pentax K-5
720nm plus polarizing filters
SMC Pentax 1:1.8 55mm
Currents by Jeff NC
Historic Stagville by ArtByChrysti, trees chimney house home mobile square landscape nc durham farm northcarolina civilwar plantation an
Historic Stagville by ArtByChrysti
Bee mimic fly day by cotinis, HFDF! This attractive bee-mimic fly was seen on an early summer walk at Horton Grove Preserve in Dur
Bee mimic fly day by cotinis
Happy fuzzy wing Wednesday! by cotinis, Bordelon's Prominent - Peridea bordeloni Miller, 2018 - female,  Hodges number 7921.1
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Happy fuzzy wing Wednesday! by cotinis
Orange and smoky by cotinis, Pyromorpha dimidiata - Orange-patched Smoky Moth - Hodges No. 4639
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Orange and smoky by cotinis
BRF-dorsolateral by cotinis, This BRF (Big Robber Fly) is:
Red-footed cannibal fly - Promachus rufipes (female)
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BRF-dorsolateral by cotinis
Wings so blue by cotinis, I found this pretty wasp in Durham, NC taking nectar on Hoary Mountain-mint, Pycnanthemum incanum, o
Wings so blue by cotinis
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis, This spider apparently got into my car while I was parked under a tree with the windows cracked. It
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis
HA 21 by cotinis, I found this crab spider because there was a dead carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) lying below it.
HA 21 by cotinis
HHTDF! by cotinis, A hanging-thief, Diogmites species. I think this is the only time I have photographed one with prey.
HHTDF! by cotinis
HA 21 by cotinis, I found this crab spider because there was a dead carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) lying below it.
HA 21 by cotinis
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Rather rare fly by cotinis, I have seen this fly but once, some years ago. Larvae are slug-like and live in ant nests, where the
Rather rare fly by cotinis
Rare syrphid--detail shot by cotinis, For the iNaturalist record, this is about the best detail shot I have. 
Microdon megalogaster
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Rare syrphid--detail shot by cotinis
HHTDF! by cotinis, A hanging-thief, Diogmites species. I think this is the only time I have photographed one with prey.
HHTDF! by cotinis
Perfect camouflage by cotinis, Hiking at Horton Grove Preserve (Durham County NC) on a warm summer day, there was lots of insect ac
Perfect camouflage by cotinis
Chilled sleepy oranges by cotinis, I believe somebody netted these butterflies for closer examination and they just hung out on peoples
Chilled sleepy oranges by cotinis
Found resting by cotinis, This lovely moth was found several years ago on a field trip to the Flat River area north of Durham
Found resting by cotinis
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis, This spider apparently got into my car while I was parked under a tree with the windows cracked. It
Steering wheel jumper by cotinis
Boo-beetle by cotinis, Eyed Click Beetle - Alaus oculatus
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Boo-beetle by cotinis
Tiger from the past by cotinis, Eastern Red-bellied Tiger Beetle - Cicindelidia rufiventris (ssp. rufiventris)
References
- Beaton,
Tiger from the past by cotinis
HA 11 by cotinis, This pretty spider was seen at the Horton Grove Preserve north of Durham, NC (USA) on 6 October 2012
HA 11 by cotinis
HFDF (Bastille Day!) by cotinis, Stilt-legged Fly - Taeniaptera trivittata (~10 mm)
The markings on the legs and waving behavior are
HFDF (Bastille Day!) by cotinis
HA 13 by cotinis, This diminutive orb weaver was found at Horton Grove Preserve, Durham County, NC (USA) on 6 October
HA 13 by cotinis
BSSL-HWW by cotinis, This fresh-looking dragonfly was cruising along a trail at Horton Grove Reserve, Durham North Caroli
BSSL-HWW by cotinis
Little robber (HFDF) by cotinis, Robberfly - Ommatius tibialis (male, ~12 mm)
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Little robber (HFDF) by cotinis
Happy pointy A14 by cotinis, This very spiny little spider was found 6 October 2012 at the Horton Grove Preserve near Durham, NC
Happy pointy A14 by cotinis
57 Rue-anemone Flat River Durham NC 8685 by bobistraveling, Flat River impoundment off old oxford roadflower nc durham wildflowers
57 Rue-anemone Flat River Durham NC 8685 by bobistraveling
13 Spring Beauty Flat River Durham NC 8628 by bobistraveling, Flat River impoundment off old oxford roadflower nc durham wildflowers
13 Spring Beauty Flat River Durham NC 8628 by bobistraveling
BSSL-HWW by cotinis, This fresh-looking dragonfly was cruising along a trail at Horton Grove Reserve, Durham North Caroli
BSSL-HWW by cotinis
Bright Braconid by cotinis, This colorful wasp was investigating standing dead wood at Horton Grove Preserve in Durham County NC
Bright Braconid by cotinis
HA 17! by cotinis, I found this attractive little jumping spider in old field vegetation in Durham County, NC (USA) on
HA 17! by cotinis
3 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.16 by bobistraveling, nature durham hortongrove
3 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.16 by bobistraveling
4 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.46 by bobistraveling, nature durham hortongrove
4 Pond Horton Grove Durham NC 09.33.46 by bobistraveling
HA 13 by cotinis, This diminutive orb weaver was found at Horton Grove Preserve, Durham County, NC (USA) on 6 October
HA 13 by cotinis
Bright Braconid by cotinis, This colorful wasp was investigating standing dead wood at Horton Grove Preserve in Durham County NC
Bright Braconid by cotinis