Latitude: 35.260596
Longitude: -78.240178
Elevation: 49 meters / 161 feet
Barometric Pressure 1007KPa

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20151110-RD-LSC-0647 by USDAgov
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20151110-RD-LSC-0645 by USDAgov
Bitty orb-weaver by cotinis, HA 21! This tiny orb-weaver was a new one for me.
Araneus miniatus (female, ~4 mm body)
References
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Bitty orb-weaver by cotinis
Robberfly--female by cotinis, There were several of these tiny (11-14 mm) robberflies in a sandy patch on a trail. I saw this fema
Robberfly--female by cotinis
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis, Big fly won. These images are reprocessed versions of some I posted earlier. This is:
Efferia (Albib
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis
Dogwood borer by cotinis, <i><a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/29056" rel="nofollow">Synanthedon scitula</a></i>, a prett
Dogwood borer by cotinis
Tiger on sandy road by cotinis, This lovely beetle was found on a sandy road on a cool spring day (25 April 2021) at Howell Woods, J
Tiger on sandy road by cotinis
Harper House #1 by tclaud2002, The Harper House, Built in the 1850's, was used as a Union hospital at the Battle of Bentonville nea
Harper House #1 by tclaud2002
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis, Big fly won. These images are reprocessed versions of some I posted earlier. This is:
Efferia (Albib
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis
Tiger on sandy road by cotinis, This lovely beetle was found on a sandy road on a cool spring day (25 April 2021) at Howell Woods, J
Tiger on sandy road by cotinis
Fly doing the wave-2 by cotinis, Euxesta notata (or a similar species), likely a male (female has prominent ovipositor and a yellow b
Fly doing the wave-2 by cotinis
Fly doing the wave-1 by cotinis, Euxesta notata (or a similar species), likely a male (female has prominent ovipositor and a yellow b
Fly doing the wave-1 by cotinis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillar by cotinis, <i>Saucrobotys futilalis</i>, on Dogbane, <i>Apocynum cannabinum</i>.
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Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillar by cotinis
Happy Asilid Friday by cotinis, Efferia (Nerax) apicalis (male)
<a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/186922" rel="noreferrer nofo
Happy Asilid Friday by cotinis
Happy Asilid Friday by cotinis, Efferia (Nerax) apicalis (male)
<a href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/186922" rel="noreferrer nofo
Happy Asilid Friday by cotinis
Happy tach Friday! by cotinis, An interesting tachinid fly seen some time ago at Howell Woods reserve in Johnston County, NC. This
Happy tach Friday! by cotinis
Hovering horsefly by cotinis, Several of these were hovering very steadily over the trail through a swamp on a cool spring morning
Hovering horsefly by cotinis
Barn Spider by cotinis, <i>Neoscona crucifera</i>, I think.
-BugGuide account--<i><a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/281
Barn Spider by cotinis
20151110-USDA-OC-PSD-0078 by USDAgov, Rolls of hay at Doug Jernigan Farms, a three-generation family farm and employer who, a few months e
20151110-USDA-OC-PSD-0078 by USDAgov
Happy tach Friday! by cotinis, An interesting tachinid fly seen some time ago at Howell Woods reserve in Johnston County, NC. This
Happy tach Friday! by cotinis
Antlion adult by cotinis, I saw this fluttering along a trail, and it finally stopped, clinging to the stem of a shrub. I beli
Antlion adult by cotinis
Westbrook Grove by Craig Ladd Photography, church field landscape god farm south southern hay oldmill westbrookgrove wesbrookgrove
Westbrook Grove by Craig Ladd Photography
Pair of jumpers by cotinis, These spiders were close to each other, but they are colored so differently, I did not realize they
Pair of jumpers by cotinis
Male orchard orbweaver by cotinis, A detail shot of the spider in the adjacent frame. You can see the enlarged pedipalps typical of a m
Male orchard orbweaver by cotinis
Scudderia nymph by cotinis, Brightly-colored nymph of a katydid, chewing on <i>Smilax</i>--the opinion on BugGuide is that these
Scudderia nymph by cotinis
Thread-waisted Wasp by cotinis, These are very flighty, but this kept coming back to the same spot in the sand and digging madly. I
Thread-waisted Wasp by cotinis
Antlion adult--detail by cotinis, I saw this fluttering along a trail, and it finally stopped, clinging to the stem of a shrub. I beli
Antlion adult--detail by cotinis
Robberfly--male by cotinis, A male <i>Efferia</i>, very small (11-14 mm perhaps).
Identified as <i><a href="http://bugguide.net/
Robberfly--male by cotinis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillars by cotinis, <i>Saucrobotys futilalis</i>, on Dogbane, <i>Apocynum cannabinum</i>.
-BugGuide account--<i><a href=
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillars by cotinis
Pair of jumpers by cotinis, These spiders were close to each other, but they are colored so differently, I did not realize they
Pair of jumpers by cotinis
Robber Fly by cotinis, <i>Laphria</i> species.
-BugGuide account--<i><a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/5234">Laphria</
Robber Fly by cotinis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillar by cotinis, <i>Saucrobotys futilalis</i>, on Dogbane, <i>Apocynum cannabinum</i>. They form a communal silk nest
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth Caterpillar by cotinis
HWW! by cotinis, I found this delicate damselfly in the reeds on the border of a pond a Howell Woods in Johnston Coun
HWW! by cotinis
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis, Big fly won. These images are reprocessed versions of some I posted earlier. This is:
Efferia (Albib
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis
Battle of Bentonville 145th Anniversary 12 by ncculture, northcarolina civilwarreenactment nculuturecom bentonvillebattlefieldstatehistoricsite
Battle of Bentonville 145th Anniversary 12 by ncculture
Sand lover by cotinis, Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila species 
References
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Sand lover by cotinis
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis, Big fly won. These images are reprocessed versions of some I posted earlier. This is:
Efferia (Albib
Big fly vs. little fly by cotinis
Soldier beetle by cotinis, A little <i><a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/9448" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Podabrus</a></i>
Soldier beetle by cotinis
Remains of Confederate Earthworks -- Bentonville (NC) by Ron Cogswell, Photo of Confederate earthworks at the Bentonville (NC) Civil War Battlefield, taken by Ron Cogswell
Remains of Confederate Earthworks -- Bentonville (NC) by Ron Cogswell
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Last Light at Bentonville by Rob Shenk
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5964 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5964 by bobistraveling
Big fly (showing ovipositor) by cotinis, Big fly won. These images are reprocessed versions of some I posted earlier. This is:
Efferia (Albib
Big fly (showing ovipositor) by cotinis
Britt Farmall by Craig Ladd Photography, field farm hay britt farmall lifegroup
Britt Farmall by Craig Ladd Photography
Both in one frame by cotinis, Orchard Orbweaver - Leucauge venusta (male on left, female on right)
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Both in one frame by cotinis
Galls (ID corrected) by cotinis, I found these galls on the leaves of Hickory (Carya species) at Howell Woods in Johnston County, NC
Galls (ID corrected) by cotinis
Longhorn 2 by cotinis, Flower Longhorn - Typocerus lunulatus (8-12 mm)
I think this beetle is a mimic of wasps such as Scol
Longhorn 2 by cotinis
Another jumper by cotinis, Jumping Spider - Paraphidippus aurantius (female, ~8-12 mm)
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Another jumper by cotinis
Galls--ID corrected by cotinis, I found these galls on the leaves of Hickory (Carya species) at Howell Woods in Johnston County, NC
Galls--ID corrected by cotinis
Hovering horsefly by cotinis, Several of these were hovering very steadily over the trail through a swamp on a cool spring morning
Hovering horsefly by cotinis
Wetland Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5986 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Wetland Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5986 by bobistraveling
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5962 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5962 by bobistraveling
Big cottony gall by cotinis, Wool Sower Gall Wasp - Callirhytis seminator
on Swamp Chestnut Oak - Quercus michauxii
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Big cottony gall by cotinis
Country Road | Bentonville, NC by Craig Ladd Photography, road hdr bentonville newtongrove cllphoto
Country Road | Bentonville, NC by Craig Ladd Photography
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5997 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5997 by bobistraveling
Hovering horsefly by cotinis, Another view for ID confirmation.
Looks to be Hybomitra lasiophthalma (male, ~14 mm)
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Hovering horsefly by cotinis
Little black beetle by cotinis, I think this is a...
Soldier Beetle - Cantharidae species (4-5 mm)
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Little black beetle by cotinis
Wetland Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5984 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Wetland Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5984 by bobistraveling
Big, black, and yellow by cotinis, Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp - Megarhyssa atrata (female, body ~35 mm, ovipositor perhaps 130 mm--5
Big, black, and yellow by cotinis
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5963 by bobistraveling, park nature environmentalcenter howellwoods
Prairie Howell Woods Four Oaks NC 5963 by bobistraveling
Little black beetle by cotinis, I think this is a...
Soldier Beetle - Cantharidae species (4-5 mm)
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Little black beetle by cotinis