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2 0 Tiger Bee Fly

Tiger Bee Fly

by suzybousaNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Heritage Shores Nature

4 0 Indian Blanket

Indian Blanket

by suzybousaNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Heritage Shores Nature

0 0 Soft Greeneyes

Soft Greeneyes

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Tortoise Heritage

0 1 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Cluster of very small (< 3 mm) spiders that recently hatched.

0 0 Fiddler Crab

Fiddler Crab

by suzybousaNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Only the male fiddler has the single large claw which he uses for protection ...

0 0 Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove

Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Herb with yellow, foxglove-shaped flowers and simple hairy leaves.

0 0 Hairystem Spiderwort

Hairystem Spiderwort

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

A low-growing, compact spiderwort with deep-purple, three-parted flowers. The ...

1 0 Greater Tickseed

Greater Tickseed

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

A coreopsis up to 3 feet tall with vivid yellow blooms in midsummer as much as ...

1 0 Blue Corporal Dragonfly

Blue Corporal Dragonfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Female blue corporals (like this spotting) are brown with "corporal stripes" on ...

0 0 Ornate Pennant Dragonfly

Ornate Pennant Dragonfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Females/imm males have yellowish markings on thorax.

0 0 Southern Crabapple

Southern Crabapple

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

palatable when raw, but can be used to make jellies, jams and food

19 7 Netleaf Leather Flower

Netleaf Leather Flower

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The plant can be identified by its angled, vining stems, rounded leaflets, and ...

0 0 Fetterbush Lyonia

Fetterbush Lyonia

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Shinyleaf or fetterbush is a 3-5 ft. high suckering, open, arching evergreen ...

0 0 Variable Dancer Damselfly

Variable Dancer Damselfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The variable dancer (Argia fumipennis) is a damselfly of the family ...

0 0 Bee Fly

Bee Fly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

A large bee-fly that flies in late spring to summer, similar to Bombylius ...

0 0 Southern Nodding Trillium

Southern Nodding Trillium

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Southern Nodding Trillium is a spring flowering perennial plant. It hangs its ...

2 0 Bird's Foot Violet

Bird's Foot Violet

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Herbaceous perennial violet that is lilac/purple in color. Bird's foot violet ...

1 0 Lanceleaf Trillium

Lanceleaf Trillium

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Lanceleaf Trillium is a small trillium with a sessile maroon blossom.

3 0 Golden Net-wing Beetle

Golden Net-wing Beetle

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Beelte with red to orangish red wings. Black venter, black spot on pronotal ...

3 2 Calico Pennant

Calico Pennant

by bullingerGreenville, South Carolina, USA

Yellow markings indicate this is a female.

0 0 Question Mark Butterfly

Question Mark Butterfly

by bullingerGreenville, South Carolina, USA

This butterfly was in the grass around a bog. The entire area was teeming with ...

0 2 Calico Pennant

Calico Pennant

by bullingerGreenville, South Carolina, USA

The red markings indicate that this was a male.

1 0 Carolina Sandwort

Carolina Sandwort

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Cluster of these bright white blossoms decorate the longleaf pine forest floors ...

0 2 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksWindsor, South Carolina, USA

Wildflower with blue flowers on a long stalk. Leaves are oblong.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Fern with leaves containing serrated edges. Fern was about 15 inches in ...

6 2 Bearded Tooth Fungus

Bearded Tooth Fungus

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Fleshy, off-white fungus about the size of a softball growing on the side of a ...

6 1 Shooting Star

Shooting Star

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

From each basal rosette of lance-shaped leaves come 1-4 sturdy, leafless, ...

0 0 Brown-headed Nuthatch

Brown-headed Nuthatch

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) is a small songbird found in pine ...

1 0 Lanceleaf Trillium

Lanceleaf Trillium

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

It is a small trillium with a sessile maroon blossom. T. lancifolium leaves ...

0 0 Atamasco Lily

Atamasco Lily

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Atamasco-lilies are small, colony-forming perennials, 8-15 in. tall, with ...

1 0 Early Saxifrage

Early Saxifrage

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Perennial herb. A hairy floral stalk, rising from a rosette of basal leaves, ...

0 0 Sky-blue Lupine

Sky-blue Lupine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 30-50 cm tall. The leaves are ...

2 3 Christmas Fern

Christmas Fern

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

These are fiddleheads of the Christmas Fern, which were about 12 to 15 inches ...

0 0 Yellow Crownbeard

Yellow Crownbeard

by KenCheeksNorth Augusta, South Carolina, USA

Yellow Crownbeard is a member of the aster family with typically two, yellow ...

3 2 Velvet Mite

Velvet Mite

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Bright red, velvety arthropod with eight legs. About 0.2 - 0.6 inches in ...

0 2 Apache Jumping Spider

Apache Jumping Spider

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Robust, black and reddish-orange spider that is likely a species of Jumping ...

1 0 Northern Cloudywing Butterfly

Northern Cloudywing Butterfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Upperside is dark brown; clear spots on forewing are small, triangular, and not ...

1 0 Carolina Silverbell

Carolina Silverbell

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Carolina Silverbell is a species in the family Styracaceae. It is a small ...

1 0 Falcate Orangetip Butterfly

Falcate Orangetip Butterfly

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Upperside of male forewing with orange, hooked tip; females hooked, but lack ...

0 0 Swamp Titi

Swamp Titi

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This deciduous tree stays under 30 ft., and, though it looks shrubby for ...

1 1 Crossvine

Crossvine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This vine climbs without twining but does produce tendrils. It produces long ...

0 0 Blue Corporal

Blue Corporal

by bullingerGreenville, South Carolina, USA

This dragonfly species is so gregarious! They were sitting on the path for ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Orange-tan fungus with a slightly concave top (~5" in diameter) with a very ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This deciduous vine was growing 15 feet up a tree near a beaver pond. It is ...

4 1 Six-Lined Racerunner

Six-Lined Racerunner

by suzybousaNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

6 - 9.5 in (15 - 24 cm). Although the six-lined racerunner is the only lizard ...

0 0 Sky-blue Lupine

Sky-blue Lupine

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

Lupinus diffusus is a species of lupine native to the southeastern United ...

1 0 Gopher Tortoise Burrow

Gopher Tortoise Burrow

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of the Gopherus genus ...

1 0 Swift River Cruiser

Swift River Cruiser

by ronfellows2020Denton, Texas, USA

Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center is a ...

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