Photographs by Will Cook, mostly taken in North Carolina. Equipment: Nikon CoolPix 995 (8/2001-5/2005) and Nikon CoolPix 8800 (3/2005-8/2007).
Blattodea (Cockroaches)
Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta sp.) - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06
Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta sp.) - Durham, NC 7/27/06. Male (females are wingless).
Coleoptera (Beetles)
beetle 7466 (Buprestidae) - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
beetle 2297 (Buprestidae) - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) adult (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/15/07.
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) larva (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/15/07.
Black Caterpillar Hunter (Calosoma sayi) larva (Carabidae) - Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 9/17/07.
Dogbane Beetle (Chrysochus auratus) (Chrysomelidae)
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Carabidae) - Orange Co., NC 4/3/05.
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) (Carabidae) - Pender Co., NC 4/19/08.
Common Shore Tiger Beetle (Cicindela repanda) (Carabidae) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Pasimachus marginatus (Carabidae) - Richmond Co., NC 4/20/05
Tiger Beetle 5543 (Carabidae) - Alleghany Co., NC 4/14/06
Tiger beetle sp. 6278 (Carabidae) - Clay Co., NC 5/12/06
Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus) (Cerambycidae) - Orange Co., NC 6/15/06
Velvet-ant mimic beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus) (Cleridae) - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) (Elateridae) - Durham Co., NC 8/18/03
Reddish-brown Stag Beetle (Lucanus capreolus) (Lucanidae) - Durham, NC 7/21/06
Blister Beetle (Lytta polita) (Meloidae) - Moore Co., NC 3/22/08
Oil Beetle (Meloe sp.) (Meloidae) - Alleghany Co., NC 9/25/04.
Bess Beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) (Passalidae) - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata) (Scarabaeidae) - Chapel Hill, NC 7/14/06
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) (Scarabaeidae) - Durham Co., NC 6/24/07
Rhinoceros Beetle (Xyloryctes jamaciensis) (Scarabaeidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 7619 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7682 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7683 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7733 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 7652 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06.
beetle 8385 - Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06. White stripes, long horns.
beetle 8464 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 8733 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06.
beetle 9372 - Chapel Hill, NC 7/10/06
beetle 9496 - Carroll Co., VA 7/22/06
beetle 9591 - Durham, NC 7/27/06
beetle 5605 - Durham, NC 5/16/07. A long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 5944 - Durham, NC 5/21/07. A very-long-horned beetle of some sort.
beetle 7393 - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07. Big brown buzzy beetle.
beetle 7841 - Durham, NC 6/19/07. Resembles a cricket.
beetle 7897 - Durham, NC 6/19/07
beetle 00399 - Durham, NC 9/11/07
beetle 00828 - Person Co., NC 9/20/07
beetle 40276 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40279 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40314 - Durham, NC 4/10/08
beetle 40409 - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
hole-digging beetle - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
dung beetle 40554 - Pender Co., NC 4/19/08
Diptera (Flies)
March Fly (Bibionidae) - Carroll Co., VA 9/22/06
Crane fly (Epiphragma fasciapennis) (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Carroll Co., VA 5/26/07
Crane fly 7299 (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07
Crane flies 7347 (mating) (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07
Crane fly 10265 (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Carroll Co., VA 10/24/07
Crane fly 10275 (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Carroll Co., VA 10/24/07. Same individual.
Crane fly 40312 (Diptera: Limoniidae) - Durham, NC 4/10/08
Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus) (Diptera: Tabanidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07
Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus) (Diptera: Tabanidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/9/07
Tachinid fly (Pararchytas sp.) (Diptera: Tachinidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/24/05. Feeding on flowers of Smooth Sumac.
fly 1067 - Chapel Hill, NC 5/1/05. Feeding on Rubus flowers.
Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus) - female (Diptera: Rhagionidae), Chapel Hill, NC 5/8/05
Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus) - male (Diptera: Rhagionidae), Chapel Hill, NC 5/5/07
robberfly 1775 - Clay Co., NC 5/22/05
robberfly 1827 - Clay Co., NC 5/22/05
flies 1998 - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
fly 1998 - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
fly 2051 - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
fly 2053 - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
fly 7637 - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06
robberfly 8762 - Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06
fly 6022 - Durham, NC 5/23/07
fly 6026 - Durham, NC 5/23/07
mosquito sp. 7848 - Durham, NC 6/19/07
mosquito sp. 10100 - Durham, NC 10/10/07
fly 40413 - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies)
Giant Mayfly (Hexagenia limbata) - Carroll Co., VA 7/22/06
Hemiptera (Bugs)
Bee Assassin (Apiomerus crassipes) - Orange Co., NC 5/26/07
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) nymph - Orange Co., NC 5/30/04
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult - Harnett Co., NC 8/18/05
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult - Durham, NC 9/26/07
Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) adult - Durham, NC 10/24/07
Assassin bug 2050 - Wake Co., NC 6/4/05
Assassin bug 6437 - Clay Co., NC 5/12/06
Assassin bug 2542 - Bladen Co., NC 10/6/06. Bizarrely camouflaged.
bug 8161 - Moore Co., NC 7/1/07.
bug 0305 - Durham, NC 9/9/07.
bug 40406 - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08.
Homoptera (Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies)
Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim) - Carroll Co., VA 6/14/03. This is from brood IX of the 17-year cicadas. More info.
Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen sp.) - Durham, NC 8/20/04. The heralds of summer.
Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen sp.) - Brunswick Co., NC 8/28/04. Mating pair!
Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen sp.) - Durham, NC 8/19/06. Attracted to a light at night.
Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen sp.) pupal case - Chapel Hill, NC 9/9/06.
Metcalfa pruinosa (Citrus Flatid Planthopper) - Durham, NC 10/2/06
Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies)
Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americana) (Cimbicidae) - Clay Co., NC 5/21/05
Sawfly (Cimbex sp.) (Cimbicidae) - Botetourt County, VA 4/18/05
Red ants (Formica pallidefulva) (Formicidae) - Durham Co., NC 4/13/03. A colony of these ants was flooded out at the Flat River
impoundment near Falls Lake. Instead of walking over to dry land as the water rose, they climbed up grass
stalks and got trapped! There were dozens of ant balls like this in the area.
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp (Ophion sp.) 7697 (Ichneumonidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp (Ophion sp.) 9019 (Ichneumonidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp (Ophion sp.) 0910 (Ichneumonidae) - Carroll Co., VA 8/12/06
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp (Ophion sp.) 2188 (Ichneumonidae) - Carroll Co., VA 9/22/06
Ichneumon Wasp sp. 1008 (Ichneumonidae) - Durham, NC 8/19/06
Ichneumon Wasp sp. 40301 (Ichneumonidae) - Durham, NC 4/10/08
Leucospis affinis (Leucospididae), female - Carroll Co., VA 7/22/06. Parasitic on Megachilid bees.
Velvet Ant (Mutillidae) - Chatham Co., NC 5/18/05.
Velvet Ant (Mutillidae) - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08.
Velvet Ant (Mutillidae) - Orange Co., NC 4/12/08.
Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa) (Vespidae)- Durham, NC 8/19/06
Wasp sp. 1777 - Carroll Co., VA 9/3/06
Wasp sp. 2505 - Durham, NC 10/1/06
Wasp sp. 2876 - Carroll Co., VA 10/16/06
Wasp sp. 3686 - Durham, NC 3/7/07
Wasp sp. 5871 - Clay Co., NC 5/20/07. Amazingly long ovipositor!
Wasp sp. 7073 - Durham, NC 6/5/07
Wasp sp. nest 00970 - Alleghany Co., NC 9/23/07
Mantodea (Mantids)
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) - Craven Co., NC 8/27/06
Carolina Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) - Durham Co., NC 9/9/06
Mantis sp. 2386 - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06
Mecoptera (Scorpionflies and Allies)
Scorpionfly (Panorpa sp.) (Mecoptera: Panorpidae) - Clay Co., NC 5/13/06
Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Beaded Lacewing (Lomamyia sp.) (Neuroptera: Berothidae) - Durham, NC 6/28/06. Bizarre!
Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla sp.), tan winter form (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) - Durham, NC 3/2/06
Gray Fishfly (Neohermes angusticollis) (Neuroptera: Corydalidae) - Durham, NC 6/13/03
Gray Fishfly (Neohermes angusticollis) (Neuroptera: Corydalidae) - Durham, NC 6/2/07
Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sp.) (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) - Durham, NC 8/19/06.
Mantidfly (Zeugomantispa minuta) (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) - Durham, NC 8/19/06.
Antlion (Myrmeleon sp.) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), adult - Moore Co., NC 6/18/05
Lacewing, sp. - Carroll Co., VA 8/13/05.
Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets)
Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) - Harnett Co., NC 8/18/05
Orange-winged grasshopper (Pardalophora phoenicoptera) - brown phase nymph, Scotland Co., NC 4/13/02.
Orange-winged grasshopper (Pardalophora phoenicoptera) - green phase nymph, Scotland Co., NC 4/13/02.
Two-Spotted Tree Cricket (Neoxabea bipunctata) - adult female, Carroll Co., VA 9/3/06
Camel/cave cricket sp. 2374 - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06
Orthoptera sp. 00133 - Durham, NC 9/8/07
Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) - Alleghany Co., NC 9/22/07. Ovipositing in the base of a tree trunk.
Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) - Alleghany Co., NC 9/22/07. Same individual, a few minutes later.
Phasmatodea (Walkingsticks)
Northern Walking Stick (Diapheromera femorata), male (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/23/05
Northern Walking Stick (Diapheromera femorata), male (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae) - Carroll Co., VA 7/23/05
Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
Stonefly 7761 (Perlidae?) - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06
Psocoptera (Barklice and Booklice)
Psocoptera sp. 9028 - Carroll Co., VA 7/3/06
Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Lepdiostoma sp. (Lepidostomatidae) - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/06. Very small and dark.
Pycnopsyche gentilis? (Limnephilidae), male - Carroll Co., VA 9/23/05
Pycnopsyche scabripennis (Limnephilidae), male - Carroll Co., VA 9/3/06
Caddisfly sp. 8477 - Carroll Co., VA 7/1/06. Large.
Chimarra sp.? (Philopotamidae) - Carroll Co., VA 6/17/06. Very small and dark.
Unidentified Insects
Scale insect 8375 - Alleghany Co., NC 7/1/06
Insect 2115 - Carroll Co., VA 9/22/06
Insect 3653 - Durham, NC 1/28/07. Tiny and dark.
Insect 3674 - Durham, NC 3/7/07. Tiny and dark. May be same species as 3653.
Insect 4188 - Durham, NC 3/24/07. Tiny. Similar to 3653 and 3674.
Insect 8149 - Durham, NC 6/28/07. Tiny.
Insect 8155 - Durham, NC 6/28/07. Minute, perhaps a 2 mm wingspan.
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Revised 4/25/2008
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