Was July 16th the last cool day for the summer? I do not know. Will this stop me from going out on another day? Well, of course not.
A clean break! The liverwort added nicely to the browns.Occasionally I will find a tack in a tree. Perhaps someone’s survey marker.A tiny Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae) stop just long enough for me to get a picture. Beautiful colors! Update: Claire remembered it…Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix (Blepharomastix ranalis). Impressive Claire! And thanks!In this photo you can see the different lengths of the short gills of a mushroom.A dead trunk that was tipped over. Mosses, lichens, fungus have all moved in. The starry night Van Gogh of the wood grain shows off too!I moved fast to catch up with the Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis genus). Their sting is supposed to be very very painful! Definitely caution required.A grass stalk! It was not flowering so no ID today.The Little Brown skink (Scincella lateralis) did not move a muscle. Did it think it had an invisible cloaking device?The Grape Fern (Botrychium virginianum) is not new to the grasslands, but was very exciting to me! I had never seen it before.This fern has a stalk (the sporangia) above the leaves where the spores are kept. We were too late to see the spores.A lovely moss covered log to conclude the July 16th outing!
I can’t believe you remember from way back in 2004. It was a fuzzy photo, but it looks like you nailed it…Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix – (Blepharomastix ranalis)!
Havent seen a skink in years. Glad to know theyre still around. And love the starry night. Wonder if van gogh had something like that for inspiration.
I am really excited we have several skinks in our yard. Always good to see one! That moth looks familiar. I might have it on my site Mom.
I can’t believe you remember from way back in 2004. It was a fuzzy photo, but it looks like you nailed it…Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix – (Blepharomastix ranalis)!
I found it dead in some water and kept it on my desk for years 😀
That is too funny!