Yesterday, I left you with the green-eyed yucca friend. Today, I will share some of the other prairie friends.
Isn’t it funny, how you can walk past something and never see it? This is what I probably have done with this plant, Chickenthief or Stickthief (Mentzelia oligosperma) for many years. Now I am seeing it up on the barrens. Of course, I probably never frequented the barrens like I have been doing here in the middle of summer before. So that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking with it. LOL
Another friend on the prairie, the Arkansas Yucca!
The wispy Scurf-pea Linearifolia (Pediomelum linearifolium)!
We watched an Amercian Bumblebee pay a visit to the Scurf-pea Linearifolia! The bumblebee did not stick around long.
Phidippus texanus does not have a common name listed in BugGuide. However, I might name it the Texas Jumping Spider. This one made its web on the White Compass Plant.
Be free, my slime mold friend’s spores!
This large spotted fawn sorta looks like a giraffe at this angle.
Then our big young friend took off! Looks like the fawn might be trying out for Santa’s sleigh?
Bug damage on a Gayfeather (Liatris)! So the insect in question is unknown to me. It only seems to damage the very top of the plant. So I would guess the plant will be fine for next year’s production.
We removed the damage. In fact, it looks a bit like “The Scream” by Edvard Munch!
Here, our friend, the Cardinal Spider (Phidippus) was a bit shy. Indeed, he quickly hid in its web on the Queen’s Delight (Stillingia texanus)!
When the storm went through the other day, lightening started a fire near the grasslands. So the Forest Service started a back fire to stop the blaze on one of the units. And it worked as the fire was contained with no damage to any structures in the area.
The fire was very hot and left lots of ash! The fire crews was still on the scene yesterday watching it. This still smoldering tree looks like it must have been breathing fire like a dragon!
Lightning has been the cause of a few fires around the state lately.
One year we had a tree get struck but it was far from where anyone lived. It was hollow and smoldered inside for days before it created enough flame and smoke for someone to notice and call the fire department on it. We were lucky. It was near our camphouse but none of us were around for several weeks to have seen it ourselves.
Love the giraffe-necked fawn.
On the grasslands after a prescribed fire, it is not uncommon to see the trees smoldering. What is bad is when lightening strikes a tank at an oil well site. Now that is a fire.
What a great day!
It was!😊
The scream it is. Havent seen a cardinal spider in a long time. Good to see one.
It is always great to see one!
Lightning has been the cause of a few fires around the state lately.
One year we had a tree get struck but it was far from where anyone lived. It was hollow and smoldered inside for days before it created enough flame and smoke for someone to notice and call the fire department on it. We were lucky. It was near our camphouse but none of us were around for several weeks to have seen it ourselves.
Love the giraffe-necked fawn.
On the grasslands after a prescribed fire, it is not uncommon to see the trees smoldering. What is bad is when lightening strikes a tank at an oil well site. Now that is a fire.