Do you count your steps? Generally I try to do about 3 miles of steps everyday. Do we go that far on a First Wednesday outing?
The wild onions (Allium) are getting started!
Texas Star or Yellow Star (Lindheimera texana), indeed a bright spring flower. And some friends must like to nibble them on too! And you can order their seeds from Native American Seed.
The Engelmann’s Bladderpod (Physaria engelmannii) is plant that does like a limestonish soil.
An Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula ssp capricornu) will soon be open for business!
Redroot or Jersey-tea (Ceanothus herbaceus) covered the hillside.
We gathered around admiring their beauty. We looked close and smelled. There was a slight wisp of an odor.
As we sat we watched for the bees, moths, and butterflies. From a distance the orange tufts on the legs looked like pollen. However that didn’t seem right. 🙂 Once I did a search on them I was reminded that I had seen them before. It was an Eight-spotted Forester Moth (Alypia octomaculata)!
So we left the “Ball Knob” hilltop and we headed down.
Indeed a mosaic of colorful soils below!
Tucked under some shrubby trees, Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata).
The remains of Earthstars (Geastrum) was scattered on some sandy soils. Green tiger beetles raced ahead. They got lots of steps in.
Did I get my steps in on the First Wednesday? No where close. However like someone said, it is the journey. 🙂 And certainly it was a nice journey!
We have yellow star at Green Acres on the prairie restoration–not a lot–and also for the first time this year we got a photo of that eight-spotted forester moth!
We have yellow star at Green Acres on the prairie restoration–not a lot–and also for the first time this year we got a photo of that eight-spotted forester moth!
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I would never have thought those crab spiders were the same
Crazy eh!
Great 1st Wed story!
The articles are all wonderful – will want to look at the sea floor video on the larger screen.
Great field day!
We have yellow star at Green Acres on the prairie restoration–not a lot–and also for the first time this year we got a photo of that eight-spotted forester moth!
Love’em both!
We have yellow star at Green Acres on the prairie restoration–not a lot–and also for the first time this year we got a photo of that eight-spotted forester moth!
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