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Comments welcome. Thank you, Mary
More from Beavers Bend State Park… A view of Broken Bow Lake. We got over 3 inches of rain last night. This is Jim, Claire, Gracie and Briar. Love this snail on the moss covered tree. In this shot you can see its foot too! Another view. This flower is called the most beautiful violet in…
More from Beavers Bend State Park… This a plant that Kathy gave me once. Of course I killed it. There a quite a few of them at the park. Also called Blue Houndstooth…Andersonglossum virginianum Close up! The flowers are easy to miss. They are rather small. Crustose lichen and moss on a quartz rock. Keep…
Beavers Bend State Park in Oklahoma! We are here for a few days. It is hard to load photos so I will try to get at least one photo a day. This was a new species for me…Monarda russeliana! Very cool flower! Keep looking!
The leaves on a thistle tied together with silk. It is the Painted Lady caterpillar! Thistles are its host plant. Frass of the Painted Lady caterpillar! Buprestid beetle on Prairie Verbena! Thin-lined Owlet (Isogona tenuis) is a common moth in our Post Oak woods. Baby Bluebirds growing fast! Found this pretty green cat on an…
This girl was into something with an orangey pollen! Really tiny on a Post Oak leaf. I believe it may be a type of Crambine Snout Moth (Subfamily Crambinae). This is the Green Soldier Fly (Hedriodiscus binotatus). Close up the wings. It is a beautiful critter! And it looks like it has been doing some pollinating…
We got a total of .72 inches yesterday. I’m sure the plants are happy! We had about 60-70 Pine Siskins outside the window while we ate dinner! It is the most I have seen this year. Eastern Tent caterpillar was covered in dew this morning! Pink Evening Primrose! The Forest Tent caterpillar! The Eastern Tent…
Yeah for the rain! So far .68 inches and some pea sized hail at 6pm. We could do without the hail, eh. Hagen’s Sphinx (Ceratomia hageni) has very good camouflage! A close up of its hairs! Looks like a bristle brush doesn’t it. Its host plant is the Bois D’arc. Remember the frozen spittlebug frothy…
Jim immediately knew the theme of today’s post as we started our morning walk LOL. Our low was 29! I would guess this is the last frost this spring and my blackberry patch still looks good! This spot on our morning walk is a cold spot. Lots of frost! The colors were highlighted by the…
By the time many of you will read this, it will be Wednesday morning and hopefully the last frost. Today (Tuesday) the low was 45 and high was 58. I worn my heavy coat with that wind blowing today. Engelmann’s Daisy (Engelmannia peristenia) is looking pretty across the road from our mailbox! Close up. It…