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Y’all have heard the saying one person’s junk is another’s treasure, right? I believe this can be applied to nature as well. Kathy made this video of the dung beetle with its treasure. “They roll it backwards a little, stop, climb on top then survey their direction before continuing with the rolling. They are fascinating.”…
It is so very nice to see so many butterflies and moths out today. As I started my afternoon walk there were lots of Little Yellows, Orange Sulphurs, Mexican Yellows and Sachems! Orange sherbet sounds pretty good today. LOL Our high today was only 104.6F, heat index high 117.3F, and low humidity of 32%. It…
I will just say it…it is hot! Warning the following may be hard to see or not. We Have a New Clue About What Wiped Out The Megalodon – It May Have Been Warm Blooded Can These 7 Things Keep Mosquitoes Away From You? Here’s What The Science Says. Scientists use microscopy to investigate the…
Do you enjoy visitors at your house? We certainly do. Family, friends, and critters are my favorite visitors 🙂 A food offering! Fresh yummy cantaloupe from Vann’s Farm Produce in Forestburg. Well Myrtle wanted nothing to do with me or the cantaloupe. Merrily she was on her way! New study reveals hummingbirds get drunk on…
The thistles are some of my favorite plants. In fact the genus Cirsiums were the first plants that I tried by hand at keying. So I am fond of them. Additionally it is a magnet for insects! FYI, most of these photos were taken in just a fifteen minute time span in our yard. 🙂…
Nectaries are small glands that secrete nectar in plants. However to complicate things there is an additional place where these glands are located. When the glands are located outside the flower they are referred to extra-floral nectaries. Some scientists think the extra-floral nectaries provide an enticement to insects to help protect against other insects. The…
Well, it was dang hot so of course we planned our afternoon mostly in the car. And we were going to visit old friends of Shirley’s. Certainly it is always great to visit Shirley’s old plant friends. And I like to think of them as my old friends now as well. 🙂 Every 17 Years,…
So I actually had a purpose that morning. I was conducting a small survey in area where I had not searched before for the Narrow-leaf Morning-glory (Ipomoea shumardiana). However no new patches was found. It was 11 o’clock and we had made the circle for the survey. So now we were done at the grasslands….
In case you missed it, today (Wednesday, June 21, 2023) was the summer solstice at 9:57 am CDT (in Fort Worth, Texas). And perhaps we need to invest in a row boat…we got .04″ of rain. If you can still call that rain. LOL Now on with the walk from Monday morning! As you probably…
So do you agree that the hot weather is here? Yesterday the heat index at our house was 120 degrees. Yikes! Furthermore Jeanne agreed with me that it would best to get our exploring by foot early. So we opted for both walking and a driving tour. So there were many special critters and plants…