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I found a few insects fascinating at home recently. Sometimes it is nice to see cool things right in your own backyard, or front yard or in a field in my case. Over the weekend, I read a book titled “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest” by Dr. Suzanne Simard. In…
Formica is Latin for ant. BugGuide had some interesting facts about the Formicidae family. For example, besides being scavengers and predators, they have a sweet tooth. Another interesting fact is that the males die shortly after mating and the females tear off their wings after mating. They (BugGuide) did not say why on either thing….
Moving on from the first stop, we head down the road to another spot that was monitored by Shirley each year. ‘The Lorax’ Warned Us 50 Years Ago, But We Didn’t Listen Plants, Heavy Metals, and Lingering Scars of World War I This Color-Shifting Robot Chameleon Could Soon Blend Into a Wall Near You Keep…
Yesterday, I left off showing you the Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetes egle) caterpillar. Fuzzy-wuzzy was he! Onwards, we go at the same stop. Bonobos and Chimps Appear to Have ‘Hello’ and ‘Goodbye’ Greetings Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Yesterday, I mentioned that we spent a good deal of time at our first stop. As you can gather by now, we go slow. This means you can find more. 🙂 At the first location, we continue to search on. Please consider contacting your representatives to help our wildlife… The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Keep…
Yesterday, it was hot right. That means it was time to switch to a driving tour. However, this does not mean we stay in the car. Usually, we stop at the shady spots. So this adventure will be covered over multiple posts. Today I will cover some of the things we saw at our first…
This will conclude the Aug 3rd outing. And this was the highlight of the outing for me. I had found the adult of this critter inside the house back in June. Therefore, its larva has to be in our area as well right? Keep looking!
The ditch had gotten too narrow with no place to walk. So we had to find a way up. This brought us back out to an open meadow next to the railroad tracks. We headed down along a fence to get back to the ditch. I found this 18 minute 2016 TED talk… How trees…
Evident of several critters were seen on the Aug.3th outing. The first one was the Smaller Sand Cricket (Ellipes minuta). It can be found along creeks edges with sandstone. However the actual cricket is hard to find. Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia is 28,000 years old. Even its whiskers are intact….