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This is the second half of the Thursday’s outing. American Lady! I was pleased I could get this close. Most of the butterflies lately have not been so cooperative. Square-bud Primrose (Calylophus berlandieri) is the typical one we see in North Texas with the yellow center. Square-bud Primrose (Calylophus berlandieri ssp pinifolius) is the special…
Back to the Garnett Preserve! The Ambush Bug and the Crab Spider on the Green Milkweed. I could not tell if one of them had nabbed the other. New orange growth on the Prickly Pear cactus! I love this look on the Prickly Pear too! Ratany (Krameria lanceolata) is a beauty, but the seed heads…
Today’s route was one that I often took with Shirley. So I affectionally call it the Shirley Tour. There were five of us who all knew Shirley well. It was a great day! How could it not be, following Shirley’s path! First stop was the Garnett Preserve. This larva was the first critter of the…
Today was a beautiful day with friends. First they came over and help us put in a new window. It took us all to do it. What a view we will have watching life! Thank you to Miguel, Jeff, Kay and Judy (the official photographer). Now we will just need to put the siding and…
This is the Oak Leaftier Moth (Acleris semipurpurana). It is rather small at less than 10mm. Judy found one in her yard; then I found one in my yard. LOL This is the Pale Metanema (Metanema inatomaria). It belongs in the Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths). I finally looked up to see what makes it a geometer moth….
Here’s the chronicle of the Carolina Chickadees with the dead bluebird built into the nest. March 25 – nest with dead bluebird, mosses, fur, and grasses. March 29 – 7 eggs! April 11 – Very fresh! Fourteen days after all seven eggs laid. April 11 – angry bird! April 15 – Mom sitting on nest….
More Beavers Bend State Park… This is Cream Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata). We took locations of the plants we found for a researcher friend of Claire’s that is looking for Frosted Elfin caterpillars. For a moment, we thought oh boy! But it was not. The caterpillar is a yellow caterpillar, the size of a grain of…
More from Beavers Bend State Park… This moss was awesome! It was like giant pine trees! Gracie and Briar enjoyed the park too! This has several different Cladonia lichens! This is Usnea strigosa, another Fruticose lichen (the shrub-like lichens). Claire and I decided to draw. Look, I drew a fly LOL! Bess Beetle (Odontotaenius…
More from Beavers Bend State Park… This Luna moth was really wet. Poor thing. Awesome moth! I put it over in the grass and it started to vibrate its wings. So maybe it was going to fly another day. This plant brought back memories of seeing it when I was a child. We called them…
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…