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It was First Wednesday at the LBJNG. Ok, it really isn’t the first Wednesday of the month, but it was necessary to move the outing to a different date because I had other plans next week. Indeed, a great group! And furthermore, another fabulous day on the LBJ grasslands! 1,000-Plus Years of Tree Rings Confirm…
So I am putting a short pause on the Fossil Hill posts. However, I still have seven more posts from Fossil Hill to share. Saturday was the Prairie Seeker class. Indeed the weather was perfect! To sum it up, a great day was had by the Prairie Seekers. For this reason, you may want to…
We continued bent over. A regular puffball puffed with encouragement! As you can see I was still doing the knee stuff. LOL. Part 3 tomorrow! Climate Change Is Increasing Human-Wildlife Conflicts Globally Newly Discovered Species of Orchid Looks Like Delicate Piece of Glass Art This Incredible Flower Makes Fake Flies, And We Finally Know How…
I know I said more concretions today, but I changed my mind. 🙂 Maybe the concretions will be ready tomorrow. The wasps and insects are regular visitors to the old well house. This was two different times and I edited them together into one mp4. The cardinal visitor was certainly a surprise! A Eastern Phoebe…
So we were now heading up the hill. All along I had a place that I want to reach. However, we were certainly not in hurry to get there. There was so much to see. Of course, that meant going slow. Parasitic fungus that infects and kills spiders discovered in Brazil Keep looking! The more…
So it is only five days away from spring now. In fact, the vernal equinox happens on March 20th this year. As you have probably noticed so much has already started to emerge from their winter slumber. Air Pollution Destroys Sexual Pheromones – Impairs Successful Mating of Flies Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological…
Today was pretty chilly and cloudy. I decided to work on a bug that had been dead in a collection jar for a few days. And so the time really flew by as I tried to ID it. However, this afternoon I had enough of the indoors. So I hopped in the car to go…
Indeed, the seeps were really running on Monday the 6th. Certainly, the seeps in Wise County were running even more after the almost two inches we got a few days later. So now I stopped to admire the water, algae and bubbles! The first find in the seep! So this creature was only four or…
What a great day as we usher in March! Life is starting to emerge from the winter sleep. A really great beetle, Buttercup Oil Beetle (Meloe americanus). It is easily recognized by the short wings. The little guy will secrete a toxic oil if stressed. They are in the blister beetle family so refrain from…
