The small stuff…
Still on the shady lane, we walked further. Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson’s Legacy Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Spiders, Insects, and Plants Oh MY!
In yesterday’s post, I concentrated on the False Foxglove. Besides looking closely at the flower, we also observed other neat stuff at this site. We found these additional things near the False Foxglove. The Complex Engineering of Underground Ant Cities Using the “Smell of Fear” To Protect Gardens and Crops From Destructive Insects Keep looking!…
Webs
I continue to weave the story of the Monday outing, we are still traveling along the creek. Rattlesnake Rattles Use Acoustic Trick To Fool Human Ears Babbling Baby Bats Sound Strikingly Similar to Human Infants Keep looking! The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
Too fast…
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.
Solanum dimidiatum
I have been looking for a hornworm on the nightshade Western Horse Nettle (Solanum dimidiatum) for a number of years. I have yet to ever see one on any of the Solanums except for a tomato plant. Have any of you? But I have found interesting insects from Colorado Potato Beetles to Soybean Loopers and…
Spider webs and stuff
On this morning walk, the spider web is what caught my eye first. The funnel spider webs were most interesting to me on the thickness and where they put them. I wondered how spiders catch something when some have such visible webs. At least a lot of them are so visible to us. Then I…
Webs and use what you got
Early start to the day which is the only way to go now to beat the heat. The spiders were the stars of the first part of the hike. The dew was heavy and soon our shoes and pants were wet. Not a bad thing on a warm day. Watch the video in the article…
Ick and cute
Now I know some of you will want to skip part of this post, but I found both of my subjects quite interesting. The Gulf Coast Tick (Amblyomma maculatum) and the Common Bird’s Nest (Crucibulum laeve) fungus are the my subjects today. I brought both of these ticks home with me in a container from yesterday’s NPAT…