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The Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) ranges over much of North America and is a common butterfly in the Ozarks. But I had never seen its caterpillar before today. One was making his way across my driveway and since I almost always have a camera at hand, there are photos. These caterpillars [...] Dayna’s lilac is blooming gloriously this year and the butterflies have noticed. Pipe Vine or Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) Some more denizens of the night that came to the black light and stayed until daylight, starting with the moths: Polyphemus (Antheraea polyphemus) There was also a click beetle, a pair of mating crane flies, another interesting looking fly (that I cannot identify) and a wasp, probably an Ichneumonidae (Hopefully I spelled that right – I was too lazy [...] The past few days, I’ve had a dragonfly at the pond that I haven’t been able to identify. He was spending all his time on the wing and my eyes aren’t up to making an identification under those circumstances. So I did what any red-blooded wanna be entomologist would – I netted him. He [...] It was very warm tonight, into the 70s, which well above normal for April in the Ozarks. It had the insects out though so I decided to hang the black light and leave it out over night. These were still present this morning and I’ve labeled all of them that I have managed [...] |
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