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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 [...] A few minutes spent wandering about the yard turned up a freshly bloomed Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida,) a “puddling” female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus,) a male Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura) – a new record for me at this property – and a predatory fly (robber fly probably, but can’t really tell) with it’s lunch. When I [...] This guy (and several of his buddies) have been hanging around the pond for the last few days. Ok, I know it’s a spreadwing based on wing posture. The question is which one. They can be tough to distinguish, but according to Odonata Central, only two species of Lestes occur in Carter County [...] The plan for today was to visit Sand Pond Conservation Area, on the Arkansas line in Ripley County. I took the long way around, going through Poplar Bluff instead of Doniphan, because the road is much better and I could stop for breadfast (I love Hardee’s blueberry biscuits!) This detour of sorts turned [...] Last Sunday (May 17,) I made the hour long drive over to Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico. I always enter the refuge via the Job Corps entrance and then turn left and go to the spillway. The road is normally closed at this point, so after backtracking to the Bluff Road, I follow it past the Board Walk and Visitor Center and exit through the Red Mill Drive area. But this time, a seasonal “driving tour” was open and I entered it from the Spillway area. [...] |
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