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Lilacs & Butterflies

Dayna’s lilac is blooming gloriously this year and the butterflies have noticed.

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April 15th, 2010 | Category: Butterflies, Insects | Leave a comment

What Lurks in the Night? II

Some more denizens of the night that came to the black light and stayed until daylight, starting with the moths:

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April 15th, 2010 | Category: Beetles, Flies, Insects, Moths, Wasps | Leave a comment

What is that dragonfly?

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 turned […]

April 14th, 2010 | Category: Dragonflies-Damselflies, Insects | Leave a comment

What Lurks in the Night?

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 to […]

April 13th, 2010 | Category: Beetles, Insects, Moths | Leave a comment

Back at Watercress Park

It’s Monday, so that means I spent my lunch hour walking around Watercress. I found a few new blooms including American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia,)

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April 12th, 2010 | Category: Beetles, Insects, Plants, Trees & Shrubs, Wildflowers | Leave a comment
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