Host and Guests – Texas Dandelion
While gathering flowers for dye, I found a lot of different insects using the Texas Dandelion as a host plant. You can click on the images to see them larger. If you would… Continue reading
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Basking with the Butterflies
Only recently have I noticed that different species of butterflies have different travel patterns and favorite locations. Goatweed Butterflies fly like birds – quick, direct, like they have somewhere to get in a… Continue reading
What Butterfly Has Its Name Printed on Its Wing?
Spring is here and the woods are full of butterflies. The butterfly that has its name printed right on its wing is a Question Mark. (A Comma is also a correct answer, and… Continue reading
The Thousand-Footed First-Footer
You may have heard of the Scottish tradition of First Footing — that to start the New Year off right, the first person to cross your threshold should be a dark-headed male, carrying… Continue reading
Ant Mimics
On Thanksgiving Day, I walked off the turkey by exploring my mother-in-law’s yard for wildlife. Deep in the brush, I saw a warbler that I could never get a good look at, I… Continue reading
A Sharp Dressed Bug
I found this bug yesterday, on a very decrepit goatweed plant. I have been reading The Practical Entomologist by Rick Imes, and learning the basic insect orders, so I recognized that this is… Continue reading
Damselflies
We have had a very warm November. Last night we had some rain, and then a cool clear morning, but by this afternoon it was about 75 degrees again. As I walked near… Continue reading
Wasp Mimics, Plant Toxins, Possible Dyes, and Some Really Big Words
During the summer I take way more photos of bugs than I have time to identify. As I edit them, I print one out, mark it with the date, and toss it in… Continue reading
Super Moon, Night Two
I had so much fun photographing in the dark on Monday night, that I went back out last night. First of all, I noticed two fish, stationary in the shallows of our pond. … Continue reading
While Waiting for the Super Moon…
…I noticed insects utilizing the dog fennel plants. Dog fennel, also known as Yankee weed, looks lovely and feathery in the summer, like asparagus fern. But this time of year it looks blowsy… Continue reading