The identity of the Quiz Bug is revealed below, but first: Yes Emily, the object in the photo looks very much like a Golden Snitch. However, a Golden Snitch is approximately the size of a walnut. As stated in the caption of the photo, our Quiz Bug is about 2 cm (including the wings), considerably [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for October, 2011
A little musky
October 29th, 2011A few weeks ago I reported on a very small, newly hatched turtle seen making its way across the path to the Wetlands. Well, on Thursday morning (1/27) while helping out with a Wetlands Program down in Explore the Wild I managed to catch two of the same species in a hoop net! Both [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Quiz Bug!
October 28th, 2011I came upon this strange looking creature the other day on the path in Catch the Wind. Anyone want to take a guess as to what it is? After a few guesses, I may post another picture which may help to ID the little bugger. Hints: Rainbow Not Occidental Peeress Sheath Wing Answer here with full disclosure. Read the rest of this entry »
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Just passing through
October 21st, 2011Some butterflies and dragonflies move north or south with the seasons. Here’s several that I saw today (10/21/11) in an aster patch in Catch the Wind. Have a nice flight. Read the rest of this entry »
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A Snake’s Tale
October 14th, 2011The snake in the photos is Big Red, or at least that’s what I call it. It’s a Northern Water Snake and it resides in our Wetlands here at the Museum. Since September 16 when the mercury (or alcohol) took a thirty degree nose dive on the temperature scale and I first noticed this snake [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Nothing But Cape May
October 13th, 2011At the end of the day Wednesday (10/12/11), a handful of Cape May Warblers were again foraging in the elms and willows of Explore the Wild. Are they the same warblers as reported last week? I don’t know, but they very well could be, seems to be the same number of birds. There was a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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A musky herp and some avian arrivals
October 12th, 2011The thumbnail sized Common Musk Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus), or Stinkpot, in the photo above was walking up the middle of the path in Explore the Wild. The light markings on the marginal scutes of its carapace and face identify it as a musk turtle. To get a feel for its size, the willow leaf next [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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The Crayfish Among Us: Part I
October 11th, 2011During a Wetlands program for a school group last week Master Teacher Courtney captured a crayfish which had strange growths on its head. Immediately upon see the crustacean, I suspected mites. I took a few photos of the crayfish and at the end of the program the decapod was released into the water along with all [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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