Black Swallowtail Butterflies lay their eggs on parsley, fennel, Queen Anne’s Lace, and other plants in the carrot family. To see the adult butterfly, click here, but don’t forget to come back. Plant some parsley in a pot on your back porch and watch the fun! Read the rest of this entry »
Insects and Other Arthropods Posts
What dragonfly is that? Part 2
August 1st, 2011Included in this, Part 2 of the “What Dragonfly is that?” are two dragonflies that are unmistakable. They are both common at a wide range of ponds, lakes and slow moving rivers. They are the Common Whitetail (Plathemis lydia) and the Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera). The Common Whitetail (above) can hardly be ignored with its [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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A Tiny Egg
July 29th, 2011While hiking along with Museum Summer Campers, as is usual on Wednesday mornings, I happened to turn over a partially eaten leaf in hopes of finding a caterpillar. What I found was a lacewing (Chrysopidae) egg. The egg was on a serviceberry in Catch the Wind across from Vapor Rings. If you’re not familiar with what a [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Migration and Cyrano de Bergerac
July 23rd, 2011It’s been nearly two weeks since I last posted to the Journal. The reason for my absence has to do with migration. No, not the migration of birds or some other wildlife, but of computer files from one server to another. Migration now appears to be over and hopefully there are no lingerers. On to [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Luna Moth Caterpillar
July 13th, 2011Once again it was the sharp-eyed Summer Campers (Floor to Canopy) who spotted the insect of the day out in the wilds of the Museum of Life + Science. This time it was Camp Counselor Hannah who first saw the large green caterpillar climbing on the block column leading into Catch the Wind from their Outdoor [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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What Dragonfly is That?
July 12th, 2011In order to help those of you who are interested in knowing what it is that you’re looking at when you see a dragonfly whiz by you as you stand on the boardwalk and paths that encircle the Wetlands here at the Museum, I’ve decide to offer up a quick and very simple identification guide. [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Confused Comet
July 4th, 2011Last month the Exhibits Department drained, cleaned, and resurfaced the lining of the Sailboat Pond. So, what does all this have to do with a comet? Since refilling the pond with water there has been much dragonfly activity at that small body of water. I couldn’t help but notice a few Comet Darners (Anax longipes) [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Two Spiders, a Beetle, and a Caterpillar
July 1st, 2011The spider in the above photo had found what it thought was a safe and secure hideout, in a tarp that covers the winch at the Take Off in Catch the Wind. Spiders can be identified as to family, and sometimes to genus, by the arrangement of their multiple eyes, that is, where the eyes [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Frass Master
June 27th, 2011While standing on the path looking out over the Wetlands I noticed a tiny, rough, brownish blob sticking up from one of the blackberry leaves in front of me. I had seen one of these before, in fact I had previously seen several of them on blackberry leaves at my home. I didn’t know what [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Get a load of them eyes!
June 18th, 2011As I mentioned in a previous post, I was photographing elderberrry earlier in the month (which has since gone by) and came across some interesting insects. The Mocha Emerald in that post was one of them. The tiny fly above was another. I didn’t know what the fly was at the time and thought perhaps [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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