Posts Tagged ‘Tent Caterpillar’

The Cycle Continues by , Ranger

March 31st, 2011

Spring is moving right along here at the Museum. More insects are being seen, frogs and toads breeding, and turtles are out basking with ever more frequency. It can’t be stopped. There’s no turning back. It’s cold and rainy today (3/31), but once the low pressure system (two lows, in fact) that’s causing all of [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Bugs on Milk Weed, Worms in Webs, a Potter, a Jumping Spider, and a Robber by , Ranger

August 20th, 2010

Large Milkweed Bugs have hatched out as there were many nymphs on the Butterfly Weed in Catch the Wind during the first week of August. This was only a few days after seeing both Large and Small Milkweed Bugs mating and inspecting this plant. Seven days later the nymphs began to take on some of [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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Some Most Unusual Beetles and other Goodies by , Ranger

August 31st, 2008

While watching a small Northern Water Snake stalk frogs from the Wetlands Overlook, I happened to see something wiggling amongst the dense plants in the water. A quick look through my binoculars revealed two large Predaceous Diving Beetle larvae locked in mortal combat, one had a death grip on the other. These larvae were quite [...] Read the rest of this entry »

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