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A beautifully orange queen butterfly hangs from a blackjack flower as it feeds.

25 May

The Beautiful Queen Butterfly is Deserving of her Majestic Name

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography

The Queen One of the many gorgeous butterflies that were everywhere on my latest hike in Gothe State Forest were...

A little ligated furrow bee alights on a dense-spike blackroot flower.

23 May

Pollinators and Beautiful Flowers Just Go Together

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Bees & Wasps, Insects, Photography, Plants and Flowers, Poetry

Just a Bee On a Flower A little bee flies busily round and round Looking for the perfect flower, filled...

A little pearl crescent butterfly stops to have lunch on an orange milkwort flower.

22 May

Milkwort is a Beautiful Flower That’s Great Hungry Butterflies

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography, Plants and Flowers

Crescent on Milkwort Earlier this week when I took a hike in the Gothe State Forest, I found a nice...

A male summer tanager shows off his brilliant red colors and he moves between the trees in a pine forest.

21 May

The Summer Tanager is a Beautiful and Brilliant Summer Bird

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Master Red The highlight of my hike yesterday on a new trail in the Gothe State Forest was seeing a...

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly lands on a stalk of pickerel weed.

20 May

Butterflies Love the Beautiful Flowers of the Pickerel Weed

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Butterflies, Insects, Photography, Plants and Flowers 1 Comment

Spice on Pickerel Today I went hiking in a part of the Gothe State Forest that as new to me....

A young male blue dasher is starting to change from immature to mature coloration.

19 May

Male Blue Dashers are Very Beautiful When Changing Colors

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Insects, Photography

Young Dasher It’s still pretty early in the warm part of the year and there are a lot of youthful...

American giant millipedes are also known as iron worms, although they are obviously not worms since they have many legs.

18 May

American Giant Millipedes are Pretty Interesting Little Creatures

Posted by whatnext10 Arthropods, Photography

Iron Worm There is a place in the woods in front of my house where I like to sit sometimes...

A pair of white ibis fly towards their roosting spot near the end of the day.

17 May

White Ibis Love to Roost in Groups

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Doublet Last evening on my way home from work, I decided to make a stop at the cattle egret rookery....

An adult sandhill crane wanders along in a clearing, keeping eyes open for insects and grubs to eat.

14 May

Sandhill Cranes are Really Beautiful Birds

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Portrait of a Sandhill Crane Sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) are one of my favorite birds to see when I’m on...

A swallowtailed kite perches on a snag as the early morning sun begins to rise, coloring the clouds behind it.

13 May

It Was Really Lucky to See This Beautiful Swallowtail Kite

Posted by whatnext10 Birds, Photography

Dawn Swallowtail Last week I had an early morning doctors appointment before work, so I was up before dawn to...

The Beautiful Queen Butterfly is Deserving of her Majestic Name

Pollinators and Beautiful Flowers Just Go Together

Milkwort is a Beautiful Flower That’s Great Hungry Butterflies

The Summer Tanager is a Beautiful and Brilliant Summer Bird

Butterflies Love the Beautiful Flowers of the Pickerel Weed

Male Blue Dashers are Very Beautiful When Changing Colors

American Giant Millipedes are Pretty Interesting Little Creatures

White Ibis Love to Roost in Groups

Sandhill Cranes are Really Beautiful Birds

It Was Really Lucky to See This Beautiful Swallowtail Kite

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