Nature’s Beauty Can be Seen in Colorful Flowers and a Little Beetle
Beetle in the Blooms This delightful slender flower longhorn beetle (Strangalia famelica) was yet another fall pollinator happily feasting on...
The Beautiful Scoliid Wasps are a Good Reminder of Nature’s Interconnectedness
Another Hungry Wasp I have always been captivated by the exquisite beauty of scoliid wasps, including this one that was...
The Fine Backed Red Paper Wasp is Known to be a Great Fall Pollinator
Red in the Tamarisk Recently, I took a hike in Gothe State Forest that led me to a large patch...
Black Bees and Yellow Sumac: A Wonderful Fall Combination
Black Beauty The winged sumac flowers have come and gone, but they’re not forgotten. Back in September, when they were...
Paper Wasps are Beautiful and Very Interesting
Wild for Nectar Paper wasps (Polistes exclamans), belonging to the family Vespidae, are fascinating creatures known for their slender bodies,...
Honey Bees are Among the Beautiful Fall Pollinators That Love Tamarisk
In Coming Recently, when I went out for a hike, I found this wonderful patch of tamarisk flowers not far...
Atlantic Grasshoppers are Interesting Fall Insects
Atlantic Grasshopper As fall progresses, all of our local insects are filling themselves up either for trying to survive the...
Beautiful Pink Tamarisk Flowers are Loved by Fall Pollinators
Thynnid in the Tamarisk When I went hiking last weekend I found a huge patch of tamarisk flowers (Tamarix sp.)...
The Snout Moths Come in Many Different Colorful Patterns
Hidden in the Grass Back in September, when I was returning home after a hike, I flushed several small striped...
Eastern Pondhawks are Colorful Dragonflies and Great Hunters
Eastern Pondhawks are Colorful Dragonflies and Great Hunters features a female Eastern pondhawk that was hunting on the author/artist’s property. It explains why she likes them so much and gives a few facts about them.
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