Nov 06
Posted: under Activities, photography, Plantlife, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, beauty, butterflies, census, native plants, photography, prairie restoration November 6th, 2009
Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall. This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which. [...more]
Some grasses should be planted just for the way they look with sunlight slanting through them in the fall.

This is one. It’s one of the Muhlys, but I don’t know which.
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Nov 06
Posted: under Activities, photography, Wildlife.
Tags: Activities, census, insect, new species, observation, photography, wildlife management November 6th, 2009
Our on the land with visitors yesterday, I spotted a new fly (new to me): That spotted abdomen was very obvious with the naked eye. It’s a similar pattern to a spotted jumping spider we have (also white spots on black) and until I saw it fly I was thinking “There’s another P. audax, never […] [...more]
Our on the land with visitors yesterday, I spotted a new fly (new to me):

That spotted abdomen was very obvious with the naked eye. It’s a similar pattern to a spotted jumping spider we have (also white spots on black) and until I saw it fly I was thinking “There’s another P. audax, never saw one on heath aster before.” The “face” and antennae are the same golden color as the wings.
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