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Caterpillar Days
Already Carrie has been gathering monarch caterpillars – over 140 last I heard! Butterflies are all over the place and they have been busy, for now we are finding all sorts of caterpillars around. This morning Gary came in with … Continue reading
Return of the Hickory Horn Devil
Last fall, you may recall, we had a Hickory Horn Devil visit our offices. We oooed and ahhhed over it, and stuck it in a jar full of soil, into which it promptly buried itself. These enormous caterpillars over-winter as … Continue reading
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Glorious Autumn
It has been over a month since I’ve had time to go out on the trails, so this morning I joined up with the Tuesday Morning Walkers. Our fist stop was at one of the two giant faerie rings we … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, fungi, insects, lichens, Wildflowers
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On the Move!
Just a short while ago, Linda came into our office and said “can you see the bees? They’ve swarmed.” Well, what self-respecting naturalist can stay indoors when hearing that? Carrie and I grabbed our cameras and out we went. Sure … Continue reading
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Buggy Days
Summer and insects – they just seem to go together. And even though it isn’t technically summer yet, the recent warm (dare I say hot) days have been very summer-like. With all the recent sunshine, lots of insects have hatched … Continue reading
Beekeeping 101
We gathered outside the big white barn at the Dahlem Ecology Farm, August 11, 2010 for our first beekeeping class. Fourteen of us were there from various backgrounds–members from the Dahlem Community Gardens and Dahlem Nature Center and others from … Continue reading
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