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Autumn Moth
The arrival of autumn has slowed my ability to take closeup photographs. I have less light when I get home, and less time because I have to haul my son from football practice. I am working on getting firewood cut and split–that … Continue reading
Peck’s Skipper
I took another vacation day yesterday. I had some chores to do–I cut down an old elm tree to use for firewood and did a few other things around the house. It was a magnificant October day in Iowa, and … Continue reading
Posted in butterflies, Peck's skipper
Tagged autumn, Iowa, macro photography, October, Peck's skipper
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Another Syrphid Fly
One of the three common syrphid flies found in our prairie right now is this one, apparently in the genus Helophilus. This one is quite a bit larger than the others, at about half an inch (13 mm).
Posted in diptera, insects
Tagged autumn, diptera, helophilus, macro photography, nature, syrphid flies
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Milkweed Happenings
The seed pods of common milkweed have dried up and split open. Lightweight brown seeds attached to silky threads have found their way out. This one has found its way onto a New England aster.
Posted in Biological diversity, plants
Tagged Asclepias syriaca, autumn, common milkweed, milkweed pods, milkweed seeds, New England aster, photography, Plants
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Is This our Old Friend or Someone New?
I have posted a number of photographs of ruby meadowhawks, Sympetrum rubicundulum, in the recent past. I think this may be a white-faced meadowhawk, Sympetrum obtrusum. They look quite similar except for the color of the face.
Posted in Biological diversity, insects
Tagged autumn, macro photography, nature, pond life, Sympetrum obtrusum, white faced meadowhawk
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A Drone Fly
A number of insects are visiting the flowers now. They seem pretty restless–they visit a number of flowers and do not stay long on any of them. I’ve seen a few butterflies–all moving fast and not staying long. This is … Continue reading
Posted in insects, invertebrates
Tagged autumn, diptera, drone fly, insects, New England aster
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Red Admiral
It’s getting late in the year for butterflies. Most that I see are old and ragged from the few weeks of hard living that they have been through. I ran across this red admiral, however, which was still in pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, butterflies, thistles, Vanessa atalanta
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A Hazelnut Harvest
I picked a bunch of hazelnuts off of the two bushes we have in our yard the other day. I got about a paper bag full of nuts still in the husks. Hazelnuts are a seasonal crop and you can’t find them in the stores … Continue reading
Hazelnuts
About ten years ago we planted a couple of hazelnut bushes at our place. It took about seven or eight years before they started producing nuts. Now they are thick, at least on one of the bushes. The only problem … Continue reading