Monthly Archives: August 2011

A New Bug for Me

Posted on August 31, 2011 by the roused bear

Yesterday I wandered around with my camera.  It had been rainy for most of the day, so the lichens on tree trunks were very colorful.  I looked at the lichen-covered bark and saw something move.  I couldn’t tell what it … Continue reading →

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A Hazelnut Harvest

Posted on August 30, 2011 by the roused bear

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 →

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The Same, or Different?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by the roused bear

In July I posted an image with some flies doing a mating dance.  This was one of those photos. I did not know what it was at the time, but I posted a photo to bugguide and it was identified … Continue reading →

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A Visit to the Pond

Posted on August 28, 2011 by the roused bear

We have a pond that is in the process of drying up.  I walked around it with my camera yesterday.  The partially dried mud that surrounds the pond is littered with the remains of aquatic plants and snail shells.  Still, … Continue reading →

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It’s Alive!!!

Posted on August 27, 2011 by the roused bear

In my last post I found what I thought were the remains of some kind of a spider, parasitized by some unknown creature. I posted the picture on bugguide.  It was recognized right away as a bolas spider.   But there … Continue reading →

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What’s Going on Here?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by the roused bear

I found this on an American elm leaf.  It seems to be a spider, or what remains of one. It’s a mystery to me.

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Hanging by a Thread

Posted on August 24, 2011 by the roused bear

I found this caterpillar hanging by a silk thread several feet below a tree. I tried to get a different angle for the photograph by blowing on the caterpillar a little.  That was a mistake, as it caused it to drop … Continue reading →

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The Silver Spotted Skipper

Posted on August 23, 2011 by the roused bear

The silver-spotted skipper is a stocky fireplug of a butterfly, bouncing around from flower to flower. They are common right now.  Both of the photographs here were taken within the last two days.  One of the things I find charming … Continue reading →

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A Moth That Looks Like a …

Posted on August 22, 2011 by the roused bear

This is called the “exposed bird dropping moth”, or Tarache aprica.  It can be differentiated from the “delightful bird dropping moth”, T. delecta, because it looks a little less delightfully like a bird dropping than delecta does. They say you are … Continue reading →

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What is That Thing?

Posted on August 21, 2011 by the roused bear

While photographing stuff on flowers sometimes you run across something that looks completely unusual.   This was on a gray-headed cone flower. This is a creature of some sort, but what is it?  It looks unlike anything else I have seen. … Continue reading →

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