TO further the knowledge of nature, and encourage protection, and conservation of it. Thank you to all who inspired me, taught me, and appreciated the sharing of my photos and information. Click on the photos to enlarge them. Wednesday, April 11, 2018. BIRDS and BLOOMS MAY 2018 MAGAZINE. Always so fun to see a photo one took, published in a popular magazine! Links to this post.

A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI. On May 23, 2015, Sandy was working in her garden and found a dead woodlouse that had these tiny little beetles inside. You can see part of the woodlouse in the upper left side of the picture. The beetle we can see was only about 2 millimeters long.

Its purpose is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities for the State of Missouri. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Reminds us to be careful what we wish for. Yellow fever vector Aedes aegypti. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim.

The Poweshiek skipper and other stuff. Did Helen Parker Discover the Butterfly? The history of the butterfly. This black digger wasp,. Was visiting the extrafloral nectaries of partridge pea. It visited several in rapid succession, spending about a second or two at each one. This wasp was not bothered by ants. Many insects visit the nectaries, which seem more attractive to nectar-loving insects than the flowers themselves do.