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Archives for July 21, 2022

Monarch Watch 2022 Update – 4 exciting days!

July 21, 2022 Elizabeth

Monarch Chrysalis 1 hanging on milkweed Day 2 7/20/2022

7/18/2022 Daily Journal Since the 2nd monarch caterpillar we've seen was hanging in the J on this plant yesterday, last night we left the GoPro out on Night Time Lapse all night taking a picture every 5 minutes. The battery died sometime in the morning, but we narrowed it … [Read more...]

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Spider – Possibly a Cross Orb Weaver?

July 21, 2022 Elizabeth

Spider - Cross Orb Weaver maybe?

This spider is interesting! July 17th was the first night I observed it. It had a fairly intricate web it's a little difficult to see on the video. It is located on the dark side of my pole barn. It was doing really well catching various flying bugs and wrapping them up as seen … [Read more...]

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