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...]
Finding Wildflowers
Steve has been checking out lots of wildflowers around and wanting to document them. Here's some of his recent finds and sightings (including a couple of bonus monarch caterpillar pics he took that I hadn't posted before). Some we've identified and some we have not. I'll try to … [Read more...]
Parasitic Wasp Observed? ID help sought
On Sunday afternoon, I was walking around the edge of the yard, really looking for caterpillars of the Swallowtail butterfly. We've seen their caterpillars before and in the morning I saw a few adult swallowtails, so I was just out looking for something cool. I first saw it … [Read more...]
Monarch Season Begins!
After last year's learning and successful raising of a monarch butterfly we have been anxiously awaiting seeing them back again! Last year we had 2 cultivated milkweed plants, a variety called "SoulMate". This spring, both came back, but one got damaged during an early spring … [Read more...]
Recent Yard Sightings! Beetles, Snakeskins and more
We've been seeing some interesting things here in the yard, here's a few recent sightings! … [Read more...]